Been a While

We have been so busy lately and I have been sooo slack with this. A lot has happened since my last post. First off, the almost best news - - - - - - Matt was selected for Staff Sergeant!!! We are sooo happy and excited!!!! It sounds like he'll pin on in January, and I can't wait!! It'll be so nice to have the extra money with the big move and everything coming up. Max had his pictures taken earlier this month. That went great!!! I'm so glad my good friend Sheila was with me. I seriously doubt we would have as many awesome pictures if not for her help. It was so hard to choose!! I had to pick 7 poses from 134!!! Usually they only take 30-40pics, but Max is such a ham and just did such a great job, so snapping so many pictures seemed more like fun than a job to the photographers. It was so funny watching two grown guys laying on the floor or jumping around making all kinds of noise! They were the best! Sheila and I also got to do some shopping and have a great lunch at Olive Garden that day (we need more of those by the way...) We've also had a few sicks days as well. Luckily not too many or too bad. My sister-in-law, grandmother, & dad's birthday were just recently as well. As well as my late grandaddy's. I always think a lot of him around this time of year, between his birthday and so many other family holidays. We had the NC Regiment Young Marine ball this past month as well. That was a blast! Our kids closed out the dance floor! They danced the WHOLE time!! You can tell we PT them alot!! Such Stamina!! Our kids are such a great bunch and we are going to miss them so much! Matt, Max, & I as well as our friends Lee & Sheila and their family (and about 40 other ppl) did a 5k for Breast Cancer on Saturday morning. We were a lil soggy afterwards, but not so much from the rain. The rain pretty much stopped in time for it, had a few sprinkles here and there. However, our friend Katy and I got into a splashing contest. So we splashed each other (and Sheila) at every puddle we could find! At the end when Sheila joined in, we were at a miniture Lake of water and I pulled her into it (and of course she reciprocated lol). Unfortunately a picture was taken of our silliness, so we are awaiting the newspaper on Thursday to see if it is in there. Not sure how pretty of a picture thats going to be! lol But it was great fun. Not too often we get to just break down and be silly. We got somewhat of a better idea of where we will be at in Okinawa when we go. And speaking of going to Okinawa, we've had our house up for sale for not quite a month and a half and have received 2 offers (this is the best news)!! The first we found out about saturday evening (and we accepted) and then today I got a call from out agent saying that she got another yesterday evening (but it was lower than the other)! I am just ecstatic! Didn't take long at all!! We signed the paperwork sunday morning and now it's just a matter of time and the buyers getting all there stuff done. Hopefully all goes without any problems. Oh! and I almost forgot! Max has his first hayride last week! My mom, Max , & I took my grandmother to Mike's Farm in Richlands/Beaulaville and out to eat for her birthday. The weather wasn't the greatest, but the rain let up enough for the hayride out to the pumpkin patch. Max and I both got pumpkins and then we rode back, had a snack at the bakery, Max's great grandma bought him a shirt and we headed out. It was lot of fun and I know my grandmother really enjoyed it. Well, better sign off here. With accepting the offer on sunday, we agreed to closing on the house in of Nov, which means we have like a month to pack up and figure out what goes where and when, etc. So much to do!!