There is not much to say about Monday. It was not one of our more exciting days, but it was productive. Karen went with us to run errands, so she got to see what my life is really all about.
We started off by registering the kids for school, then we headed to the post office to pick up some flat rate boxes. I had to grab a ton so I can mail my last round of boxes overseas to our single Horsemen. I plan to send two boxes to each location this time to hold them all over until they get home. I want to be finished before school starts so I can just focus on my kids and my own school stuff until Rob gets home.
After the post office, we went on base to sign the kids up for base sports. Kylie wants to join cheerleading, but we found out she has to be 6. Kaedyn will be playing soccer again, which makes Daddy happy. Rob played soccer in high school and is really good at it, so he likes watching Kaedyn play and helping him learn new skills. Since Kylie is too young for cheerleading, we agreed that it is time for ballet. This is something I have wanted her to do for some time now, but haven't had the time to commit to it. I figure I will never really have the time, so now is as good a time as any. She is really excited!
Our errands continued with a trip to TGI Fridays to get my friend a gift card. Her and her husband took care of my house while I was in Missouri, so I want to repay them by watching their kids while they enjoy a nice dinner, free of charge. They are awesome friends and I feel I owe them more than this, but for now this will have to do.
We ended our errands by going to Walmart to buy the kids their school supplies. It was rather stressful trying to buy stuff for two kids in two different grades, but Karen was a great help. We ended up with everything but a backpack for Kaedyn (Walmart's bags are too cheap, so I don't buy those there) and tennis shoes for both of them (the same reason).
After all our errands were complete, we came back and made some dinner.
Not too many pictures were taken this day, but here is one of Karen and the kids after dinner.
Karen and I got the kids to bed then we stayed up being silly. We started by watching my wedding video, at Karen's request, and that lead to looking at all the pictures from that day. Rob and I got married in Reno, NV on July 15, 2001. We just went to a little wedding chapel where we were married by a christian minister and our witness was just some lady who worked there. I think Karen got a kick out of this! I loved my wedding. I hate mushy stuff where everyone feels they must cry, so this type of wedding was perfect for us! There was no planning, therefore, no fighting from the families. I didn't feel any pressure to look or act perfect (translation: FAKE!!! LOL) for anyone or any photographer. I felt it was just us and that's all it needed to be. At least we were there, right? =)
Anyway, looking at wedding pictures lead to looking at a lot of old pictures. We laughed a lot and even cried some. It was really fun. Especially looking at Rob's old albums that included tons of pictures of his ex-girlfriend that he dated for 3 years in high school. Karen was shocked by her appearance, to say the least. It was pretty funny!
After all the picture fun, we sat down and talked until the wee hours of the morning about who knows what. We learned some things we never knew about each other and I actually felt comforable telling her things that no one knows. Thanks Karen (I know you read this!) for the good talk. I needed some adult conversation. I am really glad that we had this opportunity because now I feel a lot closer to her. I don't get close to too many people, but she is just really easy to talk to. No judgement!
We finally went to bed at 2am so we could get some sleep before Karen's last day with us.
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