More pictures

Here is my sister's wedding while I was home in June. We had so much fun and it was a very emotional time for me to watch my little sister get married.
This is how curly Jaelyn's hair was for the wedding! Of course by the time the wedding started, the curls had relaxed some.

My handsome husband and me! I don't know what I would do without this man and I don't think I tell him enough. He ran around like a chicken with his head cut off the whole time we were getting ready for the wedding. I just couldn't be more grateful everyday for the blessing of having him as my husband.

This is my dad after the wedding. We are both smiling so big because all though we were so excited for Holly to get married, we were so glad it was done and we could enjoy ourselves! I miss my dad so much and cherish each moment I get with him when I am home. I miss him so much and can't wait to live closer to home one day....

This is the city of Sevilla- well one part of it. If you look closely you can see the pools on the roofs of the buildings. I would think that is awesome to have a pool on top of my building! It sure is a beautiful city and full of lots of History.

This is Christopher Columbus' tomb. I learned this from a friend AFTER we had this picture. I plan on going back to the Cathedral in Sevilla and listening to the tour, so I know what all everything is. It was a beautiful Cathedral and I can't wait to go back!

We got to witness a Spanish wedding while we were there that day. We didn't see the actual wedding, but when they came out from it. It was a gorgeous Spanish dress and the wedding looked very traditional.

Here we are on top of the cathedral and behind us is the city of Sevilla. I can't wait until the weather cools down and we get to discover more of Sevilla!

This is just one of the many stained glass windows in the Cathedral. I can't imagine how they even did this so long ago. The whole cathedral was just so majestic and full of history. I could just stand all day long and look at all the detailing of the place.

It's hard to tell from the angle this picture is taken, but it is about the whole length of the wall of the Cathedral. It was HUGE and beautiful.

You can really tell here how grande' the Cathedral is just by looking at the doors going in and out of it! Just amazing! Of course I wouldn't want to pay the electric bill in the winter here!

Steve and I sitting on a King and Queen's bench- this is what we called it at least.

Poor Jaelyn was so shocked by this display. She kept asking me"Who is that?" and didn't understand why a head was in the display case.

Catching up..

This is our newest member of our house, Loco. He is a kitten we rescued out of a tree on the 4th of July. When we first got here, our neighbor told us about four little kittens a mama cat had up in a tree in our back yard. Well, you know the kids and I were out there right away checking it out and sure enough there they were. It was so high we had to use a tall ladder just to get up to them and then of course they did NOT come willingly. We only got two that night and had to leave the other two up there. Eventually the base caught them and took them to a vet that visits the base here and they were treated and released. The Spanish like to keep the wild cats around the base, so they keep the rat population down here on base. Yes, you heard me right, I said RATS! So here is Loco, he lives up to his name and fits into this family just right. I love having him and he helped me keep my mind off of missing Samson while he was at Grandma's house.

So I am sitting here at my desk (at home) at 5Am and getting ready to start my day, my first day back to work. My desk faces my two back windows out of my dinning room and it is actually thundering and lightening pretty good. If you know me at all, you know I love thunderstorms. In California we didn't ever get thunderstorms at all. I would have to look forward to going home to Ohio to get a good thunderstorm. We have been here since June 17th and this is the first storm and the first "real" rain we have had here. Boy is it pouring down too.

So I decided to put some pictures on here and trying to catch up from the time we got here. I was looking back at some past posts the other day cause I was trying to remember something we did and realized how much I use to enjoy blogging because it's almost like scrapbooking and keeping memories somewhere when you can't find them in your head anymore (not cause I am getting old either).

I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I have enjoyed taking them. We sure have hit the ground running here in Spain and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon either. There is so much History here and so many wonderful little towns and cities to discover and I plan on sharing all of them with you.

This was at the beach in Rota where the kids had a blast! We went with a couple of friends of ours and found out this day that Chelsea was having her tonsils taken out the next day. From left to right is Little Tyler, Jaelyn, Big Tyler, Tripp, and Chelsea.

Chelsea started High School this year as many of you know, so of course I had to take a picture of her on the first day of school. She isn't as excited about the first day of school pictures anymore, like she used to be. My little girl is growing up so fast. I get sad thinking that I only have a few more years left with her and then she will be off to college. Hopefully Ohio State!!!

They just look like they are having so much fun in this picture!

Tyler and Jaelyn's first day of school. Jaelyn was so excited and did so well that day until she realized she had to continue going back each day. The second day of dropping off to school didn't go as well as the first day did. Luckily, I was prepared!

My wonderful and handsome husband making sure to be there for Jaelyn's first day of school. He was at Chelsea's first day of school, but of course that was many moons ago, missed Tyler's first day of school, and made it for Jaelyn's. She was so happy to have him there too!

We finally received Samson via Air Cargo!! We left Samson behind at Grandma's house in June and due to weather had to wait to get him on September 3rd! That was the longest I had been without my dog! I missed him so much and as you can see, so did Steve. He had to endure a long flight and long hours in his kennel, but he finally made it here to Spain. My girlfriend Stephanie and I got up at 2AM to drive up to Madrid, a 5 hour drive there and 5 hours back, just to pick him up. It was a lot of traveling and a lot of money, but it was worth it! He is so happy to be back with his family again. I can't thank Mike and Diane enough for taking such good care of him while he was there. I also have to thank my Aunt Linda for picking him up and running around like a mad-woman for two days trying to get all of his paperwork for the flight in order for me. Thank you so much!

A JOB!!!

Ok, so I really thought I would have way more time to get on here and blog....boy was I wrong! I can't explain why I am so busy all the time, but I really am! I am always on the go and really there aren't many places TO go here on the base. I did develop a wonderful relationship with the donut shop in Moron. Oh man, I wish you could taste how divine these donuts really are, there just aren't words to describe them! I had to end that relationship quickly for fear of having to buy another new wardrobe from an expanding waist line. My husband already thinks I gain and lose weight on purpose, just so I have to buy new clothes for each size. So, I ended my donut fascination and moved on to other things. We were spending lots of time at the pool, but once we finally got our stuff- YES, we FINALLY got our things, we were hanging out at the house more often. Mostly because I had more things to do around here with trying to get settled in. Then we were very close to moving again, this time off base, but we chose to wait until the Spring at least. We had actually looked at a 5 bedroom house with a pool and was about to sign on the dotted line, but we talked it over very thoroughly and decided to wait. I freeze ALL THE TIME and the heating is not the same in the houses over here off base like they are on base or in the States. It was fun to look at the house and think about it though. The kids were all ready to move due to having a pool right in our backyard. We'll see how the winter goes here. It doesn't snow, but I hear these houses get cold and I am sure the Spanish tile is not very warm!
The kids started school and they are doing great! Jaelyn has a total of five GIRLS in her class. Poor Mr. F- her teacher. He is great, but boy do I feel sorry for him. She finally had one litte boy start two days ago and two more boys start tomorrow. Yes, that is how small the classes are here, there are only 8 kids in Jaelyn's class and that is Kindergarten and 1st grade! Tyler has the biggest class of course, but is still very very small. Tyler has 11 kids in his class and that is 2nd and 3rd graders put together. I am sure you are getting the idea of how small of a school it is here. I am actually thrilled with the idea because they get alot more one on one with the teachers and more time to do more work. They both love their teachers and enjoy going to school each day. Jaelyn is slowly adjusting and still has trouble leaving me in the mornings. She is getting there though. Chelsea is doing well too and loving High School. Those words still don't roll out of my mouth very well. It's so weird having a High Schooler now and all that it entails. She is doing great and she doesn't even complain about the bus ride to school at all. It could be because she has a boyfriend on the bus....nah...that has NOTHING to do with it at all! She learned the hard way about how things work at a small base, such as this one. I knew before she even got home from school that she had a boyfriend. I love that about this place.
Oh one more last thing, boy this is a long post- but I GOT A JOB!!! I am so excited and I start on Monday. The application process was a long one, but finally I found out the other day I got the job! Today they called me to offer the job (the Dodds school district in Germany) and told me I would start on Monday! So you are wondering what I will be doing for the next two years here at Moron AB? I will be the school secretary at Tyler and Jaelyn's school! It is only part time, which is perfect for me because I can still have a couple of hours to myself to do some homework while the kids are in school. It will keep me busy while we are stationed here for the next two years. The family is just as excited as I am and I am looking forward to working out of the home again and feeling like an adult! It's been too long since I have worked out of the home. Of course, I had to get a new wardrobe for my new job too, so that was just as exciting as actually getting the job!
Off to enjoy my family! If you want to see pictures of Spain, just go to Facebook! We went to Sevilla this past weekend and went to the Cathedral there and to TGIF's!