Ok!! So, I am FINALLY updating this! Lol! After everyone got on my case about it! So~ what have I been up to? Well I have been REALLY busy for the past two weeks! I haven't gotten home 'til really late most nights, if I have been home at all!!

= ) So, this is my new hairdo! How do ya like it?! Yes, Anne, it did cost a bit but, ya know, it was worth it! I like it and it really doesn't feel strange having long hair again! It's not completely my hair texture but, it works! And it curls!! I actually went out and bought a curling iron for the first time in my life! I can really act like a girly girl now! W-O-W!!

Let's see.... what else? I went to see Spiderman 3 last night with Rafe and Kyna! It was a good movie! Although, I did miss a fair bit because I walked out about half way thru it to talk to Josh!! = ) It's ok, I can re-watch it when it comes out on movie!! = )

Yesterday I also went back to David's Bridal with one of the girls I work with, Liv, so that she could try on wedding dresses for her wedding in Jan/Feb time frame!! Yea! And her daughter Julie is just cute, cute, CUTE!! Man! Everyone is having babies!!! First Melody and James having Tiana on 13 June, then turn around and Jen and Brandon Bruce had their super cute son Jaylon on 19 June! Awww~!! It makes me have baby syndrome!! Ah!!!! I know that we will have them one of these days; we're just not ready right now. We want to spend as much time as possible together before we have kids! = )

And, of course, Josh is not coming home when we thought. He has been moved back an extra 30 days. Which, it really makes me sad, but, I know it's just something that we have to work thru. We are very lucky, my husband and I. We have endured so much in the last few years, and we've come so far. God has really blessed us and I pray that He continues to bless our marriage! We've come so far!! I realize that when I look back and see just how far we really have come; when I see just how many days have gone by. It feels like a life time has passed and yet, it feels as if 71 days is still an eternity away. I shouldn't be bitter when I think about how it should really be 41 days... I just don't think about it, that way I'm not sad and angry. Nothing good can come of that. I was mad and now I've come to terms with the way things are. Sometimes I wonder tho, just why we are tested so much. I know that everyone has their own trials, sometimes it just feels like... well, I don't know. Sigh, I do know tho, that I cannot WAIT for Josh to come home! I miss my friend...

So, I am off to continue to clean my house!! eventually I will back date pictures from when Anne and I went to the Zoo and the fair and stuff!! = ) So, stay tuned!

Bad News

Well, for those of you who don't know... most of your probably don't, Josh is not coming home August 5th, like we were planning. Instead he won't be coming home until the 5th of September or later. I've already changed the count on all the counters and calenders; I'm having deja vu. I'm pretty sure we've already been there. Multiple times over the last 2+ years. But hey, that's the military for ya. Never get your hopes up. They have a tendency to come crashing back down. Hard. Life's not fair tho, right? I'll get over it. My memories of my first year of marriage will be emails and phone coversations. His will be that and sand. Yea us. 45 to 77. But hey, what's 30 more days, right? It's not like it's a lifetime or anything....

And, Mattie's ok. = ) He's home now, broken leg and all! Thank the Lord that he was ok otherwise!!! It could have been soooooooooooooooooooooo much worse!! His doctor says he'll spring right back, as he's 2 he'll heal quickly! And guess what?! No pins in his leg!! They put a full leg cast on him! So, fingers cross the break heals like it should!

Pray Please

I know that it has been a while since I have updated and I am sorry, I'll back date soon. The point of this blog is to ask for your prayers. A few hours a go, my 2 year old nephew Matthew was hit by a car. To make a long story short, he was playing at the side of the house in the dirt when a lady came speeding thru the alley by my sister's house and didn't see him. She hit him as he stood up, knocked him 20 ft and unconscious. He has regained consciousness and is being flown to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to check for internal bleeding and to diagnose a broken leg. Please keep him and my family in your prayerrs, as this has made a horrible Father's day for my dad who is so distraught, and pray for my sister to stay calm as well. It can't be easy seeing your child get hit by a car and not be able to do a thing for him! = ' ( Pray for a smooth and quick recovery.

And, Josh, if you get see this.... please call me...

1837 Update: Ok, mom called. She's a 1/2 hour away from the hospital. Mattie was lifelined to Parkview after the doctor pushed on his stomach! =' ( The Trama Center told mom not to fly, to give them time to check him over. And then she won't have to be sitting and waiting. My sister is in hysterics. Mattie is not staying conscious, due to his severe concussion. We hope that's all it is. Adn it's been confirmed. He has a broken left leg. Alogn with road rash on his left leg and bruising to his chest, abdoman, head and face. Please pray...

2131 Update: Mattie is gonna be ok! Other than his broken leg, road rash, and bruises, he is good! No internal bleeding or head trama, aside from the concussion. The trama pediatrician is gonna be in in the mroning to say whether or not he'll need pins in his leg but, other wise, he is healthy and well! He did thro up in the helicopter tho! But, his EMT's liked him so much that they came to check up on him after they got off and plan to check up on him again in the morning! Everyone just loves that kid! And his Flamin hair!

Thanks everyone, for all your prayers...