Long month and a half......

Time sure does fly. Has it really been a month and a half since the wedding? Wow.....I thought I would be bored after the busy months leading up to the big day! Not so....first off....I have been sick since February 1. It seems to come and go but last week did me in and I finally had to go to the doctor to get antibiotic. YUK! I so would prefer not to have had to go, but I have to go out of town for work next week and I would have been miserable.

Anyway, I have been extremely busy at work.....WE as a center haven't been....it's been dead, actually, but I have a whole lot admin. things changing at work and it's keeping me hopping.

I haven't really been able to spend much time with Maddison and Mackenzee either. They all went through a week of so with terrible colds, flu, etc.

I am SO glad Spring is almost here. It's been a LOOOOOOOOOOONG winter.

Sara won tickets (she wins stuff ALL the time) to go see Plain White Ts (I had NEVER heard of this band before) in Grand Rapids, MI and a night in a hotel was included. The concert is tonight, so they headed out this afternoon. They took Laurel with them. She's staying at the hotel with the girls...they can go swimming and just hang out. Sara called and said the room is beautiful.

Sara's sister, Brandy, lives near as does her cousin, Christopher. Christopher actually works at the club right across the street from the hotel. Brandy is going to the concert with Sara and Mitchell, and I believe they were going to try to stop in and see Christopher if he's working tonight.

All the girls knew was that they were going to MICHIGAN (said with excitement!) and that Aunt Laurel was going with them. They were very happy...they love staying in hotels...Mackenzee calls them "bacations"!

Aunt Laurel sqeezing in between the car seats for the three hour ride!

Mackenzee, happy to be going to MICHIGAN!

Maddison cheesin' for the camera!

Papa giving Mackenzee a kiss goodbye ~ it looks like Mackenzee was giving him the what for about something, though!

Sara and Mitchell looking forward to the three hour drive ~ NOT!

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On another note, Ricky will be heading back from Virginia to New York this week. He's tentatively planned on coming home the next week to collect his wife and ftheir urnishings. He found out last week that they do have on base housing for them. I know Ashley is anxious to be with her husband.

I looked up "married housing ~ Ft. Drum, NY" and this picture is posted at the top of the website for Fort Drum. Pretty cool looking...I can't wait to go see their new apartment. This picture, of course, in NOT where they will be staying....they don't even know where they will be staying yet.

Ricky had a little excitement last week in Virginia. He was eating breakfast and choked on some meat. He couldn't get it out and couldn't breathe. A Seargant nearby ran over a began performing the Heimlich Maneuver on him. He still couldn't clear it so he had to put his hand down his throat. They sent him to the hospital to get checked out, make sure his throat hadn't been damaged or anything. He was fine and went to work. Later that day a Colonel showed up and presented that Seargant with a Commendation Coin for saving Ricky's life!!!
When Ricky was telling me the story, he said "Yeah, I almost died and I'm not even at war yet."

They're pretty sure that his unit will be deployed in November. Not good news at all, but we all, including Ricky, knew it was inevitable. The only thing we can do is pray for his safety.

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On a much happier note, an exciting piece of news in the Day house....Brent and I are finally going to go on a 'HONEYMOON"!!! We are going to Buzios, Brazil . Everything is set, except for our passports and visas. We have the pictures done and the applications filled out...we just need to get our buns down to the Post Office and get the process going. Sometime soon we'll be relaxing on the beach in Brazil! Oh yeah........

This is a picture of the sun setting on the beach. The picture was actually taken by a guest at my friend's inn where we are staying. This is the view from one of the suites. Oh how exciting!!

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