Thursday, June 27, 2013

Moving to Alabama

We are moving to Alabama for 11 months.

When we first found out, Jason was deployed and I had been on my own with the kids for about seven months.  I was pretty tired, so my first thought was, "I can't imagine unpacking the entire house for such a short move, by the time I finish it will be time to start moving again."  I still haven't finished unpacking from our current move and we've been here almost two years.

I considered leaving most of the stuff in boxes, just unpacking clothes and kitchen stuff.

Then I thought, why not just move into a furnished apartment, leaving most of our belongings in storage?

It occurred to me that we have our very own furnished "apartment" - our camper.  Why not just move into our camper for this PCS?  So this brilliant idea of mine was born from laziness.  Don't most great ideas start that way?

I had to convince Jason.  His first reaction was absolutely not.  So we dropped it, and started exploring our other options.

When he realized all the other options would require lots of work, he finally came around.  Again, laziness always wins!

So we're moving this summer, two adults, four kids, three fish, two cats and a dog.  And we're going to live in our camping trailer.  Because we're lazy.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Random photos taken by Sebastian ...

Fly-Squashing Ninja Dad!
The boys playing together - makes my job look so easy! But remember, I took a picture of this for a reason ... it is a RARE EVENT!!!!
Toby making his own jungle gym in his room ...



Merry Christmas!



The boys on the top bunk of the bunk bed, talking to the grandparents on Skype.


Happy Birthday, Toby! Three years old!



Sebastian, supervising the finishing touches...
The Bunk Bed! Great job, Jason, with some help from Toby and Sebastian...



Rota Walk 2009
Trip to the dentist - they all did well (no check up for Xavier, but he was very quiet!). After Sebastian's checkup, he walked around the office "helping" : "Looks good! Keep up the good work. Good Job everyone, keep on working!". Fortunately, the staff thought he was cute!
Some Christmas 2009 photos...


The Family photo in front of the Christmas Village Display at the Friary.
Yes, Toby really did fall asleep in this position - I guess if you're tired enough you CAN SLEEP ANYWHERE!!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Jason did a great job putting on Sebastian's "Harry Potter Birthday"! Professor Dumbledore was there to organize the Wizard's Cup Obstacle Course - all the kids had a great time and Sebastian is still talking about it!



Toby, auditioning for Raiders of the Lost Ark, the remake.
The Aftanas Boys
Sebastian turns four!

Sleeping boys