Cemetery of the Pacific

Bryan came home from Hawaii yesterday. One of the things he saw was the Cemetery of the Pacific. Intombed there are people who fought and lost their lives in the Pacific Theater, druing WWII. They also have cement walls with the names of other service members who lost their lives in the Pacific Conflict. One of the names was my Uncle Kenneth.He is my Mom's older brother. He joined the Navy after being declared an F4. He had a hernia and had that fixed so he could be with his friends. He served on a Minesweeper, The USS Emmons. He was a Machinest Mate 3C. He was Killed In Action, when a Japanese Suicide Plane flew into the vessel. All crew members were lost at sea. That was 64 years ago. My Mom was so excited that Bryan got to be the first family member to go see his name on this cement wall. I hope that we can all go as a family while we are still here in AK, to go see this. It would be a nice feeling as his niece to be able to see his name and give him the honor he so deserves for giving his life for our great country. I would love for the boys to go see all the history that is there and to know that their Pa and Uncles were in the same places fighting for our country. Brett is very into all the World Wars. He loves learning about it and what better place for him to go and see than Pearl Harbor.

Lego Vessel

Brett has always had a good imagination. He built a vessel out of some lego's. He got the idea from Bryan going to see the Missouri and Arizona while he was in Hawaii. This is Brett's tribute to those ships. I thought he did a pretty good job on it.Unfortunately, he broke it shortly after I took the picture. He was playing dominoes with brady and knocked it off the dining room table.

Brady and his DS

The boys have taken to playing their DS's with headphones on. They think I don't know what they are doing by wearing them. I try to limit their playing time, so they have come up with an idea to get one over on me. This morning, Brett got up to use the bathroom at 5:30 and snuck into my room and tried to be quiet while getting his DS.They know they can't annoy me beofore 6:30 on the weekends(my only 2 days to sleep in),so he stealthed around the closet and got his DS and went off to his room to play in bed. Then while I was in the shower I could hear Brady stomping aropund my room to get his out the closet. I keep them in their so they can't get up and play them whenever.

Happy Birthday to Me

My birthday was Wednesday, and the boys helped me make my cake. it was white with white frosting. Brett doesn't like chocolate, so I thought I would be nice and make what everyone would eat. We didn't do much for my special day, the boys did their best to make it nice for me, which they did. I bought myself some Bearfoot Bears for my gift to my self. I am still waitiing to see what Bryan will get me. I gave him some hints, we will see what he comes up with.

Super Bowl Spread

Here is a picture of our Super Bowl spread. We didn't have much, the boys don't like the same things to eat, so we thought we would go sim,ple, seeing that Bryan wasn't around. We decided on sandwiches and snacks. We had, ham, turkey and peanut butter, for sandwich choises. For snacks we had Chips, Dorito's, Cheeto's Puffs,and Chili Cheese Corn Chips. Then for dessert we had a cake from the commissary, it was suppose to have bettercreme frosting but it was whipped. Brady was the only one who really enjoyed it. You can see by his lips he had a section of the Steeler's colors. His teeth, lips and tongue were all black. He spent a few minutes getting his teeth brushed to get all sparkly again.

Are You Ready For Some Football???!!!

We are ready for some football. That is all the boys talked about since they got up this morning. Today is the Super Bowl, when is the party, and Brady's line, when do we eat the cake?!I opened up the snacks after they had their showers and bath. Normally they get those after dinner but with the big game, I had them do it a little earlier.Notice in the one picture of the boys getting their snacks, Brett has his DS, he is hooked on that and watch out when it goes red, he is super annoying, because he is bored.Any way on with the game, go Cardinals!!