Dishes

Who likes to do dishes?
It's only with wishes
That they would disappear!
I clean them up, only for them to re-appear!
Every time I turn around,
There's the sound!
The dishes waiting to be done!
Why can't I run?
Where's my Mr. Clean?
Can't he get them done?
Oh well, they must be done
For a Mother's job is never done!

We Love You!

Today was Rich's last day here. I don't know any other details other than that he will be in a hotel tonight and get up really early tomorrow and...........be in Ft Sill, OK by tomorrow night! We maily just hung around the house today soking up the precious moments and memories, and did some last minute errands. I want to thank y'all for all your prayers! We can sure feel them! Here are a couple of pictures from our day!


The Army of 3!

Can I help Daddy?
I love you Daddy!
High Five!
I'm gonna miss you Daddy!
This is Rich with the Army Recuiter, SSG O'Berry

I ask that you continue to keep us in your prayers! I will probably not hear from Rich for a couple of weeks, so pray that the Lord's Peace will be with me and Rich. Pray that Jeremiah will cope with it all, he had such a hard time when Rich left, he was clinging so hard to him. Pray also for our house, that the right person will come at the right time! Thanks again! We love all of you and appreciate your prayers and support!

Alabama Trip

Wow! Has this week been fun for us!! We packed up on Tuesday morning and headed to the wonderful world of Oz!! (Ozark, AL) We made one last trip down there to see Rich's family before he leaves next week (can you believe it, next week!). We were there longer than we usually visit for, so it was really nice to see the family for a little bit longer. I know Rich enjoyed seeing his family, as we don't get to see them very often! Jeremiah just LOVED his cousins!! He has 4 of them down there!! The youngest, Peter, is only 1 and is bigger than Jeremiah!! They get along so well, they were talking to each other in their baby language all day!! It was so cute, it was like they could understand each other!! Jeremiah HAD to do everything the big boys were doing!! If one was on the swing, he had to be swinging in the other one, if one was riding his bike, guess who had to have Daddy push him on the bike! Yep! You guessed it, Jeremiah!! He couldn't miss anything!! Jeremiah had so much fun on Halloween. Jeremiah was Elmo!! Or as he calls him "Melmo'! Too cute! He even had Elmo slippers!! Rich's parents church threw a Fall Festival, so we went there! Jeremiah loved the big bouncy slide!! And Daddy did too!!

Me and Daddy bouncing! It was lots of fun! I don't know who had more fun, Daddy or Jeremiah!

Me and Daddy going down the big slide!! Can we do it again Daddy!?!?!

Since I was too little to throw the ball, I just walked right up to it and put the balls in!

We also went to Uncle Tim's (Rich's brother) church's Fall Festival!! Tim is the youth minister there. Boy was that a busy night! Jeremaih had so much fun! He was worn out by the time we got home!! He almost won the costume contest!! He was the runner-up! But he did win some cookies on the cookie walk with Daddy!

Me and my cousin Powers playing in the ball pit for little kids!

Jeremiah had a big FIRST down in Alabama!!! He got his first haircut!! Bye-bye curls!! I almost cried!! I teard up a couple of times! Jeremiah was so good while Aunt Hope cut his hair! Now he doesn't look like a little boy, he looks like a little man. He looks just like Rich, so we have been calling him 'Little Rich'!

Before!

Bye-bye curls! After!!

What handsome men I have!! :) :)

I know this was a long post, but there was a lot to tell!! Hope you enjoyed reading!

A Little More Time...

We have a little more time with Rich!! Rich found out last week that he will not be leaving until Nov. 14th. Rich has to have a flight physical because of the field he's going in to. He can't leave until he has that done. He will be going down to Fort Bragg (in Fayetteville, NC) to have that done, probably sometime this week. Once that's complete then he will be ready to go. He will still be going to Fort Sill, OK, for his Basic Training. We are still going to have the potluck for Rich at our house this Sunday, as some have already replied and we have made plans for the other weekends that he will be home. So, please come!! I know it will mean a lot to Rich to have you come and support him!

2 Showings, ADT and my In-Laws!

WHEW!!! What a day it has been today, and it's only 1/2 over!! I got a call at 9:30 this morning from the showing agency asking if someone could come look at the house!! Now, that's what I want to wake up to!!! LOL!!! She wanted to know if someone could look at the house between 10:30-11:30 and also for 1:30-2:30!!! Well, I said it was fine. I mean, if these people want to buy our house I would like to have them look at it! So, Jeremiah and I hopped in the car and drove over to my parents, who live like 10-15 mins from us. Now, I'm just waiting on the ADT guy (who is my best friends husband) to show up to update our system. Then the next showing! WHEW! It makes me tired just thinking about it!! My in-laws are coming up from Alabama, my father-in-law has the weekend off, so they decided to come up here. This will probably be their last time to see Rich before he leaves for Basic. They will probably be here just in time for supper! My Mother-in-law requested that we go to Showmars! They don't have those in Alabama (obviously! cause it's only here!), so I'm excited to go out to eat! I was hoping for a nice relaxing day, well.....as you can see.....I'm not so sure how relaxing it's going to be! But, hey, God is in control!! Thank goodness!!!!

Not only is all this going on today but Rich is at MEPS today. I've had no contact with him since last night. He had to stay in a hotel last night and get up probably before the sun did and get shuttled to MEPS. From what I understand MEPS is just a place where he gets a COMPLETE physical!! And I mean complete!! He has an eye, hearing and medical tests!! Sounds like fun, huh?! This is something that all people that have enlisted have to do before they actually ship off. This is just a test for me to see how I will do with NO CONTACT with Rich. It was hard last night because I couldn't go to sleep till after about 1:30am. I tried everything! The Lord is just preparing me for the life that is ahead. I'm so glad that I have the Lord to lean on. I know that this whole experience (being an Army wife) will only bring me closer to the Lord! This is how God is showing me to depend on Him and Him only! I will be very glad to see Rich when he comes home. Whenever that may be!!

Change of Plans

We found out last night that Rich will be leaving 2 days eariler! He will be leaving on Oct 22nd (my birthday!). He will also be going to Fort Sill (I believe) in Oaklahoma for his basic training. All the spots in Fort Benning had been filled, so they had to move Rich. Rich is getting more excited every day! Me? You ask. I'm excited because I know that this is where God wants him, but it's hard because I won't get to see him for a couple of months and I know that the road will probably get rough around here trying to run (and sell) the house, work and chase after Jeremiah. I just need to run to God when I feel down, I know that He will take care of us both, even being in two different parts of the country.

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