You can tell we've been busy busy when I haven't 'blogged' for a few days! We picked Mom and Terri up from the airport on Wednesday....raced back home in time to get the three younger ones to swim lessons and then out for Chinese food! Yummers!

On Thursday, Terri and I and Shelby went grocery shopping and ran errands...we met up with Mark on base, and then headed home for Brats! Another Yummers!

On Friday, Mark and Terri picked up a load of dirt for my garden (am I spoiled rotten or what?!), while Ben and I went to his kindergarden testing session. Ben misses the Kindergarden cut off date by two weeks! Ugh...so he has to be tested to see if he is 'ready' for Kindergarden. Because he misses the deadline, he now has to be that much more capable than other kids, in fact, he has to test in the 80th percentile. Well, our smart boy passed with FLYING colours! Way to go Kindergarden Ben! After testing, Ben and I went to Costco to pick up all the food for Marks re-enlistment party/4th of July party.....I was pleasantly surprised to whip in and out in less then 40 minutes...it will be a zoo in there this weekend I am sure! Once home, Mark and Terri took all the kids to Wildcat Lake while Mom and I caught up on laundry etc (ok, we had a cocktail too!). Once all the 'kids' came home, we went to our all time family favourite restaurant, Aroy Dy! It is in the city of Poulsbo, and has the most AWESOME Thai food! The kids all LOVE it! In fact, Shelby has her meal for NEXT time we go all picked out! hehehe. You can see her and Paige in the picture at the top showing wonderful smiles after such a good meal! They have so much fun together! After dinner was done, we went to super wal-mart (always a great place to take company! haha) and the girls conned Mom into buying them matching outfits, which they are both wearing today when we head into Seattle! They have such a strong bond, always laughing and giggling...it is so heartwarming to see!

So today, we are headed into Seattle like I said. While Mom and I sit somewhere having a coffee, the rest of the tribe is headed up to the Space Needle (I've done it once, that was enough for my lifetime!). Then we are headed to Pike Place Market and whatever other things catch our fancy! I will definately have pictures to post tomorrow!!

Hugs and Love,
Mark,Jaye and Gang