Moose Crossing!

 Look at this little moose!
She's on the move big time now.
This is the first time she's walked forward behind anything.

Gaaaaame Daaaaaay!

 Goooo Tigers!

 I forgot to put this pic of Boo on the last post.

Blogkeeping

 

I would normally title a post like this, This and That, or Weekend Review, or Miscellaneous, but I saw the term blogkeeping on a blog recently and it kind of stuck with me. So, I'm doing some blogkeeping here...just catching up on what we've been up to lately. The moose above crossed the road in front of us on post last weekend. It had one tiny horn.

Baby Girl!

We went to Talkeetna again last weekend!
McKinley was stunning with fresh snow on it.

Just because :)

Cool half-moon.
Right down the center.

Boo has been taking swimming lessons recently. He's got a long way to go. We're working on mastering blowing bubbles. B-man and Boo have been working on it during bath time as well.

Bit and I watch from above. She LOVES watching him in the pool. Do you see him below?

Bit likes pizza!

Jousting with Dad at Pump It Up!
Boo is getting ready to lay a big hit on Dad!

Look at how strong his hit was!!
B-man went flying. Hehe!

Wheeeeee!
I love Bit's hair in this one.

That's a long way up little lady.

Game Day!
Clemson had another victory last weekend!!

The gals down the street from Mom and Dad made Maggie this little jumper and the bloomers.
So cute!

C-L-E-M-S-O-N!!!

Okay, now you're up to date on pictures. Now for some video upkeep...

 A rare moment of sibling fun. Usually Boo is bothered by Bit wanting to breathe on his toys. Oh boy.

Dance Party!

B-man's last jump before his deployment. They all donated a toy for Toys for Tots before they boarded the plane. This was a jump out of a C-130. It was cold that day!

B also jumped with Boo and Bit's ya-yas tucked in his pockets. So, now they're Airborne too!

He's getting really good!

Okay, I think that's it for now! Whew. I'll try to do better about staying caught up.

More Tiger Love

My sister sent me a link to this video. Tiger fans meet the team when they return from Va Tech. I'm jealous of the students there, right now! Lol!  One thing I love about Dabo (the coach) is that he really is a Tiger fan! He gets pumped. Bowden never did...ever and that bothered me. Tiger fans are the best, and the coach should be the biggest one...in my opinion!

Gooooooo Tigers!

Go Tigers!

We've definitely been enjoying college football this year! Our beloved Clemson Tigers are 5-0 this year! Woohoo! And Arkansas is doing really well too. Both teams are in the Top Ten this week!

I came across this burlap football tutorial and just had to do it. Aren't they so cute? It was fun to make, too. I did most of it one night as B-man and I watched TV and then finished up the next morning, while totally neglecting the children (read: they were watching TV and eating snacks). But, I finished it before Game Day and it really gave me a personal boost to have a little project that I could complete in a short amount of time. I'm not very creative, but I can copy real good. Lol.  We're looking ahead to this weekend! Go Tigers and Woo Pig Sooie!

Uniform Changes

As B-man prepares his gear for his upcoming deployment, it's getting harder and harder to be in denial about him leaving. But, as long as he's home, I can be in denial a little longer.  He pretty much has to go through all of his gear every time he goes somewhere to pack what is needed for the environment where he'll be. So he usually lays everything out in the garage or den and filters through it all. They were just issued new uniforms and gear in Multicam (the pattern of Army combat uniform that is worn in Afghanistan). So, it got us talking about all of the different uniforms that he's had in his twelve years of Army life.  Take a stroll with us down memory lane.

He started out in 1998 in woodland camo BDUs (battle dress uniform).

He deployed to Kuwait in Nov 2011 in DCUs (desert camo uniforms).

When he got back from Kuwait in May of 2002, it was back to woodland camo.

And when the war with Iraq started, he deployed in DCUs again from April 2003-March 2004.

Upon their return from Iraq, they switched into the woodland BDUs yet again.

And then, the world got crazy with digitization and pixels. The powers that be jumped on board and adopted this digital ACU (Army combat uniform) pattern. The theory was that it would provide efficient camo in desert and woodland situations.
He wore them during his second tour to Iraq in November 2005-November 2006.  And this has remained the daily uniform since then.

Earlier I mentioned that he was issued new uniforms/gear. This is multicam. It's the approved combat pattern for the Army in Afghanistan.
We both agree that it's our favorite pattern so far.
But, when he gets back from Afghanistan, it's back to the ACUs. Darn it, we really like this one.


So, you can imagine how much 'stuff' he's had over the years in all of these patterns.
He's pretty much gotten rid of all the woodland and desert pattern items. He just has a few keepsake pieces.
But, now we have a pile of ACU and Multicam stuff.

Just thought it was interesting and blogworthy.