updates

As many of you know, a lot has been going on around here. While I don't have pictures for all our fun events, I'll attempt to make my list as entertaining as possible.

Tuesday, 28 April: Melissa becomes an official Wildcat...orientation and early enrollment at Kansas State University. YAY!! I am really excited about returning to school.

Friday, 01 May: Kade attends Ward campout with new friends. Gets to fish and catches the biggest Wall Eye they've seen. :)

Monday, 04 May: Melissa gets up early and heads to Colorado to collect Cory. A super nice lady in our ward kept both kids for a couple days while we drove all over. Cory had so much stuff, the kids wouldn't have fit in there anyway.

Tuesday, Cinco de Mayo: After a long morning waiting for helicopters to take off, we finally get to return the rental car and head home around 1300 CDT. We get back in town late and pick up the kids just before 2100. They are tired and cranky, but excited to see Dad. Kade and Riley get to meet George--Cory's dog.

Wednesday, 06 May: We get TV back in our home. The tech finally shows up around 1100 CDT and takes nearly 2 hours to get things hooked up for us. I never knew it was so difficult to connect a satellite... Just as our afternoon calms down, Cory is called away on business to Texas. Scheduled a last minute flight and got things ready to go.

Thursday, 07 May: Alarm at 0300 CDT...road trip to Wichita... For some reason road construction in Kansas is done on the down low...so, when we came to our turn off--according to our nice GPS lady--there were barricades in our way. Turns out the whole road is closed. Some cranky lady at the only gas station around told us we'd have to go over to the toll road... After hiking around the back country of Kansas to get Cory to the airport early, we discover that the airport--the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport--is smaller than Tucson and Colorado Springs. We made it with plenty of time to spare. I took a different route home, and managed to get the kids to school on time.

What a week, eh? Hopefully I'll get some cool pics ready for posting soon. :)

We went to an airshow at Williams Gateway for Cory's birthday. The kids had a blast! The helicopter Kade is on is actually the same kind Cory built when he worked at MD. Riley's in a Cobra.

SNOW!!

Riley was thrilled with this picture. They had a lot of fun up in the snow. I don't think they even complained about it being cold...

Updates

Okay...it's been a super long time and I need to post tons of pictures. But, since that task is currently a bit overwhelming for me, I'll start with this.

Just before Thanksgiving Kade and Riley got a huge surprise...their dad showed up! He wanted to surprise them so we enlisted a few friends--thanks!--and I picked him up from the airport by myself in his new truck. (Totally in love with the truck...says I did good!) The kids were astonished! Riley sat at the table with him and giggled each time he looked at her. Kade tried to be more cool about it.

After Thanksgiving, we surpised his family down in Thatcher. They were all excited to have him home as well. While we were in Thatcher we drove up the mountain so the kids could play in some snow. Both Kade and Riley miss the snow a lot, so this was huge for them.

Since then, I've had to work a lot, but now that school is out for Winter Break I'll have more time to spend rectifying all the neglected chores around our home. Cory's been a huge help lately--even getting the kids early for me recently. We are all just so excited he's home for the holidays this year.