Been a while. .

Since I blogged. . so I guess I need to update.

Life is pretty much the same around here I reckon. Just busy doing the daily grind. Last weekend we went to the fall festival and Maddison had a ton of fun. I took a million pictures and when I put the memory card into the computer it froze up and somehow deleted all of my pictures. I was sick. So now there are no pics to share. Sorry. But I will make sure to get a ton on Halloween. She has decided this year that she is going to be a "girl pirate" lol. Because "boy pirates are scary". She is going to be adorable. I can't wait. It is very exciting that Brandon will be home this year.

Speaking of Brandon. He had a CDB (Career Development Board) meeting this past week to discuss his future in the navy. I am very proud to announce that his Senior Chief is very pleased with him and the progress he has made while enlisted. And he stated that he does not want to see him on the enlisted side of the Navy for much longer. Brandon was educated on a program that will allow him to become a Warrant Officer with only an associates degree. He will be finishing his associates probably in February, soooo as soon as that is finished he is going to put in his pack for the Flying Warrant Officer program. So hopefully this time next year we will be finding out if he has made the cut!! He will be able to be a pilot and everything. He would be a commissioned officer with certain restrictions. While on that duty he could finish his bachelors and get his commission with no restrictions. This is a much faster path to becoming an officer than waiting to finish his degree the old fashioned way. So keep your fingers crossed that this works out for us. Not only would it be a great career advancement for him it would also mean a huge pay raise! lol. If for some reason this program doesn't work out for us, there are a couple of other programs that he is also going to try to pursue. And we are still waiting on the results of the exam he took back in September to see if he makes E-6. We should find out the results of that in about 2-3 weeks. So we are keeping our fingers crossed about that too, even though it is sort of a long shot. He is more than qualified and has an amazing evaluation which helps a lot, but he hasn't been in the military as long as many of the other people that are up for the same promotion so that can hurt him. But anyway I will update on the yes or no whenever we get the info.

Anyway, I guess that is about it for now. My Cafepress shop is doing pretty well. I am not making the killing that I would love to be making, lol. But I am making enough that it will buy the monthly groceries and that is a start. I am going to give it more time and energy and hopefully I will be rewarded in the future.

Well, off to bed. Hope everyone is doing well. Also I am starting an album on a photo sharing site that I use, to share all the photos I take with the family. I haven't had a lot of time to get all of the photos uploaded yet, but just as soon as I do I will email everyone and let them know the website and password and stuff. If you want to be included in that email just leave me a comment here and I will make sure to send it to you.