there was a small band playing

My sister in law Melissa anxiously awaiting…

and then. they say, ladies and gentlemen please take your seats (and something I couldn’t hear because of all the yelling) and everyone else stood up as they marched in.

I was just overwhelmed at the number of soldiers marching in. and thinking most of these people had a family waiting. sniffle. ps. my brother is in the middle of the shot. there is a guy with glasses right in the middle. he is to the left.  They played the national anthem. they sang an army song and something else and then said, go. and everyone mobbed.

we made our way outside… where father and son had a moment.

My mom stayed home as she’s still recovering from her surgery and didn’t want to risk injury being out in a big crowd.

Uncle Kam got down for a picture with my boys…

welcome home Kam, welcome home!

Love Love and Blog you Later,
Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

So the basic idea is to carry your camera around with you and get snapshots of your daily life.  My day today was a busy one.  You may already know that I LOVE mondays.  The boys are back in school and for the first time in a few days I can get some uninterrupted productive time in.  TOday’s plan of action was cleaning up.  Troy’s coming home on Wednesday Morning and there is another scheduled power outtage on Tuesday… so I continued on with the never ending laundry… and vacuuming and rearranging and and and. I was very productive today.  lets start and the beginning:

whole grain blueberry waffles with maple syrup

he likes his syrup on the side

he likes his syrup all over

I had coffee.

gas on monday 4.06. it was 4.11 the last time i filled up

this is the front of my house. the little room in front is my scrap space

Ohai Ali'i

these laua'e ferns are so fragrant

I must have done ten loads of laundry in the past two days, bedding, towels and clothes...

love the large capacity machines!

opened a new dish washing sponge today

I fixed Jordan's bed

aka superman

i rearranged, vaccumed and cleaned up our bedroom

I fixed Jalen's bed

I vacuumed Jalen's rug and the rest of the upstairs

this was Jordan's snack/lunch. goldfish, wheat thins, chocolate marshmallow, teddy grahams plus a string cheese.

left turn on arrow only, I wait at this light to turn left atleast 3 times a day. dropoff, pickup jordan and pickup jalen.

picking up Jordan

superman back pack, jordan is home.

add raisins and a drink to the snack=lunch

you moved your bed!

both boys home, both backpacks home.

jalen doing homework. today he finished all his work on time. reward? after a quick shower, wii time before dinner.

micro popcorn, spray butter, furikake, iso peanuts.

sketching welcome home signs for wednesday

smells good

corn niblets. a favorite- browned ground turkey, campbells veggie soup, tomato sauce, water, garlic salt, corn niblets. served soupy, over rice or noodles, with cheese.

with noodles

a beautiful sunset

clean dishes. ugh. heated dry failed to run. hello dish towel.

coffee for tomorrow

cleaned the coffee pot too, got it set for auto start, 5:30am

So, yep, power outtage tomorrow, hopefully that’ll be quick. I get so weird with no power. also the last power outtage led to some weirdness with our alarm system, so i had to call the alarm company to find out how to fix it *that’s the 888 number on my sketch page. Troy told me he’s really ready to come home already and he spent the day reading the blog and the comments. He says thanks to all you lovely ladies who stop by and leave comments and for keeping them in your prayers. Only a little longer, still praying for a safe homecoming.

I will get to that blog tag soon…

Sending out my love to you ladies! :)
Blog you later, Joscie, rhymes with bossy!