Christmas 2008

The presents are all set out from Santa. Some under there are from Mommy &

Daddy and from Grandma & Grandpa Pullen too.

These are all of Noah's presents...yes Santa went overboard. A few of his favorites are golfing set, GI Joes, razor scooter, Spiderman movie, black Spidey, Land Before Time movie, Spiderman shirt, and remote control horsey.

These are all of Elijah's presents. Some of his favorites were: Spiderman and penguin game for XBOX 360, Scooby Doo Bingo, GI Joes, Razor scooter, Magna Doodle, Computer games, VSmile games, Scooby Doo DVD game, and Spiderman and Scooby Doo coloring books. Whew!

The boys playing with their new scooters on the balcony. Can't wait to get our new camera and all this blurriness won't be a problem anymore!!

We live in a fairy tale world....

Silly boy...

The playground at the Botanical Gardens all lit up!

Climbin' monkey...

Noah riding in the train....

Hmmm...wat can I get into now??

Cutie pie...

Noah and his horsies....

Smiling for the camera...

Hope all had a good time over the holidays! We sure did!!

Happy New Year!!! 2009 here we come!!!!

Family Holiday Pic and Video

I thought we did okay considering it was a timer on a small digital camera and Noah was in another "Noah" mood.

My 3 favorite boys!!

The little guys...

Remember to pause the Christmas music on the right of this page!!

A little guitar hero, football, and angels singing!!

Out to the Movies

Off to see "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"-very funny/cute.

Elijah and his best friend Olivia

Elijah and Noah...and yes, Noah ate the whole big bag of skittles!

Meeting Santa

Waiting, but impatient...

"I want a rat." What?!?!?-I don't know where that came from! Santa just looked up at me and was like "Huh??"

I asked Elijah was he going to cry this year. (Like he does every year) And he said, "No, I'm going to do this:" (And he did)

Naughty or Nice???

All the kids at the FST xmas party. Santa even showed up there!!

Just Another Day

One of their favorite places: Burger King Park

Chillin in the tunnel...

Cutie #1

Cutie #2

Laid back....

Toes...Okinawa style!! (yes, only 4 toes fit in the picture!)

Noah's 1st Day of School 2008

Noah FINALLY gets to go to school. A spot opened up and he was next in line, so his 1st official day of preschool was December 1st. Of course, he thinks he can go to school now becuase he is a big boy. For those of you that don't know....big boys pee and poop in the potty and don't pick their nose and eat their boogers. Yes, Noah is now a big boy!! His class is the Teddy Bears class.

All Souls Preschool in Okinawa, Japan

Round 1: "Look at my horsey"

Round 2: "What's this plate thing...I want my horsey back."

Round 3: "Ok, mommy. I'm holding up the plate but here is my horsey too."

Round 4: Yes! Success! The plate, a smile and of course...the horsey!

Fair Winds and Following Seas

Now that I'm back on solid ground, I figured I would share my journey with you. Life on the ship, like anything, has its positives and negatives. Being away from home and those you truly love is hard, but building new friendships and experiencing the "real" Navy will be something that I will always remember.

The Iron Gator...Home away from home.

The Big Deuce...


Leavin' Oki....anchors away!!

The wide blue yonder....a familiar sight.

Chillin' on the fantail...our "O" club.

Smokin' cigars with the boys...

First port visit...Subic Bay in the Philippines

Nice view of the PI mountains...

Brownie and I up on the flight deck...

Time for formation....

Would hate to see this coming at me...

Break Away....

Entering Hong Kong Harbor

My Boy Bruce Lee

A shot from Victoria's peek

A Guinness anyone??

Keep em' coming...

Night life in Hong Kong

A little like NY....

That's how I made my coffee...gotta love the old school coffee press.

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