Life as we know it..

The days just seem to fly by and I wish they would slow down just a little. As soon as Andre comes home from deployment and we are finally getting settled back into our lives together, he has to leave again for another deployment. Tomorrow Andre leaves again for a month. We have been spending a lot of quality time as a family. Yesterday, Andre took us to his squadron to look at the airplane he works/flies on. The boys loved every second of it. It was neat to see where Andre sits/works on the plane and where he eats his meals while he is flying. Now I have a picture in my mind of what his days are like while he is deployed.
After we toured the airplane and met his co workers, we went to the park for a walk. We always stop at McDonald's for fries, chicken sandwich, cookies, and iced coffees. So not healthy and we always look ridiculous at the park; stopping every two seconds to take a bite of our food. We walked and let the kids play on the playground then we took off to the Halloween store. We were going to let the boys pick out their costumes but Ronde got too spooked by all the scary Halloween props and decorations. He was literally shaking - so we left. It was a little funny though especially since he's the one who always says he wants to grow up to be a "zombie".

On a side note: AJ's teacher wrote me such a sweet note today. Mrs. King said that "Andre (AJ) always makes such good choices. What a breath of fresh air!" I'm so happy to hear that AJ is doing so well at school!