Thank You Hydee

Thanks to Hydee for trying to figure out my 'comments' issue. I'll probably just start a new blog in January that will hopefully have everything working. You are all welcome to email me anytime though!

P.S.
I just LOVE Mr. Darcy! Thanks Hydee!!

comments for carlie

Hello, all, this is Hydee, Carlie's friend who is trying to fix her blog's stubborn comment problem. For some reason, the link to her comments refuses to show itself, but if you click on the post time at the end of her post, you can leave her a comment. Now we can all tell her how amazing she is and how cool her kids are! Oh, yeah, and how much we like "Mr. Darcy" just the way he is.

Carlie, feel free to dump this post and put up your own instructions for everyone. =)

I tried!!!

Yes...I am Incredible!

One last Halloween 'Ho rah'. The OITE is over so one of the Ortho guys threw a bash. Thanks to the Hakes, we sported our 3rd costume of the season and went as the Incredibles.

Enough Already! Back Off!

Okay...the title isn't nice, but neither is what I have to say. (Chris isn't going to like this post...but I believe I need to show my muscle once in a while to shake things up). Anyway...two complaints of late about Chris and I'm up in arms. He leaves before 5:00am and gets home on a normal night around 6:00pm. That doesn't include anatomy nights, journal nights, nights on call, etc...he's been studying for the OITE and working with the scouts for his calling. He rarely has two seconds to himself and when he does, I send him off to play soccer where he comes back injured and in a cast. To top that all off, two people had the audacity to criticize his less then hospitable demeanor. He's Mr. Darcy people!! When will you all get that through your heads?? He's where he should be, doing what he should do for those who matter most. What else should we ask for?

Rollar Derby...I mean skating

Our good friends the Warrens, who went to medical school with us and are originally from Lacey, had a b-day party for their kids who share b-days two days apart at a local skating rink. It was SO much fun. I literally can't remember the last time I went skating. The kids loved it, and unfortunately because of Chris's old man injury, he couldn't skate with us.

Madigan Mornings

Monday, Wednesday and Friday Mornings we leave just after (hopefully) 7:30 or so to head to Madigan (Madigan Army Medical Center for those of you NOT in the know!!) for Bailey's light therapy treatment in 'the booth' for her psoriasis. We decided to document our morning trips once daylight savings started so there would be enough light to take pictures. Bailey is the photographer by the way...I cannot take pictures and drive simultaneously...I have many talents, but that is not one of them.

This is the street leaving our house.

This is down toward the freeway. The next few pics are from the freeway.

Here's the main gate where we have to show military ID to 'pass' through. FYI: I believe that vehicle profiling exists because I have personally been pulled over 5 times to have my vehicle inspected. Once the guard even apologized to me by name. "I'm sorry Mrs. Hills. We need to inspect your vehicle this morning." Sad...very sad!

Bailey HAD to have a picture of Mt. Rainier. It honestly can't be captured in picture. It's stunning in person.

A fighter jet just off the freeway as we leave base and head south toward home and school.

Happy Halloween

The kids got so much candy this year we donated two grocery bags to Chris's cast clinic. (Or something else in the hospital).

Brody's 7th Birthday

Brody had a Star Wars Birthday this year...I was in heaven! I love, love, LOVE Star Wars! We watched Return of the Jedi, ate, ate, ate, and played a little. He scored a Millennium Falcon, more action figures, and some cold hard cash. He also opted for donuts instead of a cake, which was fine by me.

FYI: He's purposely crossing his eyes...he doesn't usually look that retarded.

Brody took these pictures. Kyle had a Millennium Falcon just like this when we were growing up and we would play for hours with it. Only...I had the little Barbies that were like Polly Pockets. "Good times, good times."

Tagged by Stephanie

Okay, on Stephanie's blog, she'd been tagged so that she had to open the 4th folder in her pictures and post the 4th picture in that folder. (I think). Anyway, she turned around and tagged me for the same thing. I had to put pictures 3 & 4 because they go together.

Two years ago I made gingerbread houses for the kids at Halloween. After all the candy had been eaten, I threw the houses away. I found Braden, who was 10 months old at the time, chowing down on the leftovers that he dug out of the trash. What can I say? He didn't want anything to go to waste.

Playing Catch Up - Again

Here's a little of what we've been doing:

1. Pumpkin Patch (scary pictures though)

Typical dress-up and snacks

Annual Costume Party

One of the Ortho doc's had a b-day party that was themed "The 80's". Chris and I went as heavy metal rockers and I won best dressed for the girls. Most likely because it is so out of character for me. (I shocked most of the staff!)


Braden started singing/rapping to the Flobots "Handlebars" while we were out to dinner one night and the woman at the table next to us paid him a $1, so now where ever we are he'll start singing with the hopes of getting paid.

Here's a bad clip of him singing. He's trying to sing while the kids are making faces at him.

Braden's Favorite Colors

Apparently, they're black and blue. Keeley was watching the kids for me while I was in Brody's class yesterday and he fell down her stairs and said 'hello' to the bench at the bottom. Poor Keeley. She felt so bad, and Braden doesn't take pain or embarrassment very well and was telling her what to do with her ice pack and candy by the time I got there.

FYI: The only time he'll let me take his picture is while he's eating...that's why his mouth is full in both pictures. The first is from yesterday, the second from this morning.

Keeley Kay Photography

So...one of my dearest friends Keeley Olson is a photographer (keeleykay.com). She snagged my girls one day and went out with her daughter and took these awesome pictures! It's a catch 22 though because as cute as they are, they look WAY too old.

Brooklyn and her best friend (Keeley's daughter) Oakley