Count on One Hand

Hello Again faithful blog readers.  :)  Don't go getting used to all these updates.  haha.  I've been trying to keep up on it, but no promises once Nate gets back.  We can now count on one hand the number of days until his arrival...woohoo!!  I just got word from him tonight that he is officially out of Afghanistan (praise God!).  We are definitely in the homestretch, although I have to admit, this week is d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g by.  But I figured it would.  We're trying to stay busy and we've had some wonderful playdates to help pass the time.  Last Friday we went to a play date at a friend's house and Gunner and Grace LOVED playing in their blowup pool with a slide.  Gunner informed me that we need to get a pool with a slide and after seeing how much he enjoyed it, I have to admit I'm tempted.  Grace isn't too sure about the water, but she had fun nonetheless. 

On Saturday we had an extra special playdate with our friends and we made signs for homecoming!  Grace was LOVING it.  Gunner was not that interested.  But they made a super cute sign (I still need to take a picture of the finished product, but I'll save that for the homecoming blog post I guess).  Grace even managed to get paint in her hair!

After making signs the kids had fun playing in the backyard "catching monkeys" as they said.

We had another special surprise when we arrived home from our play date, some of Nate's things from Afghanistan.  What a beautiful sight that was!  Definitely means homecoming is on the horizon.

Then on Sunday we had Teagan and Jack over for pizza and a playdate, but when the kids ventured outside it turned into a water playdate (Gunner now knows how to turn the hose on).  But they had fun and that's all that matters.  Jack (the little boy) had the most evil laugh when he figured out how to manipulate the sprinkler to spray Gunner and his sister Teagan.  It was hilarious!!  They got soaked but were having so much fun. 

This evening the kids wanted to play in the pool again and it's been warm enough so I had no objections.  We dug out a bucket of toys we found (outside toys) and the kids were in love with all the "new" goodies they found (little do they remember they're from last summer).  :)  But it helped pass the evening.  

Aside from that, we've just been trying to pass the time until daddy gets home THIS WEEKEND!!!  WOOHOO!!! Hope everyone has been enjoying all the updates, hopefully next blog post will include pictures of daddy!!!  YAY!