Uniforms?

When we got to El Paso, I had already spoken to the school the kids would be going to. I didn't know much about it but a couple parents gave it ok reviews online. When I went to church they told me to get the kids in another one. First thing Monday morning I am making phone calls. End of the day I am calling the first one back getting the ratio on white kids and hispanic children. 525 hispanic children and 13 white children she says. But this is our district and our school so we are to enroll here. I can't spend time looking for differnt schools, so we go to enroll.

While getting stuff ready for the next day.. the list included uniforms needed for the kids. SO, we run up to the nearest place and get a couple to get us going. Yikes, 2 outfits each and over 150 dollars.. ouch!

Cy is loving them but Court hates them and lives for the weekend when she says she gets "choices" again.. she is too funny...

3D movies and entrance of the best kids movies ever

The kids and I found out how fun 3D movies were when Dad was gone, and since have not been to one.. oopsie.

We started by seeing Coreline. It was kindof creepy thought, but the older kids liked it. Next we saw Monsters vs. Aliens. This one was good, but Cera didn't like the glasses and if you watch it without the glassy it is kindof fuzzy, so she got frustrated. Next one was Ice Age. It was a good show, but not as good as the first ones (of course)

And then one of my favorite movies of all time so far... UP



The creators of this really hit the mark on this one. I was laughing and crying and very emotional sitting in our first movie as a family. It was so great and the story line helped me remember on my travels and adventures with Toby are so amazing and I have to remember them always. SOOOOO can't wait til this comes out on DVD.

Side note: I said the other day that I couldn't wait til it came out on video and my kids were so confused at what I was even talking about. How is that? Technology changes so fast.

Anyway, we love to go to movies and I love the fact that we are all at ages that we can go as a family and actually sit for the whole thing and enjoy.

We saw Transformers as a family and was a bit disappointed as the language definetly has escalated since the last one.

The Tennyson's love MOVIES for sure.

Pocatello

After I dropped my kids off to spend the weekend with their Grandma Gardner and Aunts, and headed over to Pocatello Idaho where suprisingly I have a bunch of friends. Thanks to Mary Kay I have friends all over but Pocatello is where most of my close friend that I met reside.
I got into town and went straight to Applebees where I met my friends. How great it was to catch up with everyone. I knew I would not see them all for a bit, so it was a bit bittersweet for me, but so much fun. Thank you girls for taking the time to meet with me.

After I went over the the Hotel where my dear friend Tanae works. We went over to her house for a bit and of course it was emaculate. Seriously, if you have that friend that has everything in its place and it cute and funny and skinny and house is decorated awesome and a good cook.. you know what kind of friend I am talking about. She is amazing. After that She got me set up in my room and we made plans to meet for dinner. I actually took a nap and then got ready for dinner.. I planned on going running later after we had spent some time together. I got ready and we met up. We sat down and started chatting and she got a call from her kids screaming. She had to leave and come to find out her daughter had burned herself making Top Raman. I headed to the gym and went tanning and was enjoying my night without kids.

I got bed pretty early and hung out at the cool Pocatello Mall until Tanae was out of her Dr. Appt with her daugher and we met for a quick lunch. I had to get back to get everything ready for our move but could not leave without saying goodbye. She is so dear to me that I would regret not giving that last hug. (It is not like I am dying, but I won't be back for awhile.)
Thanks Tanae for taking the time to meet with me and catch up a bit. I hope we can do it more often in the future.

I was on my way home and really was running late but stopped by my friend Ashleys house. She is also amazing and beautiful and also has four kids. She lives in her Mary Kay bubble and I respect her for her great work ethic, but have found her to be a great friend as well and enjoyed my visit with her.

Pocatello is not the first place I would pick to visit, but with great friends that I have there, it wouldn't really matter where I went as long as they were there... Thanks again ladies!

The perfect breakfast

Before we left Utah it was apparent that Courtney was going to have a tough time saying goodbye to friends. I could not leave town without having one last scone from the local Sills cafe. They have the best food and really inexpensive. So Courtney invited all her friends and a couple of their awesome Moms came. We had such a good time. The girls wore their pajamas because we went before school started. The girls sat at one table and the parents at the other. It was dear to see Courtney make some last memories with these girls and they all vowed to meet up ate this same spot again someday.

It was a morning filled with great friends again and great food and great endings for new beginnings to happen. good-bye friends, we will be back and you will still be friends!

Protien in hair

After bleaching my hair and it turning purple, I had to cut it all off to get it to be healthy again. I used a deep conditioner. I would leave it on for some where up to an hour. My hair was getting worse.

I called my hairstylist and she told me that you can actually put to much protein in your hair and it will break and destroy it. Double wammy for me. Oh, well. Good thing I like change.

I love my hair short becuase it is sooo easy, but think this time I might grow it long for reals. So look for me in a couple years when we come back to America, it should be longer by then right? Right (that is if I quit cutting it and dying it) but I am going to try.

It is just a robe put on backwards.. ugh

I know some of you have been waiting to read my blog and might be disappointed that this is an actual post, but I have to get my frustration out somehow. What is up with the snuggly blanket? Honestly I cannot even watch it to see that someone is actually making money on turning a robe backwards and marketing it as something else! So many times I have done that with my robe and really hate the commercials because I think it is so dumb!

Anyway, that is my rant for today!

Anticipation

I am updating all my posts while I sit in anticipation of what the next couple days and months holds in store for me and my family.

Toby does in fact come home in one day! yes, you read that right.. one day. I cannot believe that 15 months has gone by so quickly yet sometimes slowly. I have grown so much and learned years worth of info in this short time.

I have heard about what the welcome home is like and I will tell you of my understanding and then post later this week on the feelings that actually occured.
I will go with the kids about an hour early when the place we will meet Toby opens up for us. They will have a jumpy thing for the kids and food ( I normally would not mind this but my girls will have their hair all cute and cute dresses on and those two things are not something that fit into my plans, but that makes sense huh.. my plans? lol)

I will have the Dvd player for Cera and the kids will bring little things to keep them busy. We will go in and WAIT.. at this point time will probably seem like it stops in a bad way and every minute will take forever to pass.

THEN.. the plane will land, I will see the soldiers getting off the plane and my husband will be the strong, handsome one to emerge!.. At this point I will start to cry and fuss and fidget about all the kids. He will go to form up and will hurry to try to get a sneak peak at us. We will be in all pink so he will not be able to miss us. We will sit and pretend to listen to the foramality that takes place. I will still be crying I am sure.

Then Toby (my love) will get released to see his family.. at this point I hear it is like time really does stop and everything moves slow. I know it will be hard to stop and notice the feelings but how cool.. anyway, we have decided that because there are 300+ soldiers coming home and their will be a ton of people that I will stay put and Toby will come to us. (If I can sit still that is). Then the embrace. I am going to try to not be selfish and let the kids go first but he is not only the man I am married to, but my bestest friend ever. The kids made me promise we wouldn't french kiss cause that grosses them out, so I will try to keep it clean. And that is it..
I percieve it as being like when you have your kids. You go through months and months of ups and downs, growing, learning, having an emotional rollercoaster, then the final part is like agony in waiting.. THEN, the event happens and you somehow forget everything else for a time. You remember you had pain in labor but somehow you would be willing to do it all again in awhile..
I think this is how it will be with me. This deployment has not been the #1 thing I would choose to go through but I am thankful for it and when I comes again (and it will) I will have the redeployment memories to keep me excited.

I know most of you cannot know what it must be like to go through this but it really is an exciting experience. I am so proud of my husband and my children for the exceptional way they handled this time in our lives and for taking changes with stride.

I am thankful for the sacrifice that my husband not only made for me and my family but you and yours to be safe in this great country we call AMERICA!

HE IS COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!