So it is without question that these days it seems the ONLY time my normal camera comes out of hiding is when the holidays have peeked there little heads into my vision and I all but squeal with delight at the memories to be made and captured on film...err...on a digital memory card. Ha.
This year of course with a new brood and many more faces to capture its caused my brain to melt slightly and you will never guess what I did. I have deleted all the memories from the very first Crazy 8 holiday. Deleted. Gone. Forever. Will never been seen. GAH! Sadness has been brought into my life with a vengeance. However, I cried and now I must suck it up, there are still many more memories to be made or so my sweet Air Force guy has reminded me. We still have ACTUAL Halloween right!?!
So for the sake of remembering these things here is what I can post. This weekend was a memorable one and not all just for the good stuff. All the kids are fully aware that the hunny will be leaving in February and all of them are none to happy, some more than others and really the youngers probably have no idea what is going to change and won't until it happens. Boo. We realized that multiple birthdays will be missed, that my littles are far more attached than originally thought and that I am sad sad sad and I almost don't even want to celebrate Thanksgiving for the simple fact that I don't want to hear the word...TURKEY. GASP! Its the new bad word in the house.
We went to the pumpkin patch a week ago and that was a blast. We did the corn maze and I met my guys momma and although it's never the comfiest of situations it went over well enough. So this weekend we decided to carve the pumpkins so the entire Crazy 8 was at my house and we gutted, and carved and painted and it was fabulous! The kids were in rare form, crazy and ornery and seemed to be extra whiney all weekend but that's okay we got through it! They each carved a pumpkin, and sweet Alyssa gutted about a billion (she loved that part) and then Sunday as the guy was sleeping (thank you night shift) me and all 6 littles went to another pumpkin patch and grabbed 6 tiny pumpkins for them to paint and that we can keep on our table as fall decorations. They had a blast and while they did that I was able to make breakfast for lunch with Carina, Tyler and well...when the guy wasn't trying to catch up on football he helped to :)
Real Talk. We made memories this weekend!!!!
Even with all the fun Halloween stuff, we also went to Aidan's final football game of the season. He won. Yep. We were there to witness the first win of the season. I'd say we brought the good luck but I'm sure it has more to do with the team they were playing having at least 3 players who I swear weren't taller than 3 feet. Little bobble heads walking around on the field. So cute. I met my guys dad and his wife and also the kids' mom. Again, not always the comfiest but by far some of the best moments of my life just being there watching our little (gigantic) family coming together to support one of the littles.
Pretty amazing weekend even with me deleting all the pics. We just have to make up for it this week by taking even more pics! Yay!
On a serious note, and more to keep in line with making sure I document the good and bad, this weekend was a rough one. Its setting in the length of time I and all of us won't see my sweet Air Force guy and although I am keeping my head up and know we will get through this, it doesn't change the fact that its sucky. With all that's going on, the meeting of families and the knowledge and preparation of the departure to come by brain was super emotional. This may or may not be also due to the hormones that are brought on by 'thisistheweekiturncrazyitis'.
We all know what that means.
Either way, my guy reminds me. Its only 15 months at the very beginning of our forever and then that's it. He will get to see us half way through and the only thing that could make it any more sad is that we still aren't sure if he will be returning back here after he is done with his deployment. I still have my fingers crossed and I will still be as optimistic as possible either way, but that won't be without a few tears and quiet nights to myself to just think. I have 6 little bodies to worry about and their hearts are far more fragile than my own so onward and upward!
Random tidbit. We bought toothbrushes for all the kids this weekend (even mine got new toothbrushes) and we bought bath scrubbies for them and once they are all hung up in the shower and the toothbrushes are in the toothbrush holder we will officialloy be on our way to making our house...'OUR' house.
Gotta stick together people. Its the only way to survive!
XOXO
G33KY Penguin
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