Okay so I didn't die doing my spur ride.. I had so much fun. It was hard but fun. We got into our groups and I had to get my face cameoed up... ick. We had 4 different stations that we had to go to. We did lots of running, sit ups and push ups. We had to take a PT test and on that I did 20 push ups and 27 sit ups and ran a quarter mile in 2 minutes and 27 seconds. I didn't pass out and that was good for me. We also had to do some army crawling and scooting.. that was hard. We had to hold a rubber machine gun when we were doing that so it made it harder. Then we got to throw fake grenades. I am really tired and my feet are killing me. So far though I have been having a good birthday.. we are supposed to go our for dinner with some friends tonight so that will be good to. YAY!

YAY... I am sure that Lana has updated everyone but just in case.... DAD IS HOME!!!!! :) Mom is so happy and things are going great. The nurse is coming one a week and the speech and physical theropists' are coming as well. Dad speech is starting to get much better, he still has a long way to go but improving everyday. We are just so thankful! Mom is kinda going crazy because dad is needing something every 2 minutes. She is getting in a routine with things and is getting used to him now. He is answering the phone now and it is so funny, but good that he is doing that.
Tomorrow is my birthday (or Birfday if your Lana...lol) I'm excited about it. I am doing a spouse spur ride tomorrow and I am wearing Cody's ACU uniform... hahaha! The guys earn their spurs and have to do all types of things and it is a 2 day ordeal to get them. We are just doing a fun thing to get ours... it should be really interesting! He is going to video and take pictures so I'll post some this weekend.

Well today we got our new furniture in FINALLY!!! :) It is PERFECT we love it! It goes great with all the decorations so I don't have to redo anything. It's really nice to have it. Chloe is not a happy camper though because she is not going to be allowed to get on it. I am going to get her a really nice bed for downstairs that will work for her "couch". She has been whimpering because she has to lay on the rug, sooooo spoiled. Cody is packing for his mini deployment(the month of October). It is really just a training thing and he has to get some things packed up today to send so that it will be there when he arrives. We are going to watch the movie Star Trek tonight with our friends. I'm not to thrilled but I'm hoping that it is much better than I'm expecting. I'll at least get nachos out of it so that is good...haha! Cody made it home safely from his course and he ended up making a 95% over all average so that was really good.

Chloe decided that she was going to chase after a rabbit on Thursday!!! Thankfully my friend Katie was here and helped me track her down. She ran across 2 streets chasing that stupid thing. She was in trouble. Cody did really good on his first test, he made a 94%. Yeah for him. He says that he is learning a lot. He also said that one of the instructors(not his) flew one of the planes on the movie Transformers II. He was real excited about it... lol! He is qualified to fly really low and there are only like 7 in the USA that are able to do that. I have about 5 days left until he is home!! I can't wait. I'm hoping that this next week goes by really fast. He is also bringing me home chips and salsa from Chilli's so I'm really excited about that!!! hahaha! I got our lawn mowed, I mowed the backyard twice so that it would look really nice. I also raked it twice. Then, of course, it rained that night which would have been fine. Except for the fact that the Government came in and mowed with their big mowers. They went right over all the work that I had done and left big tire tracks in our yard.... I got woken up to that and that just ruined my dad. I was so mad. I'm over it now but I still think they should not have done that!!! Well I better go get some dinner ready. Hope all is going well back at home, love you guys!

I finally figured out why my flowers were dying in my flower bed in front of my house. I was digging down in it and I noticed that it was all mulch and no soil.... what the heck. So I finally got to the store and got 2 bags of soil and new fresh mulch. I also got some new flowers. I got out there today and went to work. I dug out all the old nasty stuff and replaced it with the new stuff. I planted my flowers and I am hoping that they will be just fine. If not, I give!! I got some re-decorating done today to. After this time around I'm done with moving things. Now I know what Cody feels like when I ask him to help me move things....hahaha!! It needs to be done though. I am really going to go crazy next week and start organizing all the closets and rooms. I just need to get it done so I won't have to keep putting on my "to do" list and it never getting done. Chloe was really good for me while I was planting my flowers because she gets to be outside. When I decorate she gets frustrated because she doesn't get as much attention. She is just a big baby...haha!

Me and my friend Karyn went to OBI and McDonald's today without our husbands. That was a first for us girls. We usually make our husbands check out and order because we are scared to speak to the German's. Our German is not very good, but we made it on our own today. That was really fun and interesting..haha. I also was the "problem" customer because I got 3 of the same flowers and none of them had a bar code. Therefore they had to call a guy up and he is trying to say something to me and I'm just like huh...... then they realize that I'm American and kinda laugh and then they speak English. It's kind of embarrassing but not to bad I guess. They are nice though if you try to say at least a few German words. I know my numbers and to say hi and bye and I think that is good enough. Good effort I would say ;) !

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Today has been kind of a long day. I was really excited to go to the PX to do some shopping but of course I get there and they are either out or just don't have what I was wanting. I guess I got spoiled while we were home, you can get anything there. Mom told me today that dad walked with his walker. I just started crying because I'm so happy that he is doing well. God is really showing his presence through my dad. It is so amazing! It is started to become depressing around on post. They are starting to get things organized for when the soldiers deploy. So talk of wills and death and all that jazz is beginning. They are wanting volunteers for a committee to be formed for when soldiers pass away and families are left behind. Wow talk about sad......... that is the last thing that I would like to think about!!!!!!!!!

Cody is doing well at his course. He says that there is a lot to study and not much time. They are in class from 730 to 5 and then dinner and a few hours to study and then he heads to bed. I think he is enjoying it though. He is getting to eat at all the American restaurants so that is good for him. He is on an Air Base and they have LOTS of luxuries.

Well I'm headed to bed. Hope that everything is going well at home. Love you guys!

Well most of you know but we made it back safely. We didn't think that we would ever get home from the million hour long plane ride...haha. We took medicine but it only put us out for about 2-4 hours so that wasn't even half the flight. We did get lucky though on the flight back. We had individual tv screens in the back of the chairs. We watched a lot of movies and played games, so it wasn't to bad but it was still LONG!!!! We are just glad to be back. Cody is gone again though so I'm alone for now. He is at a school for 2 weeks so me and Chloe are just hanging out at the house. We stay pretty busy. I just clean A LOT and redecorate so that is fun for me. My friend Katie came over tonight and we had a girls night. We ate Subway and watched a movie. Chloe got to play with a neighbor dog. They are really nice and the dog, Maggie Mae, likes Chloe. I was really glad for her because the dogs before were mean to her. It is really good for her to have a friend and gets her energy out. She just runs in circles, it's pretty entertaining! The weather was beautiful today. I think the high was 75. It gets warm in the house but I just get our fans going and it's not to bad.