The Costons

Back home again!!! Thankfully we made it back home before this big snow storm. I was so happy to be here to see the kids having fun playing in the snow. We got about 8 inches in the city we live in here, according to the news station!!! I almost wish we got this much more often. Here’s three quicks pics of the kids playing in the snow!

Since this one and tomorrow will be the last few I can post for a bit…these will keep me smiling!  I’m not going to be in the best of moods, and I can’t say really why.  I took this one tonight…and everytime I see it, I just smile!  I got this one of my lil one too, and I just love her expression!  hehehe, like she was posing for the picture!  My cuties!  I am the luckiest mom in the world to have these awesome kids!

Today, I was just ready to go home.  I took the CPO exam today, and we’ll see how I did, whether I made board or not, in a few months.  I don’t anticipate it or making CPO, but anything is possible!!!  I enjoyed the few hours I was at home with the family this evening!  I was snapping pics of the kids as usual, and Vaeh and Mason wanted to take a few.  So, Vaeh was taking a pic, and of course, she covered the camera with her hands.  Here’s her pic.  I like it!  That’s me in the background, what lil pink you do see hehe.  Until tomorrow, folks…..

I had duty today, so I was stuck on the ship.  The only time I was off the ship today was to do FEP (Fitness Enhancement Program, aka the fat girl or boy program.  Hey, I can call myself fat!  I’m losing though!  Anyway, this is a pic I snapped just so I could have a pic for today.  I have to admit, I like it!

My next update after this will be sometimes on Thursday, so I leave you with this funny picture!  LOL, Vaeh decided to play with Mason’s batman wings, and then she either laid down or fell down…and I snapped this picture of her.  This one will keep me smiling while I’m on duty tomorrow.

We had a fun day today.  Even though we were at home, we spent lots of quality time together.  We read books, sang songs, danced to music, played games and cooked dinner together!!!  I know it’s usually 1 picture a day…but when the kids were helping me make dinner tonight, spagetti and meatballs, it was just too funny!  Have to share a few pics.  Mason and Nevaeh helped me roll the hamburger meat into little meatballs.  They did a great job.  Then we boiled some water while the meatballs cooked.  We started breaking up the spagetti noodles, and halfway into it, Mason dropped the spagetti noodle box on the floor, and they went everywhere!  Even Orianna came to help pick up the noodles off the floor and throw them away.  I treasure every day like this…spending time with the family.  I love every second of it, even the frustrating times. Yes, that is a pineapple on the floor too.  When Mason knocked down the noodles on the floor, he did it because his hand brushed against the stalk of the pineapple, and he knocked the pineapple and the noodles on the floor.  LOL…I love these guys!

Why do long weekends never feel like a long weekend!  But I’m enjoying it though.    Today we went through all the closets in the house, and we reorganized and cleaned them out.    Had some wrapping paper cardboard thingies that we still had stuffed in the closet from Christmas, and the kids got them and made them pretend guns like they were on a ship.  hehe, here’s a shot of them playing!  Yep, they also got haircuts too!  Now they’re groomed too.

Elmo!!!! Elmo always brings smiles to faces everywhere!!!!!  We had a busy day today.  We all actually got out as a family…even if it was to get a new ID card, get haircuts, and go grocery shopping.  I snapped a few pics of the kids in the van, but I’m to lazy to try to do a photomerge….and might I mention, I’d suck royally at it right now with as tired as I am…..So, I just got a quick shot of Elmo Live tonight before midnight.  We got this for Orianna for Christmas and she just loves it!

Jan. 15th’s pic snap was just of our ummm…omg, i’m so tired, I can’t think of the right name for it…the thermostat…yeah, that’s right.  hahaha.  Ok, well, ours isn’t fancy at all…doesn’t need to be…we’re home all the time…well, Jaime and the kids are….so, we just set it and when everyone is at school and working, we’ll move on up to a programmable…haha!  Aaaaaaanyway, BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR with it being at 71 degrees!!!! OMG….right now, at 11pm, we have it down to 69 degrees and it’s chilly…but blankets work wonders.   So, we’re doing this to try to lower our gas bill.  We had a $54 gas bill for November-December.  But for December-January, it was $213!!!!! OMG!!!!  Sooo, yeah, gotta keep the temp down a bit more.  We had it up to between 73 and 74 every day of the month…I guess that will do it…eh?  So, hehe, he’res my awesome picture!  LOL