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Family Night

Today we hade just one of those days, it's raining again...the morning was crazy and we were all so tired.
After dinner Steve came up with a great idea...let's have a family meeting
We decided to talk to the kids about this year's events vacations/ possiblity of moving, and come up with some house/family rules for us all to follow, here is what we and the boys came up with..
Merkley's...

Trust in Christ (our new family motto)
Always show respect
Always have fun
Always help with love
Love each other
Choose the Right (CTR)
Shine Their Light
Always have a positive attitude
Are Together Forever

This was our family night for the week. Trust in Christ is the motto, we now say this after family prayers it's kinda our family cheer!! Another way we are trying to bring our family together and teach important principals as the boys grow up....

Flea Market

Today was the base Flea market they do it once a month...I decided to get ride of some of our belongings...it was well worth it...made about $ 180.00 just out of a few boxes..."One mans junk is another's treasure" still rings true on this island. It was nice to be able to use my Portuguese in making a few sales, the local people here are so nice, but drive a hard bargin too. This is my first time doing this...probably not the last either.
Kylor had another sleep over...he loves doing that, I picked him up and he was sleeping in John's Spider man costume, cute!!! The rain today has not stopped so time to bring out the games and movies and hope the power stay on.
This last week was the last straw for the "Flea's in home tollerance" I found one on me!!! YUCK! It just was on my shirt, but grose. I started removing rugs from the house...The flea's LOVE rugs...I have discovered no wonder why the houses here are full of Tile, the bugs just feed on the hiding spots in rugs...so out they went to the dumpster. We have been trying to tackle this problem for sometime now. Even the Pest Control people on base said flea's are hard to manage here I guess you can bring them in on your shoes....Pest Control coming to spray our house Tuesday...
***Thanks Dad and Grandma Shelley for Orion's Birthday card we recieved it today!***

Update.

Steve's been on a crazy schedule 3am to noon, he got off today and we went and had a commisary tour, when we got back he had to go back into work (When is SLEEP?) yeah his second family is that Radar of his. It keeps him pretty busy. They are telling him he's on Mids--all next week that's going to be even more nuts. Audrey and the Boys are going about our daily lives as always...I had them with Theresa so I could hit the 5:20 class at the Gym, it helps keeping me going to the Gym to have the energy I need at home.
Orion was happy to attend school today, I heard he was so good. Kylor had a good day at school, he's still talking about Awana's that was last night and wants to memorize a scripture to get more play money. They have a shop once a month they can buy things.
Quinn is cute as always, he's actually begun to drool, can that mean teeth soon? I think so. WOW! he'll be 3 months here in a week from today!! He's sleeping so good.
Audrey doing good, Working out daily now and planning the Naples trip coming up this spring...we have alot in store of us this year.

Awana's

K and O went to Awana's tonight at the base Chapel, it's a new idea for us. My friend invited us so I thought hey why not..the kids really seemed to like it, it's like Sunday school in the evening. They play games and sing songs and it's more like a Club that teachs about Christ..

Christian based, but I think we may take them again. So many good activities to be involved in here. Orion liked it they talked about how God created the Star the moon and earth. They have Kylor memorizing scriptures from the Bible so that's a good thing. He seems so excited to particpate, friends from school attend also.

Sunday afternoon activity, Kylor singing song "Love is spoken here" this is cute. After his primary program he kept singing....all afternoon, I just had to get some on video

Here is Q on Mommy's lap

Sunday

Kylor's Primary program was today, he said his lines so good, with a little help with an older boy. It was his first time doing this with the Microphone. The theme was on "Faith"...he was so proud. He stayed up on the stand the whole time. All afternoon today Kylor was singing his primary songs aroung the house, it was so cute!
Orion is adjusting to being a Sunbeam now, He'd rather be playing in Nursery but what boy his age wouldn't, He stayed in his class longer today than last week. He'll get the hang of it soon. The cats are doing better Friday they got declawed and were pretty drugged up until today; they are actually playing again. We had a good Sunday played Uno and Mouse Trap with Kylor and Orion they liked that. Quinn is sleeping through the night really good now. He's growing so fast...
Last night Steve & I went on a date to "Arriba's" a mexican resturaunt they have down near the Praia Beach, we sat by a open window looking over the bay area, it was nice. The waitress even brought us a candle for our table while we were talking, it was nice. We'll have to go there again it wax excellent!!!

Kylor's latest &Orion's a helper

Orion helping Steve trim those Palm Tree branches off. They hang down pretty low over the side walk.





I recorded Kylor chanting this song he learned at school. It's a Portuguese game his Host nation teacher taught him. They sit in a circle and something to do with a tissue. I'm picturing it's like duck duck goose. The when you get a tissue on your back it's you. He's been teaching a thing or two of his own to us. It's so cute ot hear him talk the language here.