Sweeping and Talking

More firsts for me....Today we call Tim from the shop phone so the kids can talk to him and on we don't have to pay!!! Here is our conversation:

Anna "Hey what's up"
Tim "Well at the moment I am sweeping for bombs out in the jungle."
Anna "Oh well could you just talk to the kids for a second. Mack really wants to talk."
Tim "UuuH ok."

Mack finally speaks to his father with a huge smile on his face
Sydney tells every small detail of her 6 year old world
Cole says hi but gets cut off short, hands the phone to me......"Mom, Dad needs to talk to you again"

Tim "Hey Honey, I am really glad you called but I probably need to get going. Love you"

Sacrificial or just plain crazy??? You tell me.

The Confession

Mack has been plotting against me. All along I thought I was going crazy. Every time I looked for a wooden spoon or other tool of discipline, I could not find one.....thus prolonging or forgetting the spanking altogether. Today Mack came clean. He had been hiding them and at a good place at that. "Under your bed," he confesses as his head is turned so he doesn't have to make eye contact.

What a cutie!!! Mack has his own agenda.


Pics of Mack and his buddy Alissa (the youngest of nine children).

Valentine's Day

So my husband has his friend/co-worker deliver flowers to me for Valentine's Day. Well this is not that weird because he has been deployed before and co-workers have delivered flowers to me on various occasions throughout our marriage from Tim. Today was a little different something new that has never been done before.....James who works for Tim not only buys flowers for me but goes one step further to buy a mushy card and sign Tim's name. Talk about the EOD close nit family. Those guys have no fear!! I just wonder if it is Tim's idea to send a card or did James just think it would be a nice added touch to the flowers.

Thank you James....you did a very brave deed! Tim owes you big time.