two holes.

justin's brother & family are in for the holiday week.

my sister-in-law wanted to get em's ears pierced for her

when we were in missouri,

but em was too preoccupied w her cousin chloe

to want to leave the house that day. :)

so we all(my SIL, niece, nephew, em & my MIL)

went to the mall over the weekend

and she got her ears pierced.

she decided so quickly to get her ears pierced, i didn't even get to call her dad while he was out of town and tell him she was doing it!  he found out via facebook photos. lol.

to my surprise, my nephew video'd it all with his ipod touch. i thought he was just taking photos!  when we made it back to my in-laws house, k-man was playing the video for his dad and my father-in-law.  so glad he taped it.  justin was able to watch it when he made it back home yesterday.  made me feel better about not calling him first!

i think it's safe to say that it was the most painful gift she's ever received. :)
(thanks to my SIL for manning my camera so i could hold my kid still!)

now we have more stocking options! :)
she's still pretty dramatic about the earrings, especially when i have to clean her ears, but she does love them.
i'm pretty sure she showed everyone at school on monday.
we ran into an old pre-k parent of mine at the store and she whispered, "mom, tell him i got my ears pierced!" haha.

not too much longer and she'll be an official 6 year old.

1st Class.

three years ago this month,

we were watching justin swear back in

to the navy reserves as a Boatswains Mate 2nd class.

(BM2)

 today he got the call that he had advanced to 1st class (BM1)!!!

oh, he was so excited when he called me from work this morning.  he was 8 points away from advancement in the spring and so disappointed when he didn't make it.  i'm so thrilled that he's finally accomplished such a huge goal of his!  now he moves on to the next huge task before he goes...getting his coxswain pin!



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as a lot of people have heard, we've had some crazy weather around here.  my friends in okc were extremely close to the earthquake that hit to the NE of them.  we've felt two so far...the earthquake from saturday and then the aftershock on monday.  in kansas of all places.  so crazy.

we've had rain, earthquakes, flooding, tornado watches, and as of last night, snow falling.  for the last two days,
it's been extremely wet out.
which i don't mind. :)  however, the flooding on monday during school pick up time, i did mind.

(via my blackberry)

today it's bright and sunny out, fall leaves covering the ground.  perfection.

october

i realize i'm behind on the photo sharing.

 i'm okay with that.

we've been a little busy.

the whyte kids 'star wars' photo is in a photo contest over at sarah shah portraits page on facebook.  click on the link above, 'like' sarah's page, and vote for your favorite shot.