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May 20, 2011

Sean learns to ride

Santa brought Sean a bike for Christmas, and at the time we had no intention of leaving the training wheels on, but his little legs would not reach the ground, so we left them on.  Last night, we took them off, and he did great!  After every stop, or fall, he would pull himself up with a huge grin, jump up and down, and run and jump into our arms.....EVERY time!  Needless to say, he was very excited, and soaked up all of the attention.  He is still learning to steer the bike with his wheels, and not his body (a bad habit picked up from having training wheels to prevent tipping).
Here is a video of his final run/crash of the evening.  It was his biggest crash, but once again, he got up smiling....until Josh announced, "Hey Sean, you have blood"  (a small scrape on his elbow) and then the sobbing started.  The whole thing was precious!  Unfortunately, when taking video of that episode, I stopped filming before the smile, and attention to blood, so all I have is the ride & crash, and then the sobs!
P.S. Josh made a better video of multiple rides.  The final crash and sobs are at the end.



Sean, we are so proud of you...you brave and sweaty boy!

May 5, 2011

Photos-February/March


We are at the beach, again!

Digging is hard work, notice the drool!

Sean has a love-hate relationship with the ocean.   It isn't too often he ventures into the water.   Here is our brave boy jumping the waves in about 2 inches of water!


Will is pretty proud of his belly button
 In March, we drove to Pensacola with some friends to go to the Renaissance Festival.  It wasn't quite what we were expecting, but we still had a great time.  I had no idea the level of devotion some people have to this time period- it was pretty clear that there are some real die-hards!  The boys begged us to buy them real swords, but we bought them a ride on an elephant instead.



 We are fishing, again!  (Turtle Peak)




Dad and Sylvia's visit in March



Sean hitching a ride from Papa



April 14, 2011

Pictures from January

When you live in Florida, sometimes you find these in your home...

and all the boys in the house get really excited, and they catch it, and take it outside so that the girl of the home is happy.

boy version of dress-up


"Winter" trip to the beach at Seaside

April 9, 2011

Where In The World Will The Conway Crew Go?

carmensandiego-1.jpgSo we turned in our base rankings on friday.  A little twist in how they're assigning bases this year...if you put a "Top 6" requested base in your top 10, then you go into a lottery for the bases that didn't get requested...kind of a risk reward thing, I guess....we think it's more psychological warfare!  Anyhow, here's our list...thoughts, predictions?  We should find out by friday the 15th, so it's coming up!!



1
Spangdahlem (Germany)
2
Lajes Field (Azores)
3
Fairchild (Spokane)
4
Hill (Salt Lake City)
5
Peterson (Co Springs)
6
Kirtland (Albuquerque)
7
Beale (N.Cali)
8
Mountain home (Idaho)
9
Luke (Phoenix)
10
Hickam (Hawaii)
11
Vandenberg (N of L.A.)
12
Davis-Montan (Tucson)
13
Charleston (S.C.)
14
Macdill (Tampa)
15
Upwood (U.K.)
16
Malmstrom (Montana)
17
Tyndall (Panama City)
18
Ramstein (Germany)
19
Scott (Missouri)
20
Sheppard (TX)
21
Barksdale (LA)
22
Grand Forks (ND)
23
FE Warren (WY)
24
Little Rock 
25
McConnell (Wichita)
26
Tinker (OK CIty)
27
Shaw
28
Seymor-Johnson
29
Maxwell (AL)
30
Whiteman (MO)
31
McGuire (NJ)
32
Pope 
33
Moody (GA)
34
Cannon (NM)
35
Vance (OK)
36
Lakenheath (UK)
37
Dyes (TX)
38
Goodfellow (TX)
39
Columbus (Mississippi)
40
Minot (ND)
41
Kadena (Japan)
42
Misawa (Japan)
43
Yokota (Japan)

Hello Again!

Wow, where has the time gone?!  I will try and give you a brief update on the Conway household:

January- not to complain, but we were a little surprised at how chilly Florida's panhandle (or, "Lower Alabama" as Josh calls it) gets in the winter months.  And, when the beach isn't an option, there really are not many options as far as things to do.  Anyway, we were surprised about that, but we survived:)

February- here and there, the sun came out, and we took advantage of those few days, and headed to the beach!  The water was cold, but the boys didn't care, they got soaking wet.  And, I was quickly reminded how much of the beach we bring home after our visits.  Did I tell you that we named our van, "Sandy"?

March- March just flew by.  My dad and his friend, Sylvia, stopped by for a quick visit, and we had a great time with them.  Josh had a dental conference that he presented at in Atlanta, so we all joined in on the vacation.  The boys and I didn't see much of Josh those five days, but we managed to have a blast in spite of that.  It was probably our most successful hotel stay...meaning, that we actually slept even though we were all in the same room!  Oh, and we stayed at the Ritz Carleton!  It was fun pretending like we were regulars there, but we have since decided that Embassy Suites is about where we max-out on the "fancy hotel" scale.
The boys and I made a few trips to IKEA, went to the Atlanta zoo, played for hours in Centennial park, and got to spend some quality time with the other wives/children from the residency.  Also, we were able to have dinner and hang out one evening with my great friend, Michele, and her family.  Michele and I went to school together from Kindergarten through 12th grade, and we have managed to remain close over the years even though we have been separated by distance for the past few years.  She is just one of those friends that we pick up right where we left off, and our families had a great time together.  It was so good to see you, Michele!!

April- I had surgery.....and not the kind I always thought I would.  When I woke up, my gallbladder was gone, but the rest of my body was the same!  Recovery wasn't as easy as I thought it would be, but we're a week post-op now and I'm starting to feel pretty good.  Dad and Sylvia came to stand in as human jungle gyms, since I'm not available for climbing and jumping on for a few weeks.  And, we turned in our base rankings on Friday...pretty stressful and a lot of back and forth, but we finally came up with a list....should find out next week where we're going.

More pictures and stories to come.....just wanted to give a quick update. We hope everyone is doing well.  We'll send out emails, texts, and posts when we find out where we're going.

January 29, 2011

F-I-V-E and Loving It!

On December 28, Henry turned five!  Once again, I can not believe how quickly his birthday comes each year!  Henry was pretty excited about his birthday (and still is), so much so, that I would venture to bet that at least 4 out of 5 people within a 10 mile radius were aware of his special day!!  It was broadcasted very well, by none other than the H-man himself!  SOOOOO cute.  Anyway, we had a great celebration, and the best part of it was that Josh's parents drove all the way from Nebraska to celebrate with us!  Henry wanted to see dolphins on his birthday, so we all went to the local aquarium where they perform dolphin shows.  He had a great time!  I also attempted a dolphin cake, but you won't be seeing pictures of that...lets just say it wasn't my best masterpiece.







A big milestone for a 5 year old in our house....gum!  H's first time chewing gum, and he hated it!
Happy birthday, Buddy-Boy!  We love you so much, and you humble us every day with your innocence and sensitivity toward others...you have a heart of GOLD!

And here are a couple of pictures of the boys with Papi and Grandma the day we took them to the beach.  It was a windy and chilly day!


It was so great having Papi and Grandma visit us.  We miss them very much, and it was very special  for all of us to have them here.

Oh, and I almost forgot....I LOVE legos!  We gave Henry the Lego City Fire Station for his birthday, and he has spent hours building, re-building and playing with that.  It has been adorable seeing him work so hard, follow the directions, and he is so proud of his product.  Thank you legos...I have had a little extra time to catch up on some photo albums!
Don't forget to notice his faithful and trusty companion...always there by his side while he works (makes a mom proud)
Here he is working on the semi truck that we got for Christmas (thanks Anderson family)!

January 26, 2011

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year, and we didn't even miss the snow!  Our Christmas was extra fun with the boys being a little older and wiser to all of the traditions and fun.  Here are a few pictures from December and Christmas.
Henry was very excited to finally have a star for the top of our tree 

One boy did NOT want to be in this picture....luckily the other two helped me out

Mr. Independent on feeding himself these days (the highchair is also not an option for him anymore)

It has been so fun having a real fireplace!

Santa brought the boys binoculars, and they LOVE them

The BIG present from Papi and Grandma

Learning to ride