A few tricks and treats

In the spirit of Halloween, I thought I'd share a few tricks and treats from the Navylang life.

Treat: We had a couple of different trunk or treats over the weekend. We decorated the trunk on Friday and just left everything in place for Saturday. Garrett had a blast helping Maddax - I mean Bob the Builder gather candy.

Trick: We forgot our candy for Saturday's branch party. So we teamed up with the Lallatin family who had candy - but no trunk decor.

Dave wore his nasty Kiss shirt and actually played devil music from his ipod. Go figure.

It's always a treat when we catch a glimpse of these guys training and entertaining us with their tricks.

(parachutes after being dropped from the helicopter)

Treat: Molly Coconubs has been a hoot to have around. Being a dog living in the tropics - we just had to introduce her to swimwear and of course the jet-ski. But in true island style - she prefers being clothing free.

Trick: Being a very allergic household, we were so excited to find a Maltese because of their allergen free hair. It doesn't help us too much however since Madi is allergic to her saliva. We're giving it another week - trying a new allergen fighting cocktail. Of course we get more attached day by day - it's very tricky territory!

Introducing . . . .

Molly Coconut Nubs (buns spelled backwards)
* In true Guam style -name subject to change.

This is what I'll miss

Bunny time in the back yard after dinner.

Tonight's sunset was beautiful!

Warm thoughts . . . . .

We were thinking of Utah's first snow as we collected shells for Christmas ornaments.

Befuddled

Our normally mundane household has been dealing with drama the past few days.

School has caused a bit of a hassle lately. Something to do with backpacks leading to breakdowns.

And then Dave's employer threw us for a loop. After the "Fellowship Congratulations" - we found out we will only be in Hawaii For a year. One. (1)

We're 'penciled in' for Northern Command in Colorado Springs as our follow on.

Our options included Colorado, Nebraska, Pentagon, Belgium (but not really - we were told we've been overseas too much)

We ALL decided Colorado was the best option. (o.k., I'm still in the 'sort of' stage)
3 year orders means Garrett could have all but his freshman year in the same high school.
It also means Madi will move for her Jr and Sr. years. Pathetic!

This morning I sent out a very brief update to our own 'key and essential personnel' explaining the latest . . . .
I now give you a sampling of responses to that email:

April said: does this mean after one year in hawaii you are going to alaska to live?

huh?

Sidney said: So, does this mean you will only be Hawaii one year? If so, you'd better start an online calendar so everyone can schedule their visits! Steve & I are coming together - along with Lexi

Great! You can stay in the hotel room next to ours.

Esther wrote: ALOHA! Are you so excited? I can’t believe you are actually moving to Hawaii! Just a bigger version of what you are used to right? Are your kids happy about it? When is the big move? My kids were very excited about it

I don't even have the energy left to respond to that one.

Misse: Colorado. I am pretty sure you can get fresh produce there and there is probably a Target! Yeah!
Plus it's way easy to DRAW Colorado! Bonus!

Go go Colorado! Cheer with me now! Go go Colorado! At least it's not North Dakota... Go go Colorado.. You've got it now!

I am going to go practice doing straddle jumps and back flips to go with my Colorado cheer! You do the same!!!

That one actually helped. I needed the visual!

Last but not least. . . . Madison exclaimed, "Great! Now I'll have to use the high altitude directions on the back of the box."