wednesday august 6, 2008

today mike took the girls to the zoo while i attempted to finish the packing. afterward we met aunt chris and uncle howard for dinner in New Castle, DE. wednesday is kids night at Damon's (a restaurant near the airport) and they had 101 dalmations playing on one of the big screen tvs and a balloon guy was making animals for the kids. Asia picked a pig and Anya picked a butterfly. the balloon guy had already made a Road Runner and he gave it to us too. the girls were very happy.

going away

today we are hosting a going away/birthday pool party. it is finally starting to sink in how close to leaving we actually are. the movers are coming next week and we are packing a truck and leaving that weekend. we should be moving into a house in Dayton on the 12th (cross your fingers) we told asia that she could have a birthday cake of her choosing for the party. she picked a caterpillar cake with a green body and orange head. the head didnt come out as orange as i would have liked but he is a cute little guy. asia also picked the colors for his stripes too. she liked "helping" to frost the cake. "helping" is a nice was of saying she tasted alot.

happy birthday to me!

i had a nice birthday. mike and the girls made me breakfast while i was in the shower. it was cute. asia came it yelling about making breakfast. at lunch time i opened presents and i got a nintendo DS. now we have two in the house and can play against eachother. i also got some ramekins so i can make chocolate lava cake once we get to ohio and i unpack my cookbooks. i had a delicious german chocolate cake made by my hunny =) yum-o.... all in all, a sucessful birthday. i just hate to think what happens in 4 more years ;o)

our housing options

here are the three floor plans we can choose from. floor plans 15 (CGO neighborhood) and 17 (JNCO neighborhood) will cost our entire BAH of $1264 minus some for utilities. floor plan I we can get at the civilian rate and pay only $875 for rent. we are torn. let us know which house you think.


floor plan 15 is unfinished. there is a front living room, bathroom and stairs not included in the picture. anyway, let us know what you think!

Washington DC

we took a day trip to the capitol yesterday. it was a long day, but we did get to see all the touristy stuff. we are trying to fit as much tourist stuff in before we leave (in less than 1 month!!) check out the pictures at this link.

http://horenziak.googlepages.com/washingtondc-july13%2C2008