Well FROCK!

Here he is ladies and gentlemen...a newly frocked E6!!

Photo taken by: Gas Turbine Systems Electrical 3rd Class Charlotte C. Oliver

I am SO proud of him!!!

My little Fire Controlman First Class!!

Movin' on up

Good news, good news! 

My husband advanced to E6!!  He is now a Petty Officer First Class in the US Navy.  You can't imagine my excitement, our excitement, when we got the call.  He's been trying for so long, he's deserved for so long, but it just hasn't happened because of how closed up his rate has been.  Out of the 388 people that took it, only 41 made it, and my husband was one of them.  I am seriously so proud of him.  The frocking ceremony should've been today (email is down at the moment so I have no way of knowing for sure), so it should be offical now!

The fact that the Navy has to TEST to advance...is just beyond me.  They're the only branch that still has to test to make rank.  If they'd just allow advancement based on evals and merit, Kendall would've been a Chief by now.  BUT - I won't get ahead of myself.  We just made E6 and that's awesome. 

I have spent the last few days buying new uniforms, sewing patches on said uniforms, buying new medals and ribbons.  I know it seems kinda "June Cleaver-ish", but hey...I'm happy doing it.  Do you have any idea how much money we've said by me doing the patches myself? Ha! That comes in handy this time of year, with Christmas being around the corner and all.  ; )

Random Japan

I found two more random Japanese things I like. 

Yeah....CREAM COLLON, lol.  The name made me giggle, because I have the mind of a 5th grader when it comes to stuff like this.  I can't tell you what it is, what's in it, nothing.  All I know is it's like....an ice cream cone shell with this...creamy collon gunk on the inside, lol.  Very yummy, very tasty. 

And this.  This is....Morinaga.  Actually, I'm not sure if thats the name of the drink, or the name of the brand...I don't know.  DyDo makes it, and it's like...coffee, flavored with pancake syrup.  I'm not sure what I think about it, but I could NOT stop drinking it, lol.   

I've been slacking

Sorry folks...I have really been slacking on my blog lately.  Between running my husband all over creation, chasing my two little hellcats all over the place, groceries, coffee dates, dinner dates....it's just been crazy.  I promise I'll try to do better. Again, I don't have alot of time right now, but tonight after the kids are in bed I plan on doing a better update, with some pictures maybe. 

I'm also trying to sweet talk my husband in to going to an off-base festival with me tomorrow, so who knows, tomorrow for me, EARLY Sunday morning for you people in the states, might wake up to awesome pictures of Samurai and this awesome family enjoying some of what Japan has to offer!!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from us to you!!!

We had a great Halloween.  My husband was, of course, underway due to Tyhpoon Chaba (which was NOTHING...), so it was just the kids and I this year.  We tagged along with my friend Sarah and her family, so all the kids got to go trick-or-treating together. We had a very good time and luckily we beat all the crowds, at least on the area of base we were in. Any Japanese person who works on the base is allowed to bring up to 6 guests on for Halloween, so imagine how many people were out. 

The kids made out like bandits...although Dylan kept tossing his candy out of his basket.  Honestly, they had more fun handing candy out to the other kids.  In fact, the Japanese got such a kick out of Dylan.  We'd open the door, he'd say "HI!" and hand them candy, then do a little dance for them.  Some even took pictures. And might I add, the Japanese trick-or-treaters were extremely nice and very respectful.  Go figure huh?  I'd open the door, they'd bow and say "Trick-or-treat."  Then they'd bow again and say "Thank you very much."  Where as the American kids bombarded the door, grabbed from the bowl and shouted "Thanks" as they ran to the next door. 

All in all, it was a good night.  The kids had a great time and they went right to sleep, thankfully.