We're Alive...

I am officially a blog-slacker. It's been about 6 weeks since I have posted any kind of update.

Needless to say, there really has not been that much going on.  But I also have missed blogging some important events.
James was finally promoted to Staff Sergeant at the beginning of October. Yay for me and shopping money, ha ha. Totally kidding. He's enjoying the extra responsibility that comes with that extra stripe. (but only sometimes-ha)

My friend, K, had her baby at the end of September so I've been enjoying my "baby snuggling" with her. :) Us girls are back into a routine of getting out and about. Just a couple weeks ago we made an adventure downtown because we're all tired of being on this base. I think it's safe to say this little one enjoyed her time out..

I just love her face in this pic

 Another highlight of October was Trick or Treat night...J-Twice was rather upset when I told him each child gets one piece of candy. I finally figured out this year why the candy always goes so quickly when he hands it out...he admitted to giving a handful to each child. Wow.

"Dexter" and "Waldo"

At first we had a lot of candy left and then we got bombarded with Turkish children. They are fun to watch because they don't really know about it, they just see all the American children going door to door and walking away with bags full of candy. A few of them learned "Happy Halloween" vs. "Trick or Treat", they don't wear costumes, and they just hold their hands out and put the candy in their pants pockets. :) Just another way to show the difference in all the cultures of the world.

That's about all of the excitement we have experienced here lately.  Not a whole lot going on.  On the other hand it's hard to believe that we have reached our 15 month mark of our time here in Turkey. That means we only have 9 months left, this time has flown by!!! I can not believe it's November already, where has the time gone!? We still have a lot more traveling that we would love to do so time needs to slow just a little bit.  It's in the plans to actually be able to go home for Christmas this year. Very much looking forward to that. We loved our time spent with our "military family" at the holidays last year but it will be nice to be with our family and friends back home. After the beginning of the year we will do some of our traveling and see what we can cross off our list. But most importantly, my parents are planning on visiting next Spring and I cant wait!!!! :) Should be a good time! And, after the beginning of the year, we should be finding out where our next adventure in this military life will be taking place! We're excited to see where the road leads us.

Okay, I don't really have anything else to update here, so stay tuned to see if I can actually keep up with this blog this month. Happy November to all my readers!