Tommy update

Well Tommy made it back to Kalsu this morning. He's not sure how long he will be there, suppose to be two to three weeks. He doesn't mind, it keeps him busy enough. It's nice for us because we get to talk to him more often. We are now in the double digits of coming home. That's a great feeling, now getting down to the single digits will be even better. It's starting to pick up more. The kids are getting more into things and school is keeping them busy. At least Tommy will have about a month with them before they go back to school next year. We will be moving in December and couldn't be happier. Six years is longer then we wanted to be in one place. I will keep our new duty station a secret until we get orders in hand. You never know with the military. But it will be a blast, lots of traveling. Well take care and we will post again soon. Love Team Spies

Ghost town/ Panning for Gold

In pool with Grandma Spies

In front of Grandma's and Pool

more fruit

Picking Fruit

Spring Break Airport pictures

We flew to AZ for Spring Break to see Tommy's folks. It was beautiful there. The kids had a blast. They really loved the pool at Grandma and Grandpa's. The flight there was nice, a little rough but the kids thought it was fun, my self on the other hand did not. Enjoy the pictures.

April Flowers

Every month Tommy sends me flowers, I love it! This month flowers came at the perfect time and are so beautiful. He has never given me this many flowers before in our whole marriage. It just makes me feel good that he's thinking of me and every time there are Lilies in them they are my favorite flowers. Except for our Anniversary he sent Red Roses.

Update

I know I have said it in the past but I am going to get the pictures updated this week. It seems every time I get ready to something else comes up. We had a pretty nice weekend, we had half a day of school Friday so we went down town and had lunch with some good friends and went to the candy store to get the kids and Tommy some candy. We have a box just about ready to mail out to him, just need a few more things in there. He just got back to Camp Stryker in the middle of the night last night after being gone for over three weeks. He will only be there until the end of the week then it's back to Camp Kalsu for another few weeks. He is taking care of some things. But he's enjoying the change. After being in the same job for six years we thought it would be hard for him to go into another company but I think he is now looking forward to the change. Something new will give him something to help pass this time by until they get back home to the states. We talked about an hour and half this morning it was wonderful, felt like he was right here in the room with me. Jonathan got to talk to him which was great because the kids had gotten use to talking every morning before going to school and when he got to Kalsu the calls did not come like we had thought they would. Hannah did not get to talk to him today she had spent the night off with a friend so he said he would call in the morning to tell them to have a nice day at school. They love when he does that. They always come home from school and tell me we had a great day because daddy called us this morning. I understand where they are coming from because I feel the same way when I'm able to talk to him as much as I have been. I stay up on cloud nine all day after hearing from him. And it's even better when I wake up to his call, having his voice say wake up baby is the best. Then I check my email and there are emails as well, can't ask for much more then that. Well except him being home but that is soon enough. Three months left we can do it, April 27Th makes one year since we said our tearful good byes. I just hope and pray we never have to do this again. You would think the third time would be so much easier but it's not. It's much harder this go around, don't know why but it is. Maybe because the kids are so much older and need him more and that makes it hard on all of us. But I know we are on the down side of this and we can do it. Just like Tommy says to me all the time we are Team Spies and the Spies' don't quit. Thanks to everyone who has been so helpful towards us and trust me I have given them a run for their money. Thank you all. We love you Sara, Tommy,Jonathan and Hannah

Back from AZ

We made it back from AZ. last night. We had a great time and enjoyed getting away from home for awhile. I will be posting some pictures over the next few days. Tommy is doing well and is still in Kalsu. He should be back to Camp Stryker in a week or so. He has a new address now it's:
2/3 HHC CAB
43401
APO AE 09322-3401
Camp Stryker
We are hoping it will change again but don't think that will happen. Well I hope everyone is doing well. Take care and keep looking back for new postings. Love Sara

Going out of town

Hello Everyone, I hope this finds you all doing well. I just wanted to tell you that we are heading out of town tomorrow to Tommy's folk's in AZ. We will be back on Thursday night late. The kids start Spring Break so we thought we would go and have some fun with Grandma and Grandpa. I will take lots of pictures and post them as soon as I can. I talked to Tommy today and he's due to get back to his base and new job sometime today. I know he is ready to get things started and get the rest of this deployment over with. I can say we all are! Well take care and I will post again in about a week. Love Sara