Spangler Family Communication Center

Well, Mark is truely away from us for the first time. He is out in the field where he is unreachable. As far as I know I won't be hearing from him for about two weeks. This will be the new thing. Field for two weeks home for two weeks etc. I hope that we adjust well. Things are definitly really hard. This morning we had a problem with our pay that MARK needed to fix but guess what... he isn't here. So I am having to learn way to much about things in order to stay on top. The military has strange ways of doing things and I hate it when they short me money. They seem to do that a lot. We still haven't sold the condo. Now it is going to be very interesting if someone puts an offer on our condo while Mark is away. Guess who has to maek the decision. Oh yeah the phsyco chic with the two babies. Good idea. Haha. Anyways, I promise things are not so so bad. We will see how these next few weeks go, but really I just have to make it through today. I've been working out and this helps my life tremendously. I have some fun goals to reach by the beginning of next year and so far I am on track to meet them. I suppose I will be looking a lot more healthy come Christmas too. At least I hope. It is hard to get the the gym that is for sure. Thankfully I live right next door to two fabulous people who love to come to my house and hang out while my kids are asleep so I can go work out. So far I've lost about five pounds and a whole clothing size. It is so exciting to take control of myself again. Mark won't be able to recognize me at Christmas. I went to visit him last weekend. It was so much fun. Pretty unreal. The kids stayed in Phx. We had so much fun just being together. I haven't gone shopping without kids in about....... FOREVER so that was fun too. It was so freeing. It was so great to spend all kinds of time with him. It was only three days but that is a lot when you rarely even get to talk to a person let alone see them. Well, Mark is doing well. He misses the kids a ton. He can't wait to see all of you at Christmas. He is a pretty studly attack pilot. I mean really. He is really good. I am so proud of him. I hope he just keeps getting better and better. I think he must feel good when he sees himself improve so much at something. But let's face it. Him being good at what he does can save his life. I love that man uniform or no. He's still my hunk a hunk of burnin love. I still don't know how I'll make it without him for so long but I do know I've made it this far and so has he.

The kids are doing great. Micah is such a good baby. He's also such a mans man. I mean he is such a little man. I don't know how to explain it. He is just 150% guy. Wow. But dispite his downfalls I am his mother and love him so much. Okay hahaha just kidding. I can hear Niki laughing and Greg groaning and thinking to himself, "I've gotta keep her away from my wife." Anyhow, he is so cute, Ali is so sharp. She misses nothing. I have to stay one step ahead or she is all over the place. She needs some strong discipline but with that she has the freedom to be herself and she loves it. She has such good quotes. The other day I did something that she thought was well done and didn't miss a beat with her response of, "Nice one Mommy!!!!!" What the heck!!! She is my little parrot. I don't have the first clue of where she picks up some of this stuff. I mean she isn't in school yet. She sings "Me and Daddy sittin in a tree KISSYNG." Even the Stayer kids aren't sure where she got it but she heard it somewhere and it only takes her to hear something once. She would love to pull a fast one on anyone who will let her get away with it. But, what two year old wouldn't I'll give her credit where credit is deserved she just might get a spanking with the credit :) I love being a mom. The best parts are when I wake up in the middle of the night to Ali deciding that now is the right time to go to Chuckie Cheese's. It is so great when she runs across the room and burries her head in my lead and growls just like my dad did when he gave us hugs. It makes me laugh so hard when Micah is so ticklish I can't even wipe the poop off his butt without him turning red with laughter. And I love it when Ali plugs her nose to ask me a question and when I can make Micah crack up with only my facial expressions. Being a mom is the best thing in the world. But we miss Daddy.