Army Household6

Well last night our family attended the Military Family Appreciation Dinner at Walter Reed Med. Center (WRAMC). It is part of the a week long celebration celebrating Army families at Walter Reed and all over.

We were nominated as an Exceptional Military Family For Headquarters Company,  WRAMC Brigade by one of SGT Daddy’s friends, SGT Z. I’m was surprised that we were nominated as I know there are lots of other awesome Army families there in Headquarters Company. SGT Daddy and I were completely blown away that is was our family that received the honor. I

It was a wonderful event, very laid back for the Army LOL (lots of kids where there too) and the food was awesome. Even Becca ate the food and she’s super PICKY! We were seated with the several members of the Brigade Command Team, including the Brigade Commander COL Roberts, so I was a bit nervous that my kids were going to act up like little bratty kids. They did great and listened really well. I’m really very proud of them.  : )

The Army photographer took some pictures of us and I’ll be posting them as soon as I get them. While we were there, our whole family were also interviewed by the Pentagon channel during the event which was very cool. (I don’t have the link to video on the web yet but I’ll post it just as soon I do)

I thought that girls would be nervous by the camera but they LOVED it!  As soon as the camera and the lights went on, they were very chatty and interacted with the reporter from the Pentagon channel. They are such New Media Kids… wonder where they get it from?? As soon as the camera went off, they went back to being shy. (I wonder if we should start a video podcast for them?? hmmm )

After everything was over, the USO and Army MWR people passed out all our cool schwag! We got TONS of stuff like backpacks, stuffed animals for the kids, phone cards, t-shirts and even a $50 gift card to use at the PX. The thing I’m most excited was that I got our family was given a Commander’s coin.  : )

It was an awesome way to end an already wonderful day!

We just recently found out that we were nominated as an exceptional military family for Headquarters Company, Walter Reed Medical Center Brigade.  Thanks so much to SSG Z, SSG E and CPT L for the nomination.

The award dinner (as part of the Hospital’s Military Family Appreciation Week)  will be held on Thursday November 13 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The hospital newsletter, Stripes, is doing an article on all the winners.

I’m not usually one to toot my own horn, but I’m really excited about this. Of course , SGT Daddy told me that I would be the one giving the speech.

I’ll post an update about it next week as well as some pictures. (maybe even video)  : )

Beck started her new job.. giving Daddy a haircut! (don’t worry I fixed it) LOL

Well we took the car over to the car repair place and they were to do the estimate on the cost to fix everything. They weren’t sure because they think the frame is bent due to the front end damage.  So, we are back to having one car… ah so much fun! 

We thought we would have heard from the car repair place by now but I guess its like anything… hurry up and wait. Hopefully we’ll know on Monday!

Boy you never know how your day will start huh? I got up this morning and did my normal morning routine upstairs. I’m thinking about my to-do list and how much there is on it! As I’m coming down the stairs, I see my husband sleeping on the sofa. So I think — Hmmm why is he home today?

So naturally I wake up him and ask why is he home? (not that I’m complaining mind you its just that he didn’t have a day off planned today or anything) So he wakes up and says ” Honey, the car did a ‘Tommy Boy’ today!” Excuse me? What does that mean?

So he starts telling me how he is driving along this morning to work … then all of a sudden the hood just unhitches and FLIES up hitting the windshield ! There was some additional front end damage as he hit the median bumpers trying to stop the car on the freeway.  His friend SGT Rhoten (who was riding in the car) nearly jumped out of his skin. Luckily they were only 10 minutes away from home and Dan certainly couldn’t drive the car into work, another 30 minutes away.

I think that this is definitely going to be filed under the “you’re not going to believe this one” category! LOL

Off I go to call the insurance company and get this fixed. I’m still laughing about it! : ) I’m sure there will be more to this story.. so stay tuned!

(Photo Credit - Tommy Boy 1995, Paramount Pictures)

Yes my husband is on the road again (for the Army) and this time he’s off to upstate NY for some medical equipment training. (In case you don’t know.. he fixes medical equipment for the Army)

It’s crazy.. last year he was only gone for 10 days to Korea. He’s done a lot of TDY’s this year but this trip I was a bit jealous that I wasn’t going too! LOL

Why is that? It’s not like I don’t go on trips for my business or Military.com.

I guess this time it was going to take him near Niagara Falls… Someplace I’ve always wanted to go!

On their way up to the training center, he and his friend Scott stopped at Niagara Falls (US side)! As soon as he gets home with MY OUR camera… I’ll post the pictures!

Ok so getting back to my jealousy issue… What was that all about? I’m not usually a jealous person.. I know I can’t be the only one. Am I ??

Perhaps it was that we could have tagged along but decided not too. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not blaming him or the Army. I guess I’m just blaming me for not going! I’m sure these things will come up over the years in the Army. I know I shouldn’t complain as he’ll be home in a few days, but I’m gonna anyway.

Anyway, its been busy as ever around here. Normally when Dan is gone, things are crazy and hectic but its worse than normal with the kids at home ,etc. Before the summer started, I envisioned lazy days hanging out at the pool, chatting with the neighbors, working in the yard.. where did that dream go??

Ok I guess I’ve done enough rambling for a Thursday night. Thanks for tuning into the Thursday Therapy Talk … we’ll now return you to your regular programming! : )

I’ve got some really cool upcoming events as well awesome things coming up for the blog in the next few days. I’ll give you two hints…. reviews and life-casting! : )

Photo Credit : Dan Munson 2008

Ok I mentioned yesterday about my husband’s sunburn. The top of his head is far worse but his back looks pretty bad too. I was finally able to get a picture to share…

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Many people have different events/memories that kick off the beginning of summer for them. Sometimes it the first day of summer vacation, others its the first family trip to the beach. However in our house, its the first sunburn of the season

Just kidding.. its the first weekend hanging out at the pool here on post.

The pool here on post officially opened and off we headed for a weekend of fun hanging out at the pool. We always look forward to hanging out at the pool. The kids always have a blast playing with their friends… Dan and I have fun chatting and catching up with our friends.

Well after 30 minutes of being at the pool.. the weather turned bad really quick. According to my ipod touch, the weather showed sunny all day. Oh joy, drag unhappy kids out of the pool in the rain.

So today we checked the weather again (double checked too) and off we went to the pool to try again. This time was much more successful. We had a great day of playing, swimming and catching up. Apparently I was lacking in school information, because i got caught up so much I found out that school for the kids ends 4 days earlier than I thought it did~ Oops!! (I’m just glad that we found out now rather than later LOL )

It also rang in another milestone of summer… the eventual sunburn for my hubby. Yes SGT Dan is a nice shade of red. I’m a little sunburned too but its a brownish red so not too bad. (I’ll be tan in a day or so) The kids of course just got tan. As soon as I can get a picture of “fire engine red boy” , I’ll post it.

Happy Summer!

Can you believe I’ve been blogging here at Household6 for 2 years now? Well actually it was February 23 2006 but I was very sick that day so no blogging occured.

So much has changed since then… our kids, us, Dan’s rank, our duty station,etc. Even the blog has changed.. from Blogger now here on Wordpress! I wonder what holds for us and the blog over the next 2 years and beyond… only time will tell. For we all know the saying, Expect the Unexpected!

It’s funny to go back and read some of my original posts and how little I knew about the Army back then. I was the one seeking out advice from those “more experienced” Army wives and now I’m giving out the advice. The Army has certainly given us an education over the last couple of years. Although, Dan has been in only since 2005, it still seems like yesterday I was seeking answers to PCS moves, Tricare, EFMP Resources, etc.

Our audience has also grown quite a bit over the last few years and I’ve met some wonderful friends, online and offline. I started out with 1 reader (me!) and now we’ve grown to over 150 readers including my hubby! Thank you!

So before I get too mushy and get my keyboard all wet… Happy Birthday Household 6!

Tammy