This year has been an interesting little ride at the fair. Jeff and I are on good terms, we're not BFF like I'd wished, but we do get along, which is ideal.
Just wanted to thank everyone for their support and for NOT taking sides. There are no sides on this, nor do either of us want a "Team Jeff" or "Team Heidi", we just want people to still hang out with us, still call us, etc.
Jeff is due to find out new orders soon, he was told his job is under manned....in JAPAN. I can't stand the thought of him being way over there. Some foreign country, without ever seeing his kids, I KNOW would kill him. SO cross your fingers all that he doesn't get sent there. We're aiming back for Bremerton since it's the closest base to our current residence. It's about an hour from me, which isn't too bad. It's better than Japan!!!
Again, thanks all for the support, there are 2 sides to every story, mine and Jeffs has no faults with either party. We still want people to come and visit, our home is always open and Jeff will even stay here while you're here. We see each other daily, and always have fun as a family, still. We intend to keep this up until the day Jeff has to move.
Thanks!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Been a while!
I swear I forget about this thing from time to time, but...it happens, it's called life!
June 21st, I boarded a plane at 10:25am, bound for Lihue. I loaded up my cell phone with a good solid charge, headphones and a slough of new music, thanks to the free wifi at seatac, when I didn't have cell service. I was bound for Lihue. It was a LOONG flight, about 6hrs. The "exciting" part was the fresh rain that had just poured of Lihue International Airport, and we fish tailed on landing, making us ALL piss our pants for a split second there. HA.
The nice part was, I went 3hrs backwards, so I got there at 1:35 or so, around then. Went, grabbed my rental car, pulled up directions to the cute little place I'd booked for my visit, and was on my way to Poipu Beach. I wasn't paying attention while driving along the coastline, and I noticed something jumping out of the water...pulled over, and I noticed it was a pod of dolphins off playing in the water! SO cute, not to mention cool! It wasn't too tricky to learn my way around, luckily.
I went to Waimea Canyon, little Koloa Town, many times as that was the town I was in, and much more. Here's the photos!
I've been to Hawaii....4 times now. And Kauai is the one with the MOST chickens. They roam free, EVERYWHERE there. They wake up at 3:45am and start their freakin' noises. That was the one downfall. I'd wake up for an hour because of them, then go back to sleep. Part of me wants to say they're protected, but I almost beg to differ cause I think every restaurant had a ton of chicken dishes, haha.
I think one of my highlights was going to Hanalei Bay, I have a deep love for the movie South Pacific, which was filmed on that bay, so that was on my must do list and it was nothing less than spectacular!
The one downfall about this trip, besides having to go home to my children; whom I missed sincerely. Was, my friend booked a catamaran cruise of the Na Pali coast for me..I get there, thinking oh, it'll be so cool! Get on there, and notice it's a bit wobbly, as we were just kinda floating there, to be expected right? As I'm people watching, we take off..about a half hour into things, my stomach just feels off. Not queasy, just off. Which apparently was enough to make me lose my sandwich over the side. But, the nice part was, I wasn't the only one. Not so nice part, I throw up the ENTIRE 5 HOUR tour!! I was able to hand my camera off to someone else for pictures, and kinda look when I dared to take my eye off the horizon, I just watched it out of the corner of my eye. I felt horrible for my friend who sent me on that, and I felt horrible physically. I threw up on the dot, every 10-15mn. After a while, the crew just eneded up giving me a barf bag, and when that one got ful, handed me another one. I didn't even have anything in me to lose, but whatever my body was trying to compensate for, came up. Really burned and was not cool. All in all, that's a must see place, I HIGHLY recommend people go! I had a blast!
June 21st, I boarded a plane at 10:25am, bound for Lihue. I loaded up my cell phone with a good solid charge, headphones and a slough of new music, thanks to the free wifi at seatac, when I didn't have cell service. I was bound for Lihue. It was a LOONG flight, about 6hrs. The "exciting" part was the fresh rain that had just poured of Lihue International Airport, and we fish tailed on landing, making us ALL piss our pants for a split second there. HA.
The nice part was, I went 3hrs backwards, so I got there at 1:35 or so, around then. Went, grabbed my rental car, pulled up directions to the cute little place I'd booked for my visit, and was on my way to Poipu Beach. I wasn't paying attention while driving along the coastline, and I noticed something jumping out of the water...pulled over, and I noticed it was a pod of dolphins off playing in the water! SO cute, not to mention cool! It wasn't too tricky to learn my way around, luckily.
I went to Waimea Canyon, little Koloa Town, many times as that was the town I was in, and much more. Here's the photos!
I've been to Hawaii....4 times now. And Kauai is the one with the MOST chickens. They roam free, EVERYWHERE there. They wake up at 3:45am and start their freakin' noises. That was the one downfall. I'd wake up for an hour because of them, then go back to sleep. Part of me wants to say they're protected, but I almost beg to differ cause I think every restaurant had a ton of chicken dishes, haha.
I think one of my highlights was going to Hanalei Bay, I have a deep love for the movie South Pacific, which was filmed on that bay, so that was on my must do list and it was nothing less than spectacular!
The one downfall about this trip, besides having to go home to my children; whom I missed sincerely. Was, my friend booked a catamaran cruise of the Na Pali coast for me..I get there, thinking oh, it'll be so cool! Get on there, and notice it's a bit wobbly, as we were just kinda floating there, to be expected right? As I'm people watching, we take off..about a half hour into things, my stomach just feels off. Not queasy, just off. Which apparently was enough to make me lose my sandwich over the side. But, the nice part was, I wasn't the only one. Not so nice part, I throw up the ENTIRE 5 HOUR tour!! I was able to hand my camera off to someone else for pictures, and kinda look when I dared to take my eye off the horizon, I just watched it out of the corner of my eye. I felt horrible for my friend who sent me on that, and I felt horrible physically. I threw up on the dot, every 10-15mn. After a while, the crew just eneded up giving me a barf bag, and when that one got ful, handed me another one. I didn't even have anything in me to lose, but whatever my body was trying to compensate for, came up. Really burned and was not cool. All in all, that's a must see place, I HIGHLY recommend people go! I had a blast!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
farewell, for now
My dad and mom and all siblings flew in, except Mikelle. Dad gave the eulogy. He held back tears a few times, which made us cry. All the grandkids sung I am a child of god. It was sweet. I had a hard time emotionally keeping tears in. I let my cousins sing for me.
We had a police escort to the Binghampton LDS cemetery, where my brothers, Dad, uncles and cousins lowered him into the ground. He's buried next to his.first wife, Shirley. Who died at age 38 of breast cancer,.my dad was 15. He's also buried below his mom and dad as well as my sister Ashlee. We stayed to throw flowers onto his casket, then give Ashlee, Grandma and Grandpa Elledge flowers and to pay respect to them. As emotional as the weekend was, it was more than worth the time and money. Life is so very short. Make friends with enemies, be kind to everyone, forgive those who have hurt you long ago. I haven't seen some Elledge family members in 20yrs. It took a funeral to change that. I'm determined to keep in better touch with them now. Even more than before.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
God be with you til we meet again, Grandpa.
This breaks my heart writing. But, I hope it will aid me to not be so sad.
Friday, my beloved Grandpa Wayne, fell ill. It escalated to the point that my grandmother felt the need to call 911, and get him immediate medical attention. My Aunt emailed us of the circumstances, and that we should all pray for him and she would keep us posted. As we all fasted and prayed for him to make a speedy recovery. I got an email from my mom this morning, to call her ASAP. My heart sank. It was in a giant double knot as I hit "Call" on my Skype. I heard her voice tremble, as she told me my sweet grandpa had passed at 8am MST this morning. I immediately broke down into tears, and have many in my eyes as I write this.
I'll remember his stories of olden days, and modern. The many about family history, old prospector tales, La Eurena stories of the southwest. The list goes on. I'll miss his jokes, his sense of humor, his never ending love of the gospel and Christ. What a role model I was blessed with! He had such wise advice, and spoke with such depth and sincerity and love. Not everyone can do all of those at one, but he did.
He was faced with trials in life, and got through them well. I admire him for being true to his faith, to his children.
I miss you grandpa, my heart is in pieces, but it will heal. I'm so glad you're in a better place, are surrounded by love and such beautiful people.
Grandma, I'm praying so much for you. I can't thank you enough for being so sweet to me all these years. I love you so much! I will come visit you anytime, you've always been my grandma to me!
This is a time where I'm glad I have my faith. I believe, that if you're religious or not, the thought of a heaven, is better than 6ft under. I know his casket will be, but his spirit lives on among wonderous people.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Unwanted friends
The past few months, I've had some people, who I've never met personally, let alone even seen upfront and in person, pry a bit more into my private life than I would care for. Sad, people get bored, want gossip, so they dig for answers and invade privacy, and common sense.
Anyway, if you can read this, congratulate yourself, you got an invite. Hopefully I can put whatever I want up here, whenever, and not have to worry about prying eyes of strangers seeing things. I so hope this is the LAST TIME I have to do this, I feel like my freedom of speech has been half way taken from me.
Anyway, if you can read this, congratulate yourself, you got an invite. Hopefully I can put whatever I want up here, whenever, and not have to worry about prying eyes of strangers seeing things. I so hope this is the LAST TIME I have to do this, I feel like my freedom of speech has been half way taken from me.
Love my Spandy
My family calls Landon, "Landy Spandy". It's because he's always been a big time kicker. And when I was pregnant with him, we said we would call him Landy, for short. Then over time, Landy Spandy caught on, and it's stuck. Not what I had planned, but so long as they still love him that's all that matters! My baby boy is 2.5 now and I can't believe it, he's such a talker! He can say mini-sentences now, and is the ultimate cuddle bug. WE LOVE YOU LANDON JEFFERY!!!
Point No Point
This last weekend, I was child free! WEIRD! I love my babies, don't get me wrong, but sometimes a few hours of peace and quiet is good too. Well, I got 2 days of that. I was happy to have them back though, I missed my little noise makers!
So, I went up to this little tiny town, Hansville and hit up the beach, which is SANDY! Yes, it has the typical NW logs galore, but most of them had the bark chipped off from being thrown around in currents. There was a lighthouse and the old light keepers home was there too and had been converted into a rental home that you can use for a weekender. It was really cute to watch seals just have a hay day. There were some people flying kites on the beach, seals would sit in the water and just watch people kite fly, while the kite flyers would do that, and watch the seals, watch them! Too cute, not to mention funny! I'd been ther before but hadn't walked around much. The place goes for miles and has little log huts people have built. I had a friend go with me just because they hadn't been there, all in all was fun to just get out of Dodge and just hang out with a good friend. (no worries, JUST a friend!)
Then on our way out, we went to this little place called Taprock NW Grill. Which, usually anything "northwest" I'm not into because it's usually a lot of seafood and other hippy things that I'm not a fan of, but this was good! All in all, a day well spent :)
So, I went up to this little tiny town, Hansville and hit up the beach, which is SANDY! Yes, it has the typical NW logs galore, but most of them had the bark chipped off from being thrown around in currents. There was a lighthouse and the old light keepers home was there too and had been converted into a rental home that you can use for a weekender. It was really cute to watch seals just have a hay day. There were some people flying kites on the beach, seals would sit in the water and just watch people kite fly, while the kite flyers would do that, and watch the seals, watch them! Too cute, not to mention funny! I'd been ther before but hadn't walked around much. The place goes for miles and has little log huts people have built. I had a friend go with me just because they hadn't been there, all in all was fun to just get out of Dodge and just hang out with a good friend. (no worries, JUST a friend!)
Then on our way out, we went to this little place called Taprock NW Grill. Which, usually anything "northwest" I'm not into because it's usually a lot of seafood and other hippy things that I'm not a fan of, but this was good! All in all, a day well spent :)
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