I can't believe that summer is almost over. We hit a couple weeks of high 80's low 90's and it was beautiful. I am excited for fall though. The weather is dropping back down and we are in the 70's again. Fall here is so beautiful, and the leaves changing is so neat. I hope we get to see some more snow before we head out to Arizona too. I am going to miss the seasons in New York!!
It has been a busy month for us. The time has flown by. Earlier in this month we got a new kitten. He was abandoned at only a few weeks old. There were two, Marian took one and we took one. We have kept them together and had to feed them out of a bottle for a while. Finally they are eating soft foods and milk on their own. MaKenzie and Titan absolutely love them. We are thinking the kittens are boys and we have named ours Simba, Marian and Kevin named theirs Gizmo. Lola and Kera both play with the kittens and take care of them by licking them clean. Simba is so playful and pounces on Kera and Kera is so gentle with him! Lola takes the mommy role and watches over them. We also got a fish tank from one of Arek's friends. So we bought a few fish. I feel like we have our very own zoo :). It's fun though. The kids absolutely love animals!!
The second week of August was Arek's company family day. We all went to Remington Lodge. They had lots of food, activities for the kids, tug of war for the platoons and a pie auction for some of the higher ups! It was a fun day. The kids loved playing in the park and jumper. Arek love the tug of war competition, and the best part was watching the higher ups get pie in their face & Arek getting to put pie in some of their faces :). It was a lot of fun.
We celebrated our five year dating Anniversary on August 12. It is amazing how far we have come in five years and I never would have imagined this is where we would be, but it has been the best five years of my life. I couldn't be more proud of Arek and everything he does for our family. We couldn't be more blessed with the two most beautiful, smart, healthy children, and of course each other!! We have got to experience so much in our lives since Arek has joined the Army. Our kids are seeing all kinds of new places and we experience so many new things! It was the best decision Arek could have made for our Family! We celebrated at home with a nice dinner & that was the night we got the kitten, so it was our present to each other and the munchkins!!
We are all four doing good. Arek is getting ready for his competition on September 15th. We are not looking forward to him being gone for a week, but we are proud of him and know he will do great at the competition. If his team places 1st, 2nd or 3rd. The army will be flying us out there to attend a ball with him to celebrate. His team has been training hard and I know they will do awesome!! We are getting excited for our big move to Arizona. We will be leaving here on November 23rd. We will be driving to Arizona to sign in to housing and then we will be off to Las Vegas to visit while we wait for our house! All four of us are excited about it!!
We hope everyone else is doing good. We have posted lots of new pictures!
((newest pictures on the last pages!!))
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e380/shelbyandarek12/0UR%20FAMiLY/
Love to all,
The Brock Family ♥
It has been a busy month for us. The time has flown by. Earlier in this month we got a new kitten. He was abandoned at only a few weeks old. There were two, Marian took one and we took one. We have kept them together and had to feed them out of a bottle for a while. Finally they are eating soft foods and milk on their own. MaKenzie and Titan absolutely love them. We are thinking the kittens are boys and we have named ours Simba, Marian and Kevin named theirs Gizmo. Lola and Kera both play with the kittens and take care of them by licking them clean. Simba is so playful and pounces on Kera and Kera is so gentle with him! Lola takes the mommy role and watches over them. We also got a fish tank from one of Arek's friends. So we bought a few fish. I feel like we have our very own zoo :). It's fun though. The kids absolutely love animals!!
The second week of August was Arek's company family day. We all went to Remington Lodge. They had lots of food, activities for the kids, tug of war for the platoons and a pie auction for some of the higher ups! It was a fun day. The kids loved playing in the park and jumper. Arek love the tug of war competition, and the best part was watching the higher ups get pie in their face & Arek getting to put pie in some of their faces :). It was a lot of fun.
We celebrated our five year dating Anniversary on August 12. It is amazing how far we have come in five years and I never would have imagined this is where we would be, but it has been the best five years of my life. I couldn't be more proud of Arek and everything he does for our family. We couldn't be more blessed with the two most beautiful, smart, healthy children, and of course each other!! We have got to experience so much in our lives since Arek has joined the Army. Our kids are seeing all kinds of new places and we experience so many new things! It was the best decision Arek could have made for our Family! We celebrated at home with a nice dinner & that was the night we got the kitten, so it was our present to each other and the munchkins!!
We are all four doing good. Arek is getting ready for his competition on September 15th. We are not looking forward to him being gone for a week, but we are proud of him and know he will do great at the competition. If his team places 1st, 2nd or 3rd. The army will be flying us out there to attend a ball with him to celebrate. His team has been training hard and I know they will do awesome!! We are getting excited for our big move to Arizona. We will be leaving here on November 23rd. We will be driving to Arizona to sign in to housing and then we will be off to Las Vegas to visit while we wait for our house! All four of us are excited about it!!
We hope everyone else is doing good. We have posted lots of new pictures!
((newest pictures on the last pages!!))
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e380/shelbyandarek12/0UR%20FAMiLY/
Love to all,
The Brock Family ♥
