Over 2 years Since the last blog!

Wow! I havent kept up with the blog very well :/

The family is doing great! We found out a little over a month ago that we will be PCSing to Vilseck Germany. It is very exciting! There is a lot to do with the house, and we are doing major Spring cleaning! There are a lot of things that we have to throw away and sell! It is very stressful. We have decided to rent out the house. It seems that in the long run is the best. It will be a nice way to save money for a nice down payment in a bigger house when we finally decide to do a move to Minnesota.

Our plans as of now is to enjoy Germany and Europe and enjoy it to the fullest and see everything it has to offer for our family. I wish the kids were a little bigger so they could enjoy it a little more! But we will take tons of pictures, and pictures are worth more than a thousand words they say.

I will hopefully be going to school. Taking a long break (4 years) was fun. I got to start a family, buy a house, and do some growing up. But, it is time to go back to school and finish of this degree. The main goal is to become a psychologist with hopefully my own practice in teen and family psychology. To get there I will get a bachelors degree in Secondary education. I want to teach history since it always was one of my favorite subjects (other than math, but I don't think i have the patience to teach math). While I teach I will hopefully be working on my masters degree. When finished, hopefully I will be able to become a school counselor, which hopefully could lead into a principal :D. But once I get a Master in Psychology I will be able to treat people and counsel. The Ph. D will take a little longer and opening a private practice is far away. But there is nothing wrong with dreaming right?

Shawn will continue on studying and finishing off his business degree. We are both only two years away from our bachelors. I do believe that by the end of our tour in Germany we will both be able to finish off and get decent jobs to start a life in Minnesota where our families are. We decided thats where we want to settle down after the life with the Army. Whether that would be in 3 years or 10. It will all depend on how our situation will be at the end of our tour and whether Shawn will re enlist or get out. For now, our plans are to hopefully both graduate in the next 3 years. As much as I would like to go to a on campus university (and so would Shawn) It is hard to do so with the military and 2 small children. So online schooling will have to do. A lot of people do it. Right?

On another note, the babies are doing great. Sofia's speech is doing so much better. Doctors keep having different opinions. Some tell me not to worry about it that it will come since she is a very bright child. Others like to tell me she is way behind and needs speech therapy. For now, I am not worried because she does understand very well, and she just chooses not to talk. Once we get to Germany, we will decide if she is still to far behind then we will do speech therapy. Her interests as of know is all girlie things. She enjoys doing her nails! (oh boy!) She really likes to watch Dora in Netflix. She even knows how to set it up on the XBox all by herself! She really enjoys her games in her Leap Pad and has learned how to use it very well. I was scared to get it since the games are a bit advanced, but she has learned pretty quickly.

Shawn Jr. is doing very well. Stubborn like his sister, dad and mom! He amazes me everyday. He is a very curious little boy. He really enjoys teasing his sister! We had to put a child lock on the entertainment center because he enjoys shutting off the X-Box when his sister is watching her show. Those two always seem to fight. Sibling rivalry at its best! I guess it does start very young. This boy is also a monkey! He likes to climb into everything possible!

We recently did some renovations to the house. We put wood laminate all over the top floor except the rooms. I really like it. I was getting very sick of the carpet and having to shampoo it so often. Two kids and two dogs definitely wore down that carpet fast!

That is all I have for now. Hopefully I will be doing a way better job at keeping this blog up and running. Especially with everything coming up in this next few months!