More shots of my Adirondack chair

Finally finished putting 2 more coats on my Adirondack chair! Looks pretty now :]

rained all day yesterday and it held up fine...no bubbling up or anything!

and now a random picture I took in the woods :]

the week's halfway gone! hang in there! it's almost the weekend! Don't forget it's Mother's Day this weekend! As a present, me and my sister are bringing my Mom to a Taste Like Home Cooking Show! (don't worry she already knows! that's why I'm posting it!) I've never been to one before, so I'm sure I'll write a future post about Mother's Day and the cooking show :]

As for Mike, he's doing great! He called us a couple days ago, and they're still making there way to the Middle East. They've had to make stops at different places...places I've dreamed of going to my whole life! He said he's taken pictures and one place they stopped at, he said they were going to go snorkeling! Sounds like a nice deployment to me! haha! ;)

School is going well. Actually, I forgot to tell y'all, but I got a 100 on my Animal Behavior exam! So thrilled! I'm almost done now with Handling & Restraint. Pretty much the whole material tells you how to properly handle and restrain dogs, cats, rodents, birds, reptiles, and farm animals like horses *grin*, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and fowl. In the material they sent me, they also included a DVD of VAs and VTs showing you the handle and restraint methods I read about in the book. The book includes pictures of each step, but the video of it is extremely helpful! Soon enough, I'll probably be looking around to see if any places would let me volunteer. Getting to the exciting part of the studying process! Just please keep me in your prayers that I'll continue to study well on my own (because sometimes its hard to be motivated) and that I'll be able to retain all the information I'm learning (and there is *a lot*!), and also pray that I'll be able to find a place to volunteer.

ERW



Categories: family, flowers, photography, prayer request, school, update, vet assistant

To Be an Airman

Mike is now on his way to his deployment. I'd tell you where, but for security reasons and that this is the internet and anyone can access my blog, I won't reveal where. He'll only be gone a few months, so I think that's why the mood was so light as we waited with him before his plane took off.

Of course, when we said to goodbye to him, we were all sad. Sad to see him go, but so proud of him for his courage to *volunteer* for this deployment! I've got a pretty cool big brother :]

Godspeed, Mike! See you soon!

Elise's face! haha

Elise, Mike, and me

Laura, Elise, Mike, and me

All of the Wallace siblings: Laura, Mike, me, Dave + Elise (who was getting tired by then)...and somebody pointed out that we were standing in order of oldest to youngest! didn't plan that! haha

Mike and Sarah

Mike's plane on the right.

^^I love this picture! I don't know any of these people, but it's awesome to see them taking off to serve our country!

Elise had fun playing with toys from a toy kit they were handing out to little kids.

She loves Brisky Bear and Trooper Dog :]

Laura loves Trooper Dog too! It kept Elise entertained haha

That was our morning in pictures. I almost forgot to take some too...

I also took a video of the plane flying over us. it was pretty sweet! check it out below!

To end this post, I just ask that you keep Mike and his unit in your prayers, that they would be safe where they're going, and that they would be able to effectively do their job, and come home safely!

Proud to be an Air Force Sister!

ERW

song of the day - The Air Force Song

"Off we go into the wild blue yonder,

Climbing high into the sun;

Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,

At 'em boys, Give 'er the gun! (Give 'er the gun now!)

Down we dive, spouting our flame from under,

Off with one helluva roar!

We live in fame or go down in flame.

Hey! Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!"

Categories: family, photography, prayer request, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Military, videos

Just another Tuesday...

Hey y'all!

It's almost mid-week...anyone else wishing it was the weekend?

This weekend will actually be a sad one for my family because my older brother, Mike, ships out to the Middle East on Saturday. Luckily, they're letting the families of the airmen come to the base to see them off. And when he's gone, I won't see him until August. :[ Proud of him though! Thanks for serving our country, Mike! Love being your sister :]

Alright, no judging -- I saw The Hunger Games again for a 3rd time! in IMAX this time! it was pretty sweet. It makes you feel like you're actually in the movie.

I searched around saw someone speculate that it may come out on DVD in August. Fingers crossed!

Today was a good day filled with cleaning, finishing Jenny Han's book It's Not Summer Without You, rain, schoolwork, Hunger Games, Wendy's, grooving to the Step Up 3 soundtrack with my little brother, and Dancing With the Stars (Go Katherine, Maria, and Jaleel!) :]

enjoying the little things :]

song of the day: Abraham's daughter by Arcade Fire

ERW 

Categories: family, movies, song of the day, The Hunger Games, TV