Jason and Pam Snook Wedding

Here r some pics of the Snook wedding sorry it has taken so long for me to post! What a happy couple!( the first pic is so tender I had to add it, it is a friends baby.)

adventures of the nerd herd

WOW it is March of 2009! Time flies! Spring is in the air here in AL! I love spring! It's so fun to watch as the trees start to bloom and the grass turns green, and covers the forest floor with it's deep green carpet.... The birds are chirping and delighting us with their showy tunes and bright colors!
Taylor has started to play soccer and gymnastics and loves both! He is busy riding his bike and exploring. Sequoia is in gymnastics too and is excited to learn a floor routine. She loves school and riding her bike and playing with all the girls that live by us! Zegan wants to plant plants! He has two bean plants growing quickly, and loves to care for them. He also keeps the bird feeders stocked with food so he can watch the birds, we try to learn the name and type of bird and their call.
We all like to go on family bike rides, and are always looking for somewhere new to explore. We went to the tallest waterfall in FL the other day, it is a sate park 45 min from here. It is a waterfall into a huge sink hole, I think it falls 60 feet, It was pretty neat to walk down into a waterfall in a hole in the ground. Our kittens are getting very big, super cat is adventurus and loves to be outside, her name is fitting due to her trying to fly by jumping (falling) out of tree tops! Skittles is much more timid, she likes it inside, and loves to eat plants (which is makes it very hard for zegan to grow plants lol) Jeremy said we should call her herby because she seems to be an heravore.
Jeremy is busy teaching students to fly, and very busy with building bumpers and enjoying off roading with his club. We recently went to FL eglin airforce base for a off road adventure there with his club. It was fun, and very wet. We were so excited to camp on the white beach. That night the kids told me there where things that glowed blue when they threw sand into the water. I came to see and there where all these quarter sized glowing blue spots when sand was thrown into the water! So we caught one and examend it, and it was a small type of jelly fish, with no tentacles. They kept us quite amused all night. We finally made it to bed and quickly passed out. Well sleep didnt last long! we were all awakened by the tent being blown into our faces due to the 50 mile per hr wind. We had forgoten any rope, so Jeremy used a sleeping bag string to anchor one end of our tent to a near by tree branch ( luckily it was there!) and parked the truck in front of the tent to block some of the wind. he moved the truck 2 more times that night due to the shifting of the wind. Finally the sunshine came up and the wind slowed to about 20 miles per hr, and we quickly packed up our tent ( luckily there were other people to help or our huge 10 person tent would have been difficult to get folded..haha) So our lovely beach front tent expereince was quickly horrific with the wind! We had a fun time exploring a new place in Flordia and experiencing the changes of the weather at the beach.
I started going back to school online, and it has been keeping me busy! I also have been teaching art on Friday to Sequoia's pod (class of 40). I have fallen in love with teaching art to the kids, it is so much fun. I look forward to pursuing it as a possible career. I am also planning a spring carnival with the pta, which will be a fun time! Spring break is coming and the kids will have aweek off of school. There are a LOT of kids on our block, so I am working on getting other moms together so we can have a block party where each house has a game or treat for the kids to do. I am looking forward to it, It will be a blast! It will help all of us moms get to know each other better, and all the kids better to. I also am recovering from a fall that fractured one of my vertabre, and herniated a disk in my back. It has been painful, but I know it will get better with time.
Jeremy and I are both looking for jobs and preparing so we can finally get out of the army and get back to the the mountains and the west cost in the fall of this year. The economy is a tough situation right now, but we believe it is up to us to get what we want out of life, and anything is possible.:) So if anybody knows of a helicopter or welding company that is in need of a excellent pilot and mechanic, let us know! Hugs and loves from all of the nerd herd

i miss the snow!!!

happy holidays to all! If u live where it snows I want to hear stories about sledding adventures, snowboarding, and making snowmen! I have had it! I keep hoping it will snow here in AL just for me! hehehe Oh well, I guess I will go ride my bike and go jump on the trampoline with the kids since it's like 79 degrees today... but just so u know.. snow is on my mind! 

Sweet home AL....

Well down here in AL life is a bit slower paced. We live 3 houses away from Taylor's school, 1 mile away from Sequoia and Zegan's. There are so many kids who live by us, its nice! So many friends to make. It is nice to be living in a small town atmosphere. Jeremy's life is not slow paced right now he is busy in Instructor Pilot course here. It is full of Long days and loads of home work. Luckily it will only be for a few more weeks. Then he will start instructing students to fly the black hawk helicopter.

 He has started an off road club here at FT Rucker, he enjoys sharing his love of the outdoors and challenging the vehicle to its fullest. His Blog is  http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/FtRuckerWheelers/ he has fun with it all. i went off roading for the first time where I drove our new truck. I dented the side step and scratched it all up..... it was quite the experience!............ LOL at least I didn't hit any tree's, there were a few close calls. :0        But it was fun, I am way more cautious than Jeremy, but all the other drivers were patient. 

Jeremy found this kool 1981 land cruiser troop carrier online... so we called the bank to get a loan..... to make a LONG story short.... he found another land cruiser about 8 miles from our house instead of in Florida. So we went to look at it. It was lovely, a bit dirty inside like they had sprayed coke all over. But Jeremy talked them down 4 grand and we bought a 2000 land cruiser. It has tons of room and it is big like a bus. I feel guilty knowing it guzzles gas and is bad 4 the environment. But Jeremy promised me we will get it converted to a better fuel source soon. It is very comfortable, and has great views. Its fun to drive. We have been talking about getting one for a few years now, so its nice to finally have a bit of room for our 5 people in our family. Now we can bring along a friend or two also which is nice. The kids favorite part is the back seat, and that all the seats recline... but the kwlest thing they like is it came will a movie screen. i have been anti TV in my car forever and I still am, but I was OUT VOTED! :)

I am excited to be helping in the schools here, and am looking forward to the fall festival for Zegan's pre k class where they will be picking cotton and peanuts. It will be fun! There is also a pottery studio here on post which is so fun! I am trying to make a set of plates and dinnerware. I also am Taylor's 4Th grade room mom, and am very excited to help with their science projects this year! 

Zegan loves pre k, his teacher is very fun! He gets to ride the bus to and from school... he thinks its a pretty good deal. He is very happy to have our two new kittens... Mrs Skittles and Super Cat!  All of us are enjoying the kittens they are adorable. It's nice to have some babies around here again.

Sequoia is having a BLAST in school! She loves that she is learning Spanish, and music ! She especially likes all the friends. 

Taylor loves to ride his bike around and hang out with friends here too. His school is great. He is running for school council, and is excited!

We are enjoying our time here, we miss the Mt's and the north west, and we miss our friends and family always. We have been lucky to have Jenny and Tyson's friends the Wiess family move to AL, they are a lot of fun and like to adventure and have a good time. It's nice to have good friends close. Well my time is up!  Miss you! Mwah from the Nerd herd

Glacier National Park MT June 2008 #1

glacier national park is MAjestic . the pics don't do it justice..it was so amazing and breathtakingly beautiful. We are so happy we made it all the way up to it. The spring flowers was like icing on the cake... we can't wait to experience it again.

the nerd herd at Jani an Justin's Wedding

Jani and Justin were married in Logan Canyon on June 28th 2008... It was breathtaking... Sequoia got to be a flower girl and she was sooo excited! Thanks to Ibis she had the pretty dress;)

Zegan was supposed to be a ring bearer, but he decided he would NOT like to take part. He looked handsome as ever in his all white suit. Taylor got to be a pyro tech and light candles to begin their ceremony. We were all delighted to be there to share Jani and Justin's enchanting day.  We had so much fun getting ready, and of course dancing and cake eating afterwords.  Sequoia got to help Jani all day and she felt like a little princess, she even caught the bouquet. It was a lovely day filled with family fun and lots of Love. 

Sequoia Dezi's Kindergarten Graduation 2008