Mind the Ditches

So hello & hola & all that good stuff! How was your weekend? Good, I hope. Ours was awesome! Now that all the phone calls have been made (at least I'm pretty sure they have) I can now tell you that we found out that Brian got promoted. (Yay!!) A few months ago he tested for his next rank and we found out a few days ago that he finally made it - we're super excited!! I'm so proud of him! (He's so awesome)

And he had a wedding to go to over the weekend. I (sadly) didn't go with him so that I could stay with the kids. But last time I showed you a picture of him from our 100 Days of Happiness project & we had just begun to get his suit all put together. Well, I am very happy to say that it turned out very nicely. He looked....wonderful.

So handsome, right? I might be biased though

Anyway. I'm actually digressing from the real reason I popped on here today. Lol. (I do that a lot I think.) 

So the kids and I had a bunch of errands to run today, and on our way out to the bases got stuck at some train tracks. And when I say stuck I mean I that we had to wait for 3 trains. I kept thinking we'd get to go but then we just kept waiting. As I was sitting there, waiting not-so-patiently, I realized that some months ago I told you about the ditches on the side of the road, but I couldn't show them to you. Well, this isn't the greatest of pictures because I was in my car, and no I wasn't going to get out. I try to avoid looking like a crazy American when I can. But, here's what I was talking about...

It's kind of hard to see because the grass is tall...but look in the middle. There's a kind of brownish area...that's water...it's a ditch. That's a huge drop from the road. 

Again, not a great picture. But you kind of get an idea. The gravely area right there at the edge is right next to my car. And then there's the grass...which just slides right into a ditch. *This is what my nightmares are about.* Sliding off into one of those because my car is too big. (Don't judge me.) The countryside is pretty though, right?

So now you've kind of seen the ditches. :) Aren't you excited? I know you were absolutely feeling like something was missing in your life without that picture. 

But! Now I must go because I just looked at the time & dinner must be made. Hungry children wait for no one. 

Much love! <3