The scariest night of my life.......

Last night, Gradyn & Sawyer decided to take off all by themselves without telling anyone. You ask how this could possibly happen? You don't know Sawyer or Gradyn. They were playing outside with the rest of the Holbrooklets & Tanner having a keen ol' time. Then 5 minutes later when we went to call them in, no where to be seen. This was around 7:00. We still had not found them by 8:00, so we had to call the police and I had to call Chad home from work.(he is working nights now) We got a call from the MP's at Camp Hansen (marine base about 20 minutes north of here) around 9:00. Needless to say I was frantic. We had everyone combing the streets. Apparently three American ladies saw them crying on the side of the road and stopped to help. Sawyer later told me that he asked them if they were going to take him and call him mean names. They said no, and convinced the boys to go with them. They gave them some cheeze its and called the MP's ; then the boys were taken to Camp Hansen. We got to the camp around 9:30. It was the longest 2 1/2 hours of my life. I totally broke down when I saw him sitting at the table drinking his Gatorade. I couldn't let go of him. He just kept stroking my hair telling me "I'm fine, I was brave Mom". I have never felt so completely helpless in my entire life. Thank heaven for good Samaritans. Thank heaven for answered prayers!! He is home safe & sound. He got a free day off of school today cos I just couldn't bear to let him out of my sight today!!

So, we have some news.................

This past Wednesday we got a phone call to meet with the District/Stake President. They are re-doing our Branch Presidency/Bishopric since our current one is deploying for 6 months. We will miss him tremendously. We were thinking Chad would be called as one of the counselors since that is what he has been in the past. No pressure kind of interview. Ummm, no such luck. We were completely floored when they told us that his name had been approved for Branch President/Bishop. He was sustained on Sunday and we are completely humbled by this calling. I know he will do a great job. He is an awesome man.

Sand Pictures

Saturday we went to the beach. It has been raining a lot lately, so we were happy for some sunshine. They boys put their art skills to work. They decorated quite the stretch of sand. Here are some of their pictures.

This is by Tanner

Apparently Big Foot was seen. Hmmm........

This is by Sawyer. I just love his big hat.

Fred, by Tanner. Love it.

Heaven help us...........

The other day Chad was demonstrating his bilingual skills. He says to the boys, "Mom is wearing un chemise el negro". Tanner's response?? Is that a thong?? I nearly wet my pants, especially when I asked him if he even knew what a thong was & he said no. Love my boys!

Phish Food.........

I think I have reached a new low in the fact that I am blogging about my favorite ice cream in the whole world. Yep, it is actually called Phish Food, and it is from Ben & Jerry. Love those two. Sorry Chad, but it is a know fact that they rank up there pretty high. Anywho, yesterday I needed to do a commissary run for just a couple of things and I heard this sort of singing coming from the ice cream section. Of course I had to check it out. Low and behold, there in the frozen loveliness of the commissary was my happiness. Phish Food. Just let me describe the stuff. It is chocolate ice cream with marshmallow fluff, caramel swirls, and fudge fish. Doesn't get much better than that!! I have not been able to find the stuff since we moved here. I was tempted to do a victory dance in the isle, but decided not to embarrass Tanner in public. Let's just say, I was a happy camper. It's all about the ice cream!!