Club Med and Thanksgiving

Club Med was awesome, but what's new. For those of you who have never gone to one, it is with my highest recommendation to try one out. They have them for people with kids and without so it doesn't matter to which group you belong. I personally like to go on holiday with my kids but not necessarily have to entertain them 100% of the time. This time however, I did have an alterior motive, a Pharmacology exam on Monday over 18 chapters, so I needed the extra me time. The food was good, although overseas I think has a better selection. The free flowing drinks for me and the bottomless smoothies for the kids were a huge hit. At the Sandpiper they have a circus school and both boys got to do the trapeze. It's an actual trapeze, way up in the air. After watching both boys do it, I decided I couldn't leave without at least an attempt at it. I have never been so scared. I couldn't get my legs to hook on but did complete a back flip to dismount. It took me 5 minutes to stop shaking. Tristan also RollerBladed, did archery, sailing, played tennis, soccer, swam and had a blast. Jack got horrible ulcers on his tongue and was not able to eat for 4 days, but still played tennis, golf, did the trapeze and swam. He was a little miserable though. Savannah had a blast playing and was in a beach babe show in a bikini which just makes me laugh to think about it. Tristan was in the kids hip hop show (the boy is white but they managed to teach him some moves anyway!) and the circus show the last night. They dressed them all up like monkeys and they were the opening act for the circus show, it was cute, they had a ball, and I have to say that the circus show was absolutely phenomenal. They were great. That's what I love about the place, it's full of people who love to have a good time and they truly care about hanging out with your kids. To all the ladies in the Peanuts room if you are reading this, thanks again, I couldn't have gotten as much done without feeling that Savannah was being well taken care of, you all do a fantastic job and it is really appreciated. To everyone else, enjoy the pictures and videos and hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, we sure did. We are down to the last couple weeks of school so the push is on to finish strong. I am counting down the days until December 13th at 1000, then I am done for 3 1/2 weeks.

Jack's last soccer game and Mom's birthday

Well, it's been a crazy couple of weeks here at the Yerger house. First Cappie (Jaesen's Dad) came for a visit. The kids loved having him here as they each got a whole lot more attention, and he helped out with some odd jobs I had piling up around here. I think he had fun soaking all of them up as well. Then we tag teamed out and my Mom came in for my birthday and baked me a cake which was awesome. It was a whirlwind weekend with her here and again the kids had a blast with someone else here other than just Mom! Jack had his last soccer game, and he actually played in it and had fun. Go figure it took all season for him to enjoy the game. After the game we went to the park and put Savannah in the swing and she had a ball. Wish we had a nice park closer to our house. I will add another post soon about our Thanksgiving holiday and Club Med, so keep watching! School is keeping me busy, especially now as we are in the last push before finals and all. Can't wait for Christmas break. I forgot how crazy school is.

Is it really November?

And here it is almost halfway through November and I am still stuck on October. All is well here on the homefront. Savannah is pulling up on the coffee table and bear walking down the hall. Cappie (my father in law, John) is here to visit and the kids are soaking up as much attention as possible. Soccer is almost over, Tristan is done and this week Jack will be too. Thank goodness since he doesn't like to play in the games anyway! School is on the downhill slope for the semester and we are getting ready to bid for classes for next semester already. We are headed to Club Med in Port St. Lucie, Florida for Thanksgiving and Tristan's birthday and I can't wait for a little break. Other than that it's actually slightly on the boring side as far as news is concerned, Jaesen is well, back from another excursion out into the belly of the beast we know as Iraq. We are starting to see the flip side as we are eagerly anticipating the new year and his return to all of us. Other than that am posting two new pics from us, hope everyone is well, our love to all. Stacy

The Blues were in town

Well so I broke down and took the 3 kids to Jax Beach to the Blue Angels along with some other cool planes for the Sea and Sky Show. It is always a chore to pack up all three of them, especially when I know it's going to be packed. It was a beautiful day here, a high of 71 degrees. It was packed, but we were able to find a table for lunch, I paid to go in the VIP area, which was well worth it, and we found front row seats in the shade. The angels were watching over me. Plus I got to drink a beer and a half as we got drink tickets, and I let each of the boys have a Sprite, they thought it was Christmas! They liked most of the shows, but kept asking for the Blue Angels. Savannah was rocking out to the music over the loudspeakers, I think she is going to be our hard rock girl, she was jamming to AC/DC, Van Halen and others, the girl just loves to get her groove on. They also had this cool bounce house, obstacle course blow up thing called the Kiddie Hawk which the kids loved, because they related it right to Dad on the Kitty Hawk. We all got a bit sunburned though, I just wasn't thinking about sunscreen in November, I will have to remember that I am in Florida now. Savannah went for her ear appointment today. I got the lecture from the doctor that he doesn't like to put tubes in kids ears for the sake of putting tubes in ears and yada yada yada. He finally looked in her ears, put down the scope, stared at me and said, "She is going to have to have tubes put in her ears." Sometimes I would like to smack the doctor. Like, duh! So we are waiting on the scheduler to get back from holiday to find out the surgery dates availability. It seems a little odd that they have only one scheduler for the whole group there, I mean it is the hospital for the Navy in NE Florida, you would think they could find someone to fill in for a week, but it is the Navy after all, I guess we can't go that far in deluding ourselves. At any rate, I am about burned out on school and am trying to pump myself up for the last couple weeks here before finals. Christmas break can't come fast enough for me. The weather has turned cooler (finally) and soccer is almost over (thank God!) maybe we can get Jack to play in his final two games (but I won't hold my breath!)

Crazy Halloween Night

Well thank God that's over. I really need Jaesen here for Halloween, it is his favorite holiday and all. The kids wanted so badly to carve pumpkins and I said of course, but dear God, can you imagine trying to carve pumpkins with 3 kids all yelling at you, knives, and yucky pumpkin seeds? At any rate we succeeded in carving 3 pumpkins which promptly rotted in the Jacksonville heat. Boy was I glad we spent time on that activity! I was a bit worried about where we would actually go trick or treat, our subdivision is only about half completed so not too many homes, but I opted to stay here anyway. The kids had a ball and most of the houses gave out handfuls of candy so they got plenty. And our poor koala bear fell asleep sitting up in the wagon. By 7 we were back home gorging on candy and trying to max out our blood sugar levels. All in all a great time, but I will be glad to have Jaesen home next year to help with the chaos!