The Darby Queen!!

The Darby Queen is the obstacle course at Ranger School. Mr. L has gone through it recently in the first phase of Ranger School and he's now in the third phase!! They opened up Camp Darby for a 5k, 10k, and 30k, then opened up the course for us to try. They had spotters and most of the elements were the easier ones. The high ones were closed for us. And were super hard!! I can't imagine doing this with no sleep, no food, and so much pressure to finish. Not to mention NO HARNESSES and no gloves on the rope ones!! Crazy guys!
Us heading for the start of the course.

Crazy inverted ladder... I didn't try the face first option but these girls did.
Traversing a double cable.
Sorry it's out of order but this is before we started...
Monkey bars!
Army crawling under barbed wire. Yes we crawled and it was dirty! At Ranger School, they fill it with water and you have to crawl through in the mud!
You can see me taking it easy in the back, and Mrs. M over there hopping over like you're supposed to :)
Miss W. on the monkey bars.
Had to post for her crazy face!!
On this one you had to run and jump to grab the rope and swing over the cross beam. It was totally easier than it looked.
This one was crazy. I had a hurt ankle so I was pretty tired by this point. The beams get further and further apart and you have to go up one side, flip over the yellow one, then go down the back side. These girls made me nervous!
These were posts that stuck up out of the ground and you had to hop from post to post to make it across the area without touching the ground.
Me tackling the rope crawl :)
We didn't do this one because after the 5k and all the others we were pretty tired. I almost did but I decided I better save the ankle! It was such a fun day and so cool to see all the crazy stuff Mr. L just went through a few months ago. I'm so proud of him and keeping my fingers crossed he graduates in less than 2 weeks!!! Rangers Lead the Way!!!

Bo!

I know it's been a while... Thought you guys would get a kick out of this :)

Destin Getaway Weekend

This photo of Destin is courtesy of TripAdvisor

I had to see for myself why they call it the Emerald Coast! Beautiful!!
Mrs. R and Mrs. L! From skiing in Colorado to sunbathing in Destin! We are so blessed by such a great friendship!

Beach-side!
Mr. L and Mr. R... Man Love at its finest!
At dinner with the family
Photo time! We had a great getaway and some nice family time with Mr. and Mrs. R and her family. Mr. L played some golf, we soaked up some sun and had a nice breather of a weekend!

Happy Birthday Bo!

Somebody's excited!
Posing for his birthday photo :)
He loved it!!
On Mr. L's last night before Ranger school, we celebrated Bo's 2nd birthday! His cake had whole wheat flour, peanut butter, an egg, some oil, and a little honey (of course Mr. L baked it!). It was pretty gross but he was excited! We topped it with peanut butter and of course some Pup-Peroni to spell out Happy Birthday! We made a cake for ourselves too :)

While Daddy's Away...

The toys get shredded!!

Maybe The BEST Photo of Bo Ever!!

Happy Birthday Mr. L!!

Mr. L and his buddies
I had Portillo's Hot Dogs shipped in from Chicago-- they are Mr. L's favorite!! Every time we fly into town, the first stop off the plane is Portillos! He was totally surprised :)
Mr. L and the cake he made. Yes, he made it. I totally offered but he said he couldn't risk having a messed up cake!! So I bowed out gracefully and let him bake away.
I think Bo thought he was going to get some cake... He did get a frosty paws though!

Mr. L's Graduation!

The Girls!!
Mr. L and his former commander, who was in town and made the effort to come to his graduation!
Mr. L strutting his stuff on stage :)
Mr. L and his buddies from phase one of MCCC
Congrats to Mr. L!!

Hoppy Easter! (A bit late)

Mr. L made his annual bunny cake and they keep getting better! This year he piped on all the bunny fur and made my new favorite, almond icing. I apologize for all the cell phone pictures- It seems I can get better photos on my camera phone these days. They are clearer and and my phone is usually more easily accessible. My desktop computer is also out of commission... the logic board went bad so we are in the process of figuring out when to order a new one. Luckily the new iMacs just came out :) ANYway that was a total tangent. Easter was really great this year-- we went to the church we've been attending here (http://www.mychurchcolumbus.com/) and had a fantastic brunch with some friends.

Summer Lovin'

The temperatures here hover around 95 degrees every day, so we have to wait until after 7 in the evening to go for our walkies. Lots of panting and this pose on the kitchen floor always follow. I am impressed though with how well he's done. We consistently walk 2 miles every day, even in the blistering heat and he still loves it. He's only stopped on me a few times.
Helping me make the bed... I swear he's like his cousin Shadow. Every time the sheets come out all fresh and clean, he has to be between them and it's a chore to get him off the bed!!
And this one is just because :) Because he's so handsome and because this shot, from a ride in the car, doesn't happen often in the summer. My car is well over 100 degrees inside and it takes it too long to cool off for him. So summer car rides are on a need-to basis. We've also been to the vet a few times over the past few weeks. Mr. Bo decided to steal some of my chicken wing bones from my plate and so in we went for x-rays. He was totally fine and ended up passing them without any troubles. The latest malady was a healthy case of tapeworms. Yum. He's fine now though. Gotta love my little man!!

Commanding General's Reception

Us with our friends Mr. and Mrs. N.

Some girls from my spouse leadership class lookin' cute!
The guys in Mr. L's class had the opportunity to shake hands and spend some time at a reception at the Commanding General's house on Post. It was a lot of fun and we got to get all dressed up :)

Go Braves!

HOT-Lanta!! View from the boardwalk at the top of the stadium...
The big Coke chairs were too fun!
My new friend Mrs. N... we planned strapless tops but we didn't plan to wear practically the same thing!
It was around 90 degrees but such a great time (even though the Braves lost)

Magic Kingdom 2011

You really can't compare anything to Disney Magic! We love it so much!
Yep, he's pointing to me :)
This is a view from the top of the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse
Yay!