IT's REAL LIFE! Where the MAGIC Happens...

Well, this is where it all "happens" in our home! Or.. does it?? HAHAH!!!! Such is life with 4 needy children... Welcome to my tour... I hope you enjoy your stay... my pics are QUITE out of order from how I took them.... either way... ENJOY! Oh, and remember, we live in Navy Housing and I do not do much to "decorate".... no curtains (Cant with CJ anyways) and we can't paint the walls all the lovely colors of the world unless we want to spend our last few days here repainting when we PCS.

Our Wedding Photo hanging in our room. We got married on the North Shore of Hawaii July 18, 1999 at the Turtle Bay Hilton. I do not think that is what it is called anymore.

My mother made this cross stitch of Submariner's Dolphins when Chris was stationed on the USS Columbia. He has since had to crossrate to Corpsman and wishes he could be back on submarines. Due to medical conditions, he got submarine disqualified. This is the "view" out our bedroom window. The swing set is RIGHT there... you can see the neighbors house outside the fence. There is no circulation of air in the back of the house. A view inside the drawers of my night stand.. overflow of TShirts and a bunch of junk.
You can see the AC in the bottom of the wall over there... that AC is SUPPOSED to cool off the ENTIRE back of the house unless we want to rig up some plywood in the window of the children's bedrooms... yeah, thats safe.
My bureau with my FAVORITE clothing showing... THE PAJAMA PANTS AND PAJAMA TOPS! The top of my bureau is everyone's dumping grounds. I have the Air Purifier thingie on there. Chris has his alarm clock up there. Nursing pads, nursing bras... want them easily accessible.
YIKES! Under the BED! A Whole bucnh of shoes I hardly wear... but I can guarantee you Kiley will get them out and wear them around... little stinker.
The last family portrait we had done. I was pregnant with Kiley and it was right before Thanksgiving. I got hospitalized a week after this was taken... man I looked swollen. The view down our pathetic hallway... our room is the last door on the left. The AC is supposed to cool off the rooms on this entire hallway! CJ's room is last door on the right. Stray droppings from the girls all the way down the hallway. I LOVE KIDS...
OUR MESS... my shorts from when I had to hop out of bed last night because I heard a loud bang... that was scary.. the bedding is in the process of being washed. WE LOVE THAT PATHETIC blanket on our bed. WE HATE the mattress... I PICKED IT OUT when I Was pregnant with Ashley and LOVED how firm it was... not so much loving it anymore... we have to pile blankets and such on it to make a faux pillow top... we keep meaning to get new mattresses. We used to have a nice bedframe to match the bed set but have since freecycled it because the room is SO small we could barely move.
The top of my night stand. My alarm clock... pics of the baby... and softball uniforms that need to be returned... dont know when. oh and a picture of Kiley that she likes to look at.
This was a certificate from our wedding. It is in hawaiian and in english. We signed it as did our best man and matron of honor (His dad and my sister)

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