I am a Winner of the #CanYouTopThis Contest!


Did you see my post about the #canyoutopthis contest?
Here's the link if you didn't. click here

I won!!!

Dealusional chose me as one of the winners. go look at her blog
and now I have this cool badge/button thing to put on my blog, I'm movin up!

My portable Christmas tree #canyoutopthis

I found this contest through Elmer's for a chance to win a $100 giftcard.

I made a Christmas tree for our office. I am in the Military and sometimes we are not allowed to do certain things in our office, so I thought this was the perfect way to show a tree. I can fold it up and put it away when I am not allowed to have it.

All I used was the elmer's tri fold board, and elmer's glue dots; I used green poster paper and paints.
This is my finished project
sorry for the fast and short post, I am trying to catch the deadline, I read that it's tonight at midnight, it's 10:30pm in Los Angeles so hopefully that counts. This would help with Christmas shopping you know?

This is my entry to the Elmer's #canyoutopthis project.

the countdown has begun!!!

Not for Christmas!!!

My parents are coming from NY for 2 weeks!!!!

They get here on Monday, and though my wife knows, we are letting it be a surprise for the kids. We are going to let my Parents pick up the kids from school that day.

I get to see my parents y'all!

Thanksgiving was about so much this year

Were you happy in your house?
Did you have a great meal?
Did you have a great time with Family?
with friends?

I'm glad, glad that you have those blessings. My Family focused on the ones that didn't. On all the deployed and separated Military members who couldn't be with their Families during the Holidays. I have been fortunate enough to miss only a few, but I know that many of my fellow military have missed so many more.

Thanks to my Military families for being strong and for keeping those of us at home safe.
Salute!

Family and the Holidays...

I am from NY, and living in California during winter is not cool to me. Winter is about snow and blankets. These last few weeks it has been around the 70's here.

It makes me sad, my entire Family is in the East Coast. Snow is in the east coast. We were able to go to NY 2 years ago during Christmas, it was great to see my Family again. We were there during a 3 day blizzard and it was so much fun. It had been the first time my kids had been in the snow, they just loved it.

Next week my parents are coming out here to visit us for 2 weeks, I'm glad, but still sad that it's not us going there. I miss having real winters!

Family fun with Legoland Ca...

Being that California can't make up it's mind on the weather, there is always time to go and have fun in the sun throughout the year.

This summer my Family and I had a great time visiting Legoland Ca. One of my favorite days there was the day we got to see the 4D Clutch Powers movie.


It was so much fun. I caught site of my 4y.o reaching for the falling snow, and hearing him giggle throughout the entire movie was just as much fun as the movie.

So if you live in California, or are visiting, make sure you drop by Legoland, not only will your kids thank you, but so will your inner child...
mine did!

Thank you to Legoland, Ca for the invitation for our Family, we had a blast!!

As a Dad: I give it 2 thumbs up!
As a Military Service member, I give their Military discount: 2 thumbs up!

Gotta love my family

So just got back from NYC and man was it hot. I forgot all about that stuff called humidity. Nothing like taking a shower just to feel wet after drying off.....lol.
It was great even though I didn't get the chance to hang or see any of my friends at least I got to see the fam. Unfortunately my grandfather passed away so I had to do the whole wake and funeral thing but these are things that are apart of life. Why is it that it takes a death to bring family together. I really love and enjoy my family. Every year the whole fam gets together at my aunts for X-mas and Thanksgiving is alternated every year. I don't understand how families don't get along. I couldn't do that. Somewhere we need to get back to that. Family is the most important thing we have. Now I know some of us have some family members we wished never showed up but no matter what there are other family members that need the bond of a family. So I just want to encourage all to do your best to stay in contact with those who you know will have your back and be true family