Summer with out Erin

Erin was MIA for 5 weeks for officer training in Newport RI during July. He was looking forwardto gettin muscles and shooting a gun. Unfortunately for him (and me), he did not enter the muscle man contest when he got back, nor did he get to shoot a gun. Landon was the most disappointed--about the gun part. He still had a great time though. I have sweet memories of spending the Fourth of July with just my kids at a beautiful beach. I can still taste and smell that day. It was wonderful. Landon got to use his boogie board for the first time (and so did I), we found tons of sand dollars and the kids were happy. It's nice to think back on that day and the summer. It felt like 5 weeks with out Erin would never come to an end, but now it feels like it flew by. We picked him up at his officer training graduation. The officers in training had to stand at attention for an hour. A few of them passed out, which made the whole ceremony quite entertaining and enduring for a mother with 3 young children. I tried to keep them quiet, while the rude woman a few seats down kept glaring at all the mothers of young children, telling them (so politely under her breath) that they were being rude and their children were "not funny at all." I stared (ever so politely) back and laughed at her. I must say, though, that my kids were well behaved.