Happy Halloween!

It's that time again... we get to dress up our kids and take them out to trick or treat. Josh of course loves the Marvel comics and actually bought his costume back in March. My mom bought it for him and he decided he would put it away for Halloween. Amazingly enough he never wore it till now. I think that was one of the hardest things he's actually done. I mean considering that he loves to dress up and pretend to be a super hero. So finally the day has come and he can't wait to go out and save the world! Elijah on the other hand was obsessed with Scooby -Doo and we were just lucky that a friend of ours gave Elijah this costume. So he's actually a puppy but we call him Scooby. He even puts his hands in the air and says "Puppy Power" Anyhow here are a few pics of my boys and their costumes.

First tooth!

I've been waiting for this day and it finally happened! Joshua lost his first tooth today! So he's pretty excited and mainly it's just because he can't wait to see what the tooth fairy will bring him. Gosh I remember those days.... I just hope he doesn't start pulling them out on his own. Anyhow here are a few pics of Josh and his cute little smile.

Fireworks

We took the boys out to see the fireworks in Oologah. I know some of you might be wondering why fireworks in the middle of October... Well they were the fireworks from the 4Th of July but remember it rained and so they decided to have them on the 13Th of October. Which was kinda neat since it was my Anniversary. So ha I got fireworks on my anniversary! :)

My little Pumpkins!

We took the boys out to the pumpkin patch today. Since Elijah went on Thursday for mom's club we decided it would only be fair if they both went. Here are just a few pics of my little pumpkins!

Our Anniversary!

Seven years ago today I married the love of my life. I thank the Lord everyday for blessing me with such an amazing husband. We met in high school and have been together ever since then. We actually got married on Friday the 13Th. Crazy I know... Here's a few pics we took this week. I think they came out great! (Thanks for taking them Sandy)

Man of steel

I read this today in the Corpus Christi Caller Times. I posted this on my blog because I am very proud of my grandpa. He has managed to do so much in his life and has made a great impact on so many people's lives. It's an honor to call him grandpa! At the same time I am thankful for him because he has been a great role model for my own father in many ways. I know that I will tell his story to my kids and grand kids and hope and pray that they will follow in his foot steps.

At 82, Pete Perez still going strong at Army Depot







Pedro 'Pete' Perez, 82, has helped rebuild hundreds of planes and helicopters during his 57-year career in civil service, including 34 years at the Corpus Christi Army Depot.





He is the only employee at the depot who has earned a 50-year pin, which he placed on his belt with his other service awards. Perez is the only employee of the depot's more than 3,600 civil service workers who has earned a 50-year pin. He wears his history on his belt.
Attaching the nearly 60 years in five-year service award pins to leather was no challenge for Pedro "Pete" Perez. The 82-year-old has engineered, snipped, fabricated and riveted or bolted thousands of miles of aluminum, stainless steel and titanium to patch gunshot holes and cobble together the outside skin of aircraft damaged in four wars. The 5-foot-5-inch, 130-pound sheet metal mechanic scales scaffolding daily at Corpus Christi Army Depot to root into tight helicopter compartments with a bucktail wrench to flare rivets.

Perez is the only employee of the depot's more than 3,600 civil service workers who has earned a 50-year pin.

"It had to be special ordered," said Lois Contreras, spokeswoman for the depot.

Perez leads 14 sheet metal workers who are among the thousands he has trained in the skill he first learned in the Navy right after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
After meeting his wife of 49 years, Norma, while taking college courses in sheet metal mechanics, Perez worked his first 21 years in the civil service repairing tail booms of airplanes at an Air Force base in Laredo. He transferred to the Corpus Christi Army Depot's Hangar 45, the Cargo Helicopter-47 Assembly Division here, in 1973 shortly before a major layoff. But with his experience, Perez was among the first called back to work, said his longtime supervisor William "Flaco" Dodson.




"Pete's taught me most of what I know," Dodson said.

During the past 10 years, since his wife died from complications of diabetes, Perez has been bolstering the replacements for an aging work force that local employers often complain doesn't have enough skilled workers, Dodson said.

"Pete's a role model, up and down, nonstop," said Arnold Mendez, a production supervisor. "He teaches these young guys through example."

Perez is the first at work by 4 a.m., Mendez said. And he has accrued 5,000 hours of sick leave that he will be credited when he retires at the end of this year. That's after he has donated 100 hours each year to other workers with family or health problems. When he retires, Perez will have worked in civil service for 58 years.

He works just as hard as those he leads, said Herb Saenz, 37, a sheet metal mechanic who has worked with Perez for nearly two years.

"I've learned job dedication from him," Saenz said. "He gets onto us for being late by just giving us that look.

"Pete climbs, drills, grinds and rivets more than most of us half his age," Saenz said. "And we get to hear his stories from World War II and have the honor of working with somebody that experienced in the field."

Perez also enjoys the challenge of engineering the repairs, he said while pointing two fingers toward the rafters.
"Thanks to God, I'm still kicking," he said. "I can't sit at home, so I help them learn all I can. I keep telling these young people to care for this job, you cannot get better without working your butt off."

Pete Perez stands in front of a Huey on Wednesday at the depot. The Huey, which saw extensive action in Vietnam, was one of the first aircraft Perez worked on during his 57-year civil service career.

Fun at the Fair!

Mommy and her cute little boys!

Jacob and Josh waiting to get on the ride.

Here they go!

Jordan and some little girl that rode with her... I managed to get her to smile too!

First comes Jacob

Then goes Jordan








And finally Joshua

Of course Elijah wanted to get on a ride too. This ride had me a bit dizzy!

Ah the three amigos!

Josh was showing his sand art off!

Fishermen!

They boys went fishing today and to my surprise they ended up catching a big fish! Josh came running in and of course I thought something bad had happened, like maybe his dad fell in the pond or something but no it was to tell me that they had caught a big one. Of course you know they ended up touching the fish and wanting to hold it which totally grossed me out. Eww their just so slimy. Anyhow here are a few pics of my little fishermen!

He's practicing on how to cast his fishing pole.

Here they go touching the fish!

"Did you see how big that fish was mom" Oh yeah I'm cool!