Eric reenlisted on October 28.

And this is how Preston feels about it.

On Sunday morning, it was so nice outside that Preston and I spent it exploring.

Preston walking

What a great night. I was out walking Preston and there were leaves on the ground and cool crisp air all around. Houses were decorated in Halloween and it got me all excited for the season. (except I can't bake any pumpkin bread or cookies because Eric is on a low to no carb diet) The next great thing about tonight is that Preaston took his first steps!!!!! He was so proud of himself. I was so surprised. Eric didn't even get to see it because he is in bed. Next time.

Preston finally fits into his sunday suit from his Aunt Mindy. He lookes like a little man. I love it! I didn't get that great of a picture because we were going to be late for church and when we got back Preston was a sleep.

I didn't put his collar over his tie. woops

We got our new bedroom set. Our bedroom is so small that not all of the pieces could fit. So we have one out in the frontroom holding our tv. It works out great because our other tv stand was all open so Preston got into everything. Now we have no problem

The bed is so tall! It is all hand made. The would is mahogany and beach wood.

We got to take a nice vacation back to the states. It was a needed bread from Turkey. Our first stop was Utah were my family is at. We had a really good time and they loved spending time with Preston. One of the days (only pictures I have) we went golfing

We got to go the Las Vegas and have some fun. We left Preston back with my parents. We had one day in Vegas by ourselves. (which was greatly needed) Then Eric's dad came out and we got to hang out with him. The next day was the big surprise for Eric's mom. She thought she was coming to vegas with her sister for a bithday party. That was true, but she didn't know lots of family members were also going to be there. When it was Preston's grand enterence, she screamed so loud that it made Preston cry. He got over it and loved his Grandma. It was a good surprise.

We got to go indoor skydiving. It was really cool!

Of course Eric was the best. By his Third try he was doing flips. If is dad wasn't hurt there would be a BIG competition going on.

getting our gear on




This is the best picutre we got.

Grandpa playing with Preston at Aunt Lynn's

We got to go to Omaha to see our friends. We first stayed at Tami's. (Thank you Tami for putting us up.) Then we stayed at the Stahlies house. (Thank you Stahlies) We had a great time at both. Brandi and Preston watching our men go Karting.

At the Stahlies, Eric and Joss build a dirt bick path. I even jumped on the 50 cc motercyle.

Preston had fun on it too

He also had fun on the quad

Ahh!!!! . . . it's a . . . it's a . . . oh it's only Preston. (a little peek at what Preston is going to be for halloween)

Preston Turned into a climber. He made it all the way up the stairs!

DING. All dry

We went to a wakeboard cable park. Eric had a really good time. Brinley Loyd was so happy to feed Preston.

Splish splash I was taken a bath

What ever you do or say will be held against you

Now who do you think did this?

We took a trip to Istanbul and it was great! It was a bit harder with Preston, but we managed. There were a lot of different people from all over. We captured a few pictures of some. . . well. . . interesting styles. Boot sandles

Dredlock mullet. This was my favorite

All the streets were rock and the sidewalkes were not any better, so it was hard to push the stroller. It got a beating

Prston was a star in Istanbul. Everyone was stopping us on the streets to see him. Even at the airport the security guards would want to hold him. What is great about this is Eric and I were able to have some meals without him. They would just take him from us and keep him happy while we ate.

Preston was lucky, this man gave him an ice cream cone.

Cute Preston

If you look closely at the menu, you will see a missed spelled word and one that I don't even know what they were trying to spell.

We had a really nice meal on top of a hotel

This is a lot of bread

The view from the top of our hotel

twins

Domabahce Palace. This is the enterence gate into the palace. If you look close at the picture you will see a soldiar standing in the middle. He was standing like a statue. It was crazy.

One of the enterences into the palace.

The palace was big! If I lived in it, I would get lost in my own house. I know we did not even see half of it. A lot of it was closed off for repairs. They would not allow us to take pictures inside. There was a crystal staircase that was in the shape of a double horseshoe. Lots of chandeliers. Also a lot of assembly rooms for different discutions; The Blue room, The Red room, The Pink room. And no the room was not that color. It sits right along the shore line so people could enter the palace by boat right into the ceremonial hall that was beautiful. A masive chandelier hung in the center from the big domb ceiling. It was designed to hold 2,500 people, so that tells you how big it was.

A fountain in the garden

We saw a kitty on the grounds and Preston was curious.