Yes I know that many of our readers have been waiting for the next installment of the Missouri Erickson family and what exciting adventures are waiting for them this summer. For those of you that don't know it already or haven't heard Karl is getting deployed this September. He will be heading back to the Middle East to fight for our freedom. But this time instead of doing the normal Military Police mission he is going to be doing PSD. For those of you that don't know what that is it stands for Personal Security Detail. Basically he will be a body guard for a general or some one high up there. Our family will be staying here during the year that Karl is away. Next week on the 13th of May Karl will be leaving Missouri and heading to Fort Riley and then onto Fort Irwin, California where he will be playing war for 30 days. Karl will fly from Fort Leonard wood, Missouri in a Chinook to Fort Riley, Kansas and then from there on a 737 jet. So it should be a fun filled trip all the way to California. For the past month Karl has been going back to his younger days and started playing on the Battallion Soccer team. They have played all of 6 games and only lost one time. I have been out to see him and let me tell you he is very good. Last Monday they played a game against the Marine Detachment here on Fort Leonard Wood and let me tell you it was a very frustrating game for Karl. The other players on the team would not stay in there position and would not pass the ball. They lost that game by a lot. Basically they got there buts kicked. Karl has been enjoying every minute of it. Over the weekend he finally bought him some cleats. They arrived on this last Tuesday. Karl was so excited to finally have some cleats so he can stop slippin and sliding all over the field. It has been a joy to watch him play. Karl's next game is Monday the 11th of May. So wish him luck.

Well two days ago Andrea went in to have her Gall Bladder removed. She is doing fine. Just a little sore. Well the same day Crystal came home all in a fuss crying and carrying on. She stated that she had been suspended for five days. So after a call to the school we found out that Crystal was suspended for five days over something stupid. We told the school what had truly happened but they don't care. So Andrea and Crystal on Friday decided that they were going to go to Wal Mart to get Crystal's hair cut. I was shocked when I came home. Well then Jennifer started carrying on about how she wanted her hair cut. So this morning, the last day of February, we woke up at 7 and decided to take the family to Ryan's for breakfast and then onto Wal Mart to get Jennifer's hair cut. So we finished our breakfast and headed onto Wal Mart to chop, yes I said chop, off Jennifer's hair. So the rest of the morning I spent at Wal Mart waiting on the girls to get done. Well as we were at Wal Mart it started to snow. But it was not just some snow flurries this was down right snow that was coming down. So as we sat in Wal Mart the snow just kept on coming and coming until it was a white out. The local people said that as they were traveling upto Springfield they had to turn around and come home. As we left to head home the snow was so bad that in several places I had spinned out. To get up our road was a chore. But we made it and are now stuck in our house until the snow clears. It does not show any sign of letting up. The weatherman says it will last until Monday. So we will see. Regardless of the weather Wal Mart was still busy. Well wish us luck with all this snow. I hope all of you are well. I want to send a shout out to my sister Tina. She just gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. CONGRATULATIONS TINA AND MIKE!!!! Hope you all enjoy the pics. We will have to send some more. Love you all.

Snow Days

Well today is the first ice storm of the year. Last night Karl got the call from his work that he would not have PT but would have to be in at 9. Also the kids got the call that there would be no school. I still had to go to work. So my morning started at 5. I woke up and got ready for work. I gave Karl a kiss good bye and left for work. At 5:30 am Karl got the call from his squad leader that only essential personnell would be going into work. So since he is off the law enforcement mission for awhile that means he got a snow day from work. So you know what that means, SLEEPING IN. Well at 11:00 a.m. the commissary closed down and I came home. So it has been snowing off and on all day. So the kids and the dogs have been outside in the snow. The kids have been sledding with their friends and freezing. The whole post was shut down today. The General sent all the civilians home. Karl has taken on a big project on his off time. He has been working on the sequel to Marshmallow Mafia. He has been hard at work. He plans on starting the filming this weekend, if the weather holds out. He is hoping for good weather this weekend. So pray for warmer weather for us.

Weather

Well for the past couple days it has been really cold. The wind chill has been below zero and standing outside or doing PT in the elements you feel like your face is going to fall off. Life here keeps going on. My job is still as sucky as it ever has been. It seems that every time I turn around I am getting chewed out for something. Andrea seems to really enjoy her job just hates all the drama that come along with it. Everyday is a different day. Sometimes I want to just get out and then other days I want to stay in until the economy improves. I am greatful for the things that the Lord has blessed me with. I am greatful for a beautiful lady and three wonderful kids that keep me young. I hope to hear from everyone soon.

Visit From The parents

Well Prior to Christmas last year The Erickson Family from California made the long journey out to Fort Leonard wood to visit the Ericksons in the army. While here we visited Lamberts restaurant, went to see "Bolt", and made a movie called "Marshmallow Mafia" all in 4 days. I was exhausted after that weekend. But you know we had a blast with the family. It was fun to see the family and catch up on old times. Well it is getting cold here. The windchill here is below zero and on top of that it snowed yesterday. No white christmas but it is getting redonkulously cold out here.

Hello World

Well we thought that we would join the millions of people and also our family and start a blog of our own. Although we can't be high tech like Mike and Tina and host this blog on our own server at home we thought our family would like to hear about our adventures and see our family instead of dreaming about a visit. We don't have the money or the time to take off and spend a month with our family in California. So we will just have to settle for keeping in touch through the internet and this blog.