*sigh*

Well I thought Josh might be able to come home yesterday or today, but he kept getting delayed, so tomorrow it is. (Unless the snow doesn't slow down)

And in my boredom waiting for him to come home,
I baked cookies.............
played games with the kids..............
Shoveled snow..........twice
And messed around with my new camera..........
And if you can't tell, I'm having fun with it. :)

On the 5th day till Josh comes home.......

................my kids and I decorated graham cracker houses.

They had lots of fun! Ate way too much candy, and now are screaming and tearing the house apart. (Can you say sugar high?)

So I only have 5 more days (or so) till Josh comes home for his 2 week break. I am so grateful that he gets to be with us on Christmas. We couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present.

This has been a very long deployment. It has been 8 months since our trip to Disneyland, where we got to see him for 4 days, and 10 months since he has been home. (Well 12 if you count him going to Washington DC for a month training in Jan and the month of February was spent sleeping at Camp Williams) The other good thing about him coming home this late in the deployment, is that when he has to go back, he will have only 2 months left!!

The kids have all grown a lot taller (me around the middle), and we've had lots happen in the last year. Having my wonderful guy around to make my life complete again is something I don't even know how to express.

Merry Christmas everybody! And especially those soldiers and their families that don't get to be together. Those wives that have been so much fun to get to know, and have struggled this very long year too. I hope you all can have a Merry Christmas, you all are in my prayers and thoughts every day.

Mario Kart

Any Mario Kart fans out there? This is for you!

I finally have some pictures of Josh! He doesn't take any (he says he got enough the first time around, and the country hasn't changed much in 5 years) so I had to steal these off his facebook! I really hope he doesn't mind. ;)

He comes home in about 12-14 days!!!!!! WOOOHHHOOOO!!!!!!


It sure makes you grateful for our country and our homes. I will never again complain about where I live or my kitchen!

Birthday surprize? Hardly!

Well now that I have a 10 year old, I guess I need to do a better job hiding birthday and Christmas presents.

Ethan confessed to me the other day that he snooped. He told me where he looked and that he looked at receipts. He told me he saw a bag in my closet (which was hidden under a pile of sweaters) but he said he didn't see it (Only because I said, you snoop you don't get it). But I heard him tell his dad he was getting a camera.

And on a receipt he saw "Lego set" (which was a huge set for Christmas, so I had to go to the store and buy him a small Lego set for his birthday so I wouldn't mess up his Christmas.) So he thinks he is getting a big Lego set for his birthday but now he's only getting a tiny one! Serves him right! The little punk!!

I also have a child that wanted a bandaid so bad that he went around the house banging his foot and arm on things so he could "bleed". (I wouldn't let him have a bandaid when his brother got a cut, saying "bandaids are only for when you are bleeding") I know I am a terrible mother, and should have let him have the dang bandaid, but it was really funny.

And finaly, I put something on Emery's wall. I still need to get the chair rail to finish it, but at least I put up the vinyl. Thanks to wonderful Sam!