Sun. 12/22/2013
Christmas twinners.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Day 355
Sat. 12/21/2013
We had some big things to celebrate (more on that later) so out we went to our favorite AR Japanese restaurant. We're so homesick for Okinawa. This helps to satisfy the cravings.
Day 354
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Fri. 12/20/2013
Daddy is much nicer than Mommy - every once in a while he lets Kassie play on his iPad.
Day 352
Wed. 12/18/2013
Kassie has started to tell me she is sick because Baby Hannah is in her tummy. (Hannah is a friend's baby - every once in a while the baby is her cousin Cassidi). She may have heard me whining a little too much...
Day 349
Sun. 12/15/2013
On Saturday we had our rescheduled RS Super Saturday. I gathered up a few Christmas decorations to use as table decorations during the lunch (which I didn't end up using), and as I was hauling away our miniature Christmas tree Keira caught me and said in a sad voice, "Why are you taking our Christmas tree? Why?" I giggled as I thought of turning green and stuffing the tree up the chimney. There have been some very Grinch-like moments this year, just like every year it seems. On Sunday I still hadn't put the decorations back, and the significance of my nativity missing the most important pieces was not lost on me. I vowed to be less of a Grinch.
Day 348
Sat. 12/14/2013
Work Christmas Party (and yes, I am getting a lot of mileage out of that dress - you may recognize it from previous parties, and originally from Ed's pilot training graduation over a decade ago).
Friday, December 13, 2013
Day 345
Wed. 12/11/2013
Kassie walked into my room and casually said, "Mommy, I wrote your name on my paper." I glanced at it and sure enough, there was MOM. So I just as casually asked her to write it again. And she did. I asked her if she could write DAD, and she made that squiggly line underneath. :) She walks around telling us how to spell KASSIE, MOM, DAD, and JULIA (but doesn't believe me that her sisters' names all start with K as well). Quit growing up Sassy-pants!
Day 344
Tues. 12/10/2013
The girls went back to school! Even Kassie had preschool...AND Ed took leave for the day, which meant we could FINALLY start Christmas shopping.
Day 343
Mon. 12/9/2013
Iced-in, day 4: no school again. Yet Ed was able to go to work...so I put the girls to work helping with my primary calling.
Day 342
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Sun. 12/8/2013
Iced-in, day 3: cancelled church. So we had our own - Ed assigned topics for each of the girls, Kassie gave the prayer, I played the hymns I would have for church. I was SO impressed with the girls' talks. Kimberlee spoke on charity, Keira spoke about faith, and Krista talked about baptism. One of those moments where you feel like maybe you're not failing at this parenting thing after all. Later that night we watched the Christmas Devotional and were ready to strangle the girls before it was done. Can't win them all, right?
Day 341
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Sat. 12/7/2013
Iced-in, day 2: cancelled RS Super Saturday. Christmas movies and pure laziness.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Day 340
Fri. 12/6/2013
It may not look like much, but that is ice coming down. It cancelled school and my RS Super Saturday and closed the base. Which meant we could spend the day playing games, watching movies, and being spoiled by all of Ed's time in the kitchen (cookies, garlic chicken and stir fry, and hot chocolate). We never complain about impromptu family days.
Day 339
Thurs. 12/5/2013
Missing Okinawa today and dear friends made there. I love my kokeshi nativity.
Day 338
Wed. 12/4/2013
My friend and I are responsible for providing lunch for our Relief Society Super Saturday, so we did a little shopping. This is half the potatoes and my fridge is stuffed to the brim.
Day 335
Sun. 12/1/2013
Back home in Arkansas, Ed brought in the Christmas decorations so I could prep the tree for FHE on Monday. This crawled out of my nativity box and scared the bejeebers out of Kassie and I.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Day 331
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Wed. 11/27/2013
We're off on a Thanksgiving adventure! Our first trip to Houston to see my brother Eric.
Day 330
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Tues. 11/26/2013
These and my bed made up my list of favorite things today. My poor kids - having a sick mommy over their vacation is definitely not so fun.
Day 328
Sun. 11/24/2013
I love that my girls like to read, but I do tend to get a little tired of the piles of books that end up all over the house.
Day 327
Sat. 11/23/2013
Our little lover-of-accessories added yet another one to her collection - new glasses.
Day 326
Fri. 11/22/2013
It's never a happy day when the "puke bowl" has to make an appearance. (As a side note, notice how close Keira has to hold that book in order to read it.)
Day 325
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Thurs. 11/21/2013
Kassie's little bestie has been having some separation anxiety lately, which has made her a little sad as we go to and from school. I have seen such a sweet, caring, sensitive side of Kassie through it all - Julia cries and Kassie tries her hardest to console her. This day it wore them both out...it was so peaceful I was a little tempted to leave them in the car.
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Monday, November 18, 2013
Day 322
Mon. 11/18/2013
We had tornado-producing storms this weekend that brought in warmer weather. Perfect for putting the final touches on the deck.
Day 321
Sun. 11/17/2013
Ed had a job interview with a reserve unit in Illinois that flies this plane. Crossing our fingers.
I used to try to have family pictures as the background picture on our computer. Ed would always replace them with airplanes to tease me. I haven't messed with the picture in a while, but he still likes to change it up, and I never know what I'm going to see when I turn on the computer. This is what greeted me this morning.
Day 320
Sat. 11/16/2013
This is what happens on Saturdays when mom has a migraine and dad is out of town. Messy house (and boring one-a-day pictures).
Day 319
Fri. 11/15/2013
Keira had an optometry appointment Friday morning, and on the way there I got a call from the school nurse saying Krista didn't feel well. So after the appointment I checked Keira in and checked Krista out. 10 minutes of being at home, and Krista suddenly declared she was fine and wanted to go back to school. I made her play school at home for the day.
Day 318
Thurs. 11/14/2013
As Ed and I crawled into bed (at 8:30 - not even kidding) I told him I had forgotten to take a picture for the day. Always so helpful, he grabbed my iPad and took this. Do we look tired? Ed had a good excuse - he had gotten up at 3:30 that morning for work. Me? I've been tired since about 2002.
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Day 316
Tues. 11/12/2013
Thus far we've gotten away without turning on the heater, but Ed got the system switched over just in time for freezing temperatures on Tuesday night.
Day 315
Mon. 11/11/2013
Happy Veteran's Day to our favorite military man.
(pilot training graduation - July 2003)
Day 314
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Sun. 11/10/2013
Kassie was really confused by our Saturday happenings - we picked up the boat, we went to the lake, but we never put the boat in the water or went swimming. I think she figured if she had been wearing her swimsuit the day would have gone differently. So all afternoon Sunday she tried to rectify the situation. Sorry babydoll, boating in November is just not to be.
Day 313
Sat. 11/9/2013
It was past time to winterize the boat. We finally took it in, and while we were near the lake we decided to stop so Ed could mourn warmer days. Kassie wanted to go swimming, but the other girls were happy enough to practice skipping rocks.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Day 311
Thurs. 11/7/2013
My craft from our RS Visiting Teaching conference. It needs a second coat and I need to connect the Y (oops), but it exemplifies the whole evening. So grateful for a sisterhood wherever we go in the world.
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Day 309
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Tues. 11/5/2013
Keira's turn to ring the bell at gymnastics. She got her back hip circle down.
Day 308
Mon. 11/4/2013
Whatever will we do when it gets too cold to be outside??? I'm grateful that for now we live in a place where it takes a little longer to get there.
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