It's been a busy week. First and foremost, we have reached another milestone. We are officially past the TWO MONTHS mark of this deployment. I love the feeling of making progress. To celebrate, I indulged in a little Starbucks pleasure on Friday. Peppermint mocha = yummy. (Only) FIVE MORE MONTHS to go. We're getting there, slowly but surely.
In other deployment related news, the kids and I were blessed to attend a conference at the Great Wolf Lodge this weekend for deployed families. It was sponsored by the chapel where we're stationed. The kids loved the waterpark and enjoyed marvelling at all it had to offer. Thank goodness my dear mother came with to help out. I was a bit overwhelmed at taking all my littles (none of whom can swim) to the waterpark inside the Great Wolf Lodge solo. Anyhow, a fun time was had by all. They also fed us dinner and then I attended workshops on deployment related issues. There's really no greater feeling of comraderie than sitting in a room with 20 other Army wives whose husbands are also down range. There's so much comfort in that--just knowing I am definitely not alone. Those ladies get it!
We've also been battling a lot of sickness this week. That seems to be the trend so far this fall. All the kids, as well as myself, have BAD colds. Normally I'm not the type to get bent out of shape about a silly little cold...but this one is ridiculous. I'm coughing like a barking seal and the kids have snotty noses, low grade fevers, coughs, and general tiredness. It's made for some nice days of snuggling on the couch with a stack of library books though. All in all, it's not so bad. :-)
Last but not least, my mom and I went on saw Twilight this afternoon while my dad graciously watched all the littles. It was SO good. I loved every minute of it. I know. I know. I'm like a 12 year old girl. Next thing you know I'll be wearing a Team Edward tee shirt and buying Twilight dolls. Seriously though, the movie was highly enjoyable.
We're also prepraring to host Thanksgiving in the upcoming week. I bought all the fixins I'm contributing (thanks mom and dad for bringing the Turkey!). It should be a great day of reflecting on all the things we have to be thankful for. There are many! We are blessed, most of all, to know Jesus.
That's all for now. Love to all!
In other deployment related news, the kids and I were blessed to attend a conference at the Great Wolf Lodge this weekend for deployed families. It was sponsored by the chapel where we're stationed. The kids loved the waterpark and enjoyed marvelling at all it had to offer. Thank goodness my dear mother came with to help out. I was a bit overwhelmed at taking all my littles (none of whom can swim) to the waterpark inside the Great Wolf Lodge solo. Anyhow, a fun time was had by all. They also fed us dinner and then I attended workshops on deployment related issues. There's really no greater feeling of comraderie than sitting in a room with 20 other Army wives whose husbands are also down range. There's so much comfort in that--just knowing I am definitely not alone. Those ladies get it!
We've also been battling a lot of sickness this week. That seems to be the trend so far this fall. All the kids, as well as myself, have BAD colds. Normally I'm not the type to get bent out of shape about a silly little cold...but this one is ridiculous. I'm coughing like a barking seal and the kids have snotty noses, low grade fevers, coughs, and general tiredness. It's made for some nice days of snuggling on the couch with a stack of library books though. All in all, it's not so bad. :-)
Last but not least, my mom and I went on saw Twilight this afternoon while my dad graciously watched all the littles. It was SO good. I loved every minute of it. I know. I know. I'm like a 12 year old girl. Next thing you know I'll be wearing a Team Edward tee shirt and buying Twilight dolls. Seriously though, the movie was highly enjoyable.
We're also prepraring to host Thanksgiving in the upcoming week. I bought all the fixins I'm contributing (thanks mom and dad for bringing the Turkey!). It should be a great day of reflecting on all the things we have to be thankful for. There are many! We are blessed, most of all, to know Jesus.
That's all for now. Love to all!
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