With all the stress in our lives with Jeff’s job search (more on that later), etc, we have been having some fun around here lately with the family’s visit during Halloween, then Thanksgiving and now all the fun holiday stuff like decorating with Andrew and seeing his amazement with holiday lights (especially the Griswalds display next door…Seriously, you AZ people, please drive by my house and see what I mean). Not to mention other stuff like dealing with Andrew touching the tree and eating fake berries off of it … oh, and the dog eating a piece of Advent calendar chocolate meant for Andrew and me cleaning three puke spots off the carpet!)
As you can see below, we’ve been having some fun. And during all this, Jeff got offered a job—in Phoenix! So that means at least two more years here and no deploying for a while. Phew, I am glad this waiting is over! He is the OCS (Officer Candidate School) Coordinator for the Arizona National Guard in Phoenix and he just started on Monday. Hopefully all goes well, but he’s on the right track that’s for sure. Two more years here and then we’re off to wherever the Army takes us as he’ll probably go back in Active Duty. It’s exciting and scary all at once. I don’t even have time to think about that because I am too excited to have my little family together this year. It literally just hit me the other day that this is our first Christmas together as a family. Wow. And the first of many years Jeff wasn’t working some weird shift as a deputy patrolling the backwoods of Maricopa or Pinal county. Yippee and Merry Christmas to me! :-)
Mom and sis
Jeff and Sue, one of our family's best friends!
At his first house to trick-or-treat. Aunt Beth was there to capture the moment!
With Aunt Beth on to the next house.
With Grandma at the Wildlife World Zoo
The chickens were just amazing to him.
"Come here and let me hug you!"
Finally a date night after about a YEAR. Toby Keith's Veteran's Day event with Cowboy Troy!
Thanksgiving at the Howards
Helping to decorate after his bath.
P.S. When it says "Believe in the Magic" up there in our banner, we really mean it because my graphic designer friend had to super-impose Andrew's head onto that photo so we could ALL be smiling in at least ONE of our family photos!
2 comments:
hilarious diaper photo. so precious.
love the family photo in your masthead. yay!
love, love, love all the photos. Your visit from family looked so fun- halloween pics were awesome- and I have SO many years of photos with my babes in diapers by the tree, ha!
We really do have to get together soon- let these boys play. My life has really slowed down this month now that I've taken a break from my photog. Call me!
p.s
umm since you were asking...I did Brooklyn's photoshoot while the 3 kiddos were in my car watching a DVD- locked in tho...in seatbelts AND the keyless entry, ha! No CSP at my door ;)
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