Back Blogs!!

Sorry for all the back blogs! As you can see we have done alot of celebrating these days!!! It was a busy holiday... and then I got the flu... and then I couldn't get caught up. Now I have a touch of the post holiday blues! But God is good as he gave me snow today. He knew I needed it. I hate that the kids are going back to school (M, S today. R, C on Thurs. J has short days this week). But I guess the good part is I can now try to get caught up on the housecleaning, the blogging etc etc...!!
We have alot ahead of us. Joey has two TDY's (one next week, one in Feb) that I, as a spouse, have the opportunity to go with him on (this is a first in a 20 yr career! so there is no way we are passing up these opportunities!) It just so happens that my niece is coming to student teach at a local school for the semester, as well as her mother (my sister) is coming for 6+weeks... because she can!!!! empty nest and all!!! So she will stay with the kids. Another gift from God. He is so gracious to take care of our every need no matter what! So as a thanks to her for being such a HUGE help to us Joey has given me permission to go on a little sister weekend to Prague with her! So we'll get to go do that! And somewhere in all that we'll take a long weekend to Berlin with the swim team for R to compete in the European Swim Championships. If we can work anything else in while Auntie is here we will!! But the regular schedules of swim, theatre, drums, piano, not to mention school etc etc will be full swing starting next week so we'll see!!
So that is it for now... things may get sporatic on the blog with all the fun ahead... so be patient... as you know I always get around to it at some point. Now onto getting the Christmas decorations away!