Still gone...

So, its been almost two and a half months that we have been away from good 'ol North Carolina. The time has gone extremely fast...but that was the plan. We are just that much closer to Daddy coming home! When we get home we will have under 3 months left of this deployment--which as we have just proven, can go by in the blink of an eye!

I have been lax in posting about all the fun we had in California and I will probably not be able to post any more pictures until we get home at the end of the month.

I am starting to get very tired of being away from my home and am very excited to return home soon. Before we know it, Daddy will be here and we have things to do to prepare for his arrival. We should be able to keep ourselves busy. Keep checking in...I will, hopefully, post and catch everyone up on our trip when we get home!

California Love

So we have been here now for almost a week and we are all finally getting rested again. It seems that with all the fun and excitement coupled with the traveling, we all get very worn out! I am wondering how we are going to handle the trip home! We may just have to crash for a couple of weeks to recuperate.





On Friday we went out to pick up the Christmas tree. Gabriel had never gotten to do that before so we all, kind of, let him pick it out himself. He walked all over the lot searching for the perfect tree. Of course, he liked the biggest ones so we had to direct him to the section that was more in the price range that Mow Mow and Popeye were looking for. I just can't see spending over $100 for a tree that is going to die in a few weeks!



Other than that, we have done a whole lot of nothing. Mow Mow and Popeye were given a ton of Thomas the Tank Engine toys and a play table so many hours have been spent working on that.





Of course, Ah-Ah had to make a smoothie for Gabriel.

Michael has been having a great time as well. He and Ah-Ah are buddies.



Also, Michael pulled up to standing all by himself! Once he got up he looked pretty proud of himself, but then it was like he couldn't hang on much longer and needed someone to rescue him!




We are looking forward to Christmas and New Years and our trips to see family and friends. Also, of course, our trip to Disneyland! We miss our home and friends there, but we are fully enjoying our time with family.

More snow...and ice!!!

So, we've been having many relaxing days inside lately because of temperatures in the teens, snow and ice making going outside pretty difficult for us warm-weather folk. Finally, we had a few good days where we could go out and play for a bit. Today Michael got to be outside for a few minutes and take a quick sled ride with brother Gabriel.

He didn't like the cold too much and a car coming up the road scared him, so his little adventure only lasted a few minutes!


He was much happier in the warmth of the house...poor little guy!

Brother stayed outside for quite a while and got many sled rides from Mow Mow and Dad Dad. The pavement was so icy that they could pull him up and down the driveway and sidewalk without scraping! So much fun! We have had a great time here in Nebraska and will soon be making our next trip to California. We're going to get to thaw out a bit and have some winter and Christmas fun, California style! Stay tuned for more updates from the Golden State.

Gettin' in the spirit!

Fun in Nebraska!

Here's a slideshow of all the fun that we have had so far on our trip. Go the website below. Enjoy!

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