A tradition indeed.

My mom gets Libby a ticket to the Princess Tea at the Festival of Tress every year.  Now that 2 more grand girls are coming in a couple years 2 more will join as well, but It's been fun for Libby to go with grandma and dance with "princesses" and "princes".  Not to complain, but some of those princesses could dress a bit more appropriately.  I digress, she loved it and wants to do it every year.

T minus 9 days.

To what you might be thinking?

 

I know her birthday is in 4 days, she's doing that stupid thing on Facebook.

Christmas isn't for another 2 weeks.

Hannukah started on the 8th.

Even New Years is after that.

 

HMMM?

 

Oh ok, Nate is done with his job and out of Elba.

I am SOOOOO excited.  I will have my husband back and sleeping in our bed.

No more cold bed, no more sleeping by myself, no more kids asking where dad is.

Yet I look back at the last 7 months and I think, "we've grown a ton."

The kids help me sooo much.

They looooove when Nate is home.

I looove when Nate is home.

We are much closer having had to endure this.

 

All in all it was good, but I'm sure glad it's over.

For those of you out there thinking, "Well her husband isn't in the military and yardy yar..." I say to you, who cares what you think!

Until you do this you have no room to judge me.  It was hard and I don't want to do it again.

We'll probably have to, but you have no room to judge.

 

I am SOOOOO excited!

I Love...

Lots of things, but I love the holidays most of all.

I love me some turkey and most of all some pumpkin pie, homemade of course.

 

I love my family, they rock.  All of them, Nate's family and mine!

 

I really love to eat and I did at Thanksgiving.  I can't wait for Christmas, but I think I love Thanksgiving the best.  The start to the holidays.

 

Isn't this shot amazing?

 

Working very hard on ignoring me.

 

This turkey was brined for 2 days, it was amazing to say the least.

 

Must not like the parade.

 

A beauty!