Sure wish I could think up creative titles for my posts.
Thought I would post a little something. I know I have family members who like to peek inside our lives :)
I won't try and catch up everything, don't think I could remember anyways!
Jacob celebrated his 14th birthday on the 6th. I cannot believe that it's been 14 years since I became a mom. Wow! It is flying by so quickly, and though I'm excited to see him grow up and mature, I also miss my little boy. This past year seems to have been the quickest yet, and it's also a year where he changed physically(he's shaving now!) and mentally. He is getting quicker at catching on to new things, school is actually coming pretty easy to him at the moment, and he is coming more out of his quiet shell. He's still my quiet kid, but he's getting comfortable in his surroundings and being a bit more social. To celebrate we had a get together with his cousins while we were in Twin for Thanksgiving, went bowling and then had pizza and birthday cake. On his actual birthday, we went for pizza(yes, his choice!) after church, home for some presents, and then went and saw Disney's A Christmas Carol at the theatre. When we left the movie it was snowing. Perfect end to the day! We also got him a cell phone. He often will stay home when Abby has an activity he's not interested in, or goes to a friend's house, or on a youth outing, and we just felt it was time for him to have one. He sure was excited when we went to pick it out. He doesn't have internet or texting, but he's excited none the less. LOL
Abby has had quite a few activities going on. She's had some Bible Quiz matches, attended a couple of birthday parties, we went out for a nice dinner and saw the play "Annie" with our girls book club friends. She's keeping busy with school, she's doing pretty well, getting into some pre-Algebra things in math that kind of threw her for a little while, but we slowed down and stayed until she got it and she's finally moved on to the next section. She's been reading anything and everything and I'm having a hard time keeping up with having good books for her to read. She's really excited we found some affordable guitar lessons and will start next month. She took some a few years ago, and the teacher/class format just didn't work for us, she's been wanting to continue forever!
Paul has been working hard. Two of their units got their orders for Afghanistan this past week, so far his unit doesn't. They shouldn't before 2011, but the commander is working them hard to have them ready earlier. This past Saturday they had Family Day, and we were able to attend that for a little while.
And me? I still keep busy at home. Preparing lessons takes a good chunk of my time, I'm having to relearn quite a bit myself :) Trying to be a bit more involved at church. I got to attend a military spouses dinner, that our church put on last night, that was fun and it was great to get to know some of the other spouses. There isn't a huge military presence here, being it's just a reserve base, but there are quite a few reserve families at church. For the first time, I was the oldest with the most years in........(married to Paul for 16 of his 22 years in the service).
The weather has become bone chilling cold. The night time temps have been single digits or below zero. The last few days haven't made it out of the teens. Brrrr......we had a little bit of snow as well.
The house is decorated for Christmas. Almost done with gifts. Will start some baking soon :)
Not much else to share, so I will end for now.
Be Blessed!
