The last morning before Tates plane left fot Iraq again.....do we look alive or what??? It was sad but not as sad as the first time. They are telling the soldiers that they will be home sometime in April.

So the first thing we did the day after Tate got home was go to Great Wolf Lodge together. Obviously from the pics this is an indoor water park. We had a ton of fun going down the slides and hanging out in the hot tubs. Look who is almost as tall as Tate now!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas morning 2008.....Grandpa came down and spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with us, which was alot of fun. Santa needed help with the wrapping. The military family readiness group help arrange that each child would get a bear that sent a message to each child on Christmas morning, and everyones worked except Kenzie's which was fun for the others but lousy for Mack, after some tears were shed all was well. Everyone enjoyed Santas gifts and Santa is glad its over....

Next in the month I hosted book-club with my friend Karyn....we went all out. We read the book "The Mourning Dove", and had a really great time, eating and talking, which is really what we do in our book-club. I think we always start out talking about the book.........

Okay, so I am a month behind. December started with Morgans big "12" birthday. She is now in Young Womens (which makes me have 3 of my 4 left at home in the youth program) As a family she opened her gifts and we went out to eat. On Friday night she had a gaggle of girls over to sleep and celebrate, and that they did. Happy "12" Mi-Mi!!!!