Friday, January 02, 2009

Christmas Must Be Over.....the kids are gone and the whole neighborhood (except MY house) is dark tonight....... I guess 1 Jan is "the day" around here to take lights down. Jared says he misses Alaska and wondered why we've taken them down so "early" the last couple of years. I told him AK leaves them up until "the last dog reaches Nome" and that is NOT the norm in the lower 48.

Passing the Produce Baton this a.m. I went and PICKED up my produce - already sorted. I didn't have to order, pick up at the store, sort or anything. ::snort:: Photobucket

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Quick lunch before Jamin had to be at work
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Parking Lot farewells
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One of our young men was overheard warning David that Mom, "really goes wild with the camera at the airport." ::snort::

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Men farewells?
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There's a lot more I could write - but I don't feel like it.

Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

Goodbyes...

I'm Choosing Joy while feeling a bit blue, wiping tears and inhaling chocolate. Yes, today is the day that BreAnne will leave too. Their flight leaves at 2:57. It's good to get up early and take care of emotions before taking care of leave taking. ::snort::

If you want to read my past thoughts on saying goodbye to family members, you can read this, my thoughts haven't changed much since 2006.

For now - let me share photos from yesterday.

Josiah shows Mike the finer points of texting - sending Krista a text while we work on FAFSA forms.
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Then we played basketball.
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I looked up to see this when Zander was telling a man at the park, "...then the Police chained me up like this..."
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Bre assembles a dragon kite
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They kept crashing around Stacia...

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I suppose it DOES look a bit scary zooming in on you
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My favorite kite...
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Ah....David helps Stacia
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We took BreAnne and David out for dinner. Josiah got off work and joined us at 7 p.m. We spent the night playing cards, Taboo and Mafia. And yes, as reported on Facebook, I RULE as Mafia. I was straight-faced, logical, methodical, evil (Mike's assessment) and devious enough to kill each and every one of my smarty pants sons.
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Now, I really must get on with THIS day and meet it face on.
Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.