I KNOW I had great plans of blogging while Melia did school. Life got busy and I found myself sitting nearby while Melia schools but working on our bills, Dad's re-application for the Medicaid waiver, cleaning, Dad's bills...
I am working diligently to finish capturing January before March arrives. Here are all the wonderful glimpses I might have blogged if I was blogging daily. They are just too good to go totally unnoticed.
Random glimpses and tidbits from January....Noah is learning to ski (so is Melia).
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| Noah - 3 yo (nearly) |
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| Attitude! I love it! |
Meanwhile Luke has been finding sharks and such on his deep dives. I can't imagine!
Krista continues to build monster "Lego" mouses.
You will see various shots of Carrie and the girls throughout the month. They chose to abscond to warmer areas...FL and then a cruise - they were traveling from Dec - Jan 20th. I have realized this is the first year in 3 or 4 that January include a trip to visit Sister Friends in OR. I miss breaking up the winter and will need to check into that next year.
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| Josi flying like a pro |
Melia has brought Korean dramas to our home. It's really pretty fun to sit with popcorn on a winter afternoon and try to read the English subtitles before they move on. I wonder if we can find some Japanese dramas to watch...that will help us both with our Japanese and could be considered school.
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| Luke on the bottom of the bay again |
Allie's favorite spot when she's home.
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| We miss you sweet girl! |
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| Liv's favorite on board hang out! |
THIS was a welcome sight! I lost my wallet...and there it was in the driveway!
While Allie was home we made a stop at our local Emergency Room. Peace of Mind is PRICELESS, and we don't regret it one bit. It did re-surface memories of another visit.
Meanwhile - off ship - we enjoy winter.
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| Such a big personality - Josi - nearly 2 |
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| Jared - our favorite Anchorage Assemblyman |
It's sunset season - soon the sun won't be setting at decent hours.
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| Josi's first dentist visit |
I have gotten so many phone calls from Noah that I have entered Jared's office phone number as "Noah's work phone." Jared says he walks in, goes immediately to the phone and calls Bachan.
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| Bachan's phone buddy! |
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| Allie & Ashton |
Jamin (the realtor and not Jared the assemblyman) has arrived in Florida. He has set up a new apartment and office. It is pure joy to see him happy in the sun! We miss him.
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| This tropically raised girl misses the ocean, too! |
January held visits from adult Gherkins, Melia moving in, Jamin moving away...lots of planned events and a few unplanned. It was a great month.
