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Today as I was doing dishes I got the urge to blog. So while the kids are taking a bath the dishwasher and washing machine are in full roar I'm going to take this moment of 'peace' (is that Brianna or Logan belting out ABCs?) and blog away.

First off, Merry Late Christmas. And what a Merry Christmas it was! It was great. The kiddos got everything they wanted. Brianna's most special gift was a telescope from Santa (aka Gma Mary). She's been DYING for a telescope. Every time she saw Santa, or wrote him a letter (I think she wrote 7 in total) she always asked for a telescope. Thats kind of an odd thing for a 5 yr old to want, and I realize she might not be fully able to understand how it all works but thats what we're here for :). When Sean went to Iraq we would say good night to the moon and it would relay our hugs and kisses to Daddy. That was a very special thing for the kids because they loved the idea that when we saw the moon, so did Daddy (and yes, it looked the same!). Anyway, we have a telescope and as soon as we get a clear night we are going to see 'everything up in the sky'. Last night we put it out and gave it a try but it was much too cloudy, so Sean pointed it at a light pole and the kids thought it was great. They were under the impression it was a star, but who are we to ruin their fun? Logan very much wanted a train. And he recieved 2! Sean's mom got him a real train set (which I still cannot figure out) which he's had a lot of fun with Daddy setting it all up. We also got him a GeoTrax train set which he adores as he can set it all up on his own. That was also from Santa. Christmas Eve Erikka was kind enough to set the train up for us and so when Logan came out Xmas morning it was ready to go! He sat down and did a full loop with the train before he would even look at another present. I think he liked it :). This morning before I could even blink he had the set dragged out again. They both also recieved LOTS of stuff from our families back home. All in all our Christmas was wonderful. Sean and I did stockings for one another and both bought the same book for one another (great minds...). We spent the day cooking (me) and cleaning (sean) and then had some friends over for Christmas Dinner. I made all of Seans favorites, a honey ham (came out AWESOMMME), brown sugar carrots, scalloped potatoes and a few other things and Erikka made a slammin green bean casserole out of a variety of beans .

In other news we realized the other night we realized we have less than 4 months than Sean leaves, and while time is sneaking up on us we are ready for this next part of our story to begin! Sean is def. ready to leave Shaw and move onto {hopefully} greener pastures, and I'm just ready to get this show on the road. I hate sitting around and waiting and while I don't want to see Sean leave us for a year whats done is done so nowhere to go but forward. Sean and I are planning an Un-Anniversary for the end or March. Its about 6 mo away from our actual Anniversary (which Sean will not be here for). We're going to Charleston for the weekend, and seeing Jeff Dunham (!). We're lucky enough to have known about him leaving far enough in advance that we can plan a few fun things to do before he leaves (the circus which I'm thrilled about, Carowinds again, a few camping trips). These next few months are going to fly by, but at least we'll be having a good time.

That's it for excitment here in our house. I hope everyone had a Happy Holiday and we'll talk to you next year !