Back to Work

Good news! Mark has been cleared by his doctor to go back to full duty again at work! He was able to start last week, and his knee has been feeling great - no pain, no limitations, no problems! Praise God!

In the craziness of getting back to work, though, he ended up working 96 hours in the last 6 days. Now he get's to be home for 2 days, then he'll go back Saturday for another 48-hour shift. The kids are readjusting to having Daddy gone again, but they'll get back on track after a few weeks and it should be easier. Needless to say, we just put the kids down for a nap, so... guess where Daddy is!

Good night!

Too many options

"Can I have one of those English braids...or is it Spanish braids today? Oh..I mean a French one?"

Thanks to our good friend Anna for being able to decipher the many cultures of Jadyn and somehow even get it to stay in all day!

Excuse #312 to eat a cookie

Said in the best, big-girl, sure-of-herself voice she could come up with:

"I'm a pretty princess, Mommy...and every pretty princess needs a cookie!"

(If that is the case, I am sure I can find some dress up clothes that I can wear at least once a day!)

The Carlson's

We were blessed to be able to spend a few days with some good friends from college last week - Chad, Cindy, Andrew, and Nicholas are up in town from New Orleans! We had a great time together, and the girls were especially excited to have some boys almost the exact same age as them to share the house with for a few days. We played outside lots, went to the park, rode bikes, played inside, went swimming, and just had a great time.

Thanks for squeezing us into your crazy-busy schedule! We had a blast!

Mariner's Game

Sunday the 20th was "Firefighter's Day at the Mariners". Half-price tickets and free hats - we had a great time! The only downer of the afternoon was when Karina was dancing so excitedly to the music in front of her seat and did a nose-dive into the empty seat one row below us! She was a little shaken, but fortunately there were about 100 firefighters sitting in our section checking to make sure whe was allright!