10 years of Beauty

Last friday, 12/19/2008 was our 10th anniversary. It's hard to believe we've been married so long. After all we're still so young and good looking :) j/k You can tell my husband has rubbed off on me. I would have never written anything like that before we were married. He cracks me up. I'm just so grateful for him. We went out to dinner the other night and were able to review the last 10 years and they have been great. Right now so many of the people we know have husbands who are deployed and watching them cope just makes me so grateful that my husband is here with me and is involved in our family. The last couple of months have been wonderful because he has had so much more free time and I have been able to see even more how necessary it is to have two parents. He really is able to reach the kids in ways that I never will be able to. Our roles are just different. He is also just funny. I'm so grateful for his sense of humor. It is so wierd to be at a small base where almost all of the moms I come in contact with have seen him in a professional manner helping with their children. I've gotten so many compliments about him from others. I think I'm pretty lucky to have him. Here's to another 10!

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!

It has been snowing here for about a week. YAY! After living in Texas for 3 years it is nice to have a really white Christmas! NAthan has been so funny though. It really is his first snow ever and he loves it, but every time we go out he puts his bare hands in the snow and ends up crying. It has been fun to have the snow, but it has been soo windy that every time we go out it is bitterly cold. Every day after school I told the boys they would have to build a snow man before being allowed to watch tv or play computer, but once we get out there and I realize it is 15 degrees out and very windy I relent and let them come in. Today Justin finally got them outside playing and it really was one of the coldest days we've had with a bitter wind blowing snow everywhere. We got everyone dressed in their snow pants and boots, gloves, hats, coats. Then of course, Michelle started crying and I had to take her back in. The others however had a fun time building a fort under the trampoline. The wind had blown a bunch of snow up to the top of the tramp on one side and they just added more snow till they had a little shelter built up that protects them from the wind. It is really pretty cool. There is just something so wonderful about dads. I honestly have tried to get them to play in the snow all week, but when dad suggests building fort, all the sudden everyone is interested and gets all dressed by themselves and plays. I'm so grateful for Justin. He really is a good dad.