Thanks! They are all getting so BIG!!!!
Pat gets back on the plane...soon. He's been home for a few weeks on leave. We are halfway through. I think that right now it isn't a great time for me to answer the "how have things been while he's been gone" question. LOL!!! Not with a packed suitcase in my hall and a passport sitting back out on the counter. Sigh. I'd like to just hide both items, refuse to take him to the airport, spirit him away to a hideout. LOL!
However, to answer the question. We've been doing okay. We all miss him so much. It's as if a piece of our hearts is missing. Sometimes it aches physically. The kids and I have been very busy with all the activities that we do. I took over the homeschool group here last year and this year am putting more effort in keeping them going. We have church activities and school activities and fun things that we try to do too. I'll have a ton of photos to scrap from this time away!!
Pat took us to Disney for their big Christmas Party on the 16th. That was GREAT fun. We have celebrated 3 birthdays while he's been home, one is 2 weeks early.
Pat's father is dying and he broke the news that his cancer is terminal right after Pat came home. We 'knew' this although he had been telling us that he was going to be fine. Stage 4 cancer doesn't normally make a come-back.

He spent a couple of days with us this week and that was wonderful.
So I'll leave my post at this because it's getting to be a book!