we are officially all out of colorado, and now together in Ohio! Cris, Grandma Stickley, the girls, and the dogs had a relatively uneventful trip cross-country. The dogs are now tucked in safe and sound at Grandpa/Grandma Stickley's farm. i'm sure they will love being farm dogs for the next few months.
My last day of outprocessing went surprisingly smoothly. i did have to give up 3 vials of blood, and get injected with Anthrax, Tetnus, and Diptheria (they held off on the small pox due to Juneua's eczema, and will give that to me in afghanistan). i have been walking around with 2 sore shoulders all weekend from the immunizations.
I am a bit behind on pictures...this was taken the last week in our colorado house...
The Ohio State denim jumpers probably look a bit familiar to the Stickley gang, since they once belonged to a certain set of twin cousins :) All of their cute Ohio State gear is being thorougly enjoyed for a second round :)
The girls were thrilled to have Grandma's undivided attention while they worked on their coloring and sticker projects...
Just in case you were wondering how to fit a 3,000 square foot house into a 10x20 foot storage unit....this guy has the answers. Cris is a proud graduate of the Dennis Stickley Packing School, and, and he took it as a personal challenge to fit our entire house, yard, basement, garage, and motorcycle into this small rectangle of space.
Cris has told me about packing for family road trips as a kid, and his dad doing a "dry run" with the empty suitcases before the trip to see how they would best fit in the car. every stop after that involved packing the suitcases the exact same way as they were done for the "dry run" :) That genetic trait has come in handy many times over the last few years, as we have spent a lot of time packing, repacking, moving, and traveling.
We are spending the weekend with Aunt Coral and the gang in the Toledo area. The weather is nothing short of spectacular, and we are all enjoying the mild temperatures and sunshine.
Juneau in her first (of many, i'm sure!) basketball games with her cousins
Getting dizzy with Aunt Coral
playing some serious ball
Cris showing "he's still got it!"
Juneau's favoite part of the new 'wild things' movie was when all of the wild things slept in a pile. she loves to pretend like we are sleeping in a pile...
Nova loves when we all "wake up and tickle!"
1 comments:
I'm so glad that you get some time with family before you leave. Thinking of you and hoping the next few months go by quickly!
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