The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Monday, August 15, 2011

the new norm (again!)

after i wrote the title of this post..."the new norm"....i realized how many "new norms" we have had over the last 3 years! haha! so, i gues this is technically the new, new, new, new, new norm!
Today was our first official day with daddy in hawaii and mommy back to work....and the verdict is.....i think we are going to be able to pull this off!

juneau and i spent a little time working on her reading after i got home from work today. She learned the word "the" today, and then was able to read, and then write the entire phrase "cat in the hat" with very little help! she was VERY pleased with herself! Now it is MY turn to take pictures of the girls skyping!! They have been SUPER excited to skype with daddy. and i am SUPER excited to have a skype connection that actually works (it got a little old to get cut off every 30 seconds in afghanistan!). Cris took the computer all over the house with him, and the girls absolutely loved getting to see their bed, and their toys, and their dogs! Daddy found one of their favorite books (a gift from the Alfords) called "Nova the Robot", and cris read it to them over skype! they had a blast!

Helping daddy read the book via the webcam!

so....we we are off and running with the year. hoping for a smooth 2 months until we all head to hawaii for a good long visit in October!

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