Hello, Hello. Hope this post finds you all preparing to enjoy some festive holiday fun. Or you are medicated enough to get through it anyway. Things at the Powell/Thompson household are as busy as always. Big Bill is home from Union Hospital sporting a brand new knee. He is adjusting to the pain and will recover well I am sure. Big Deb is well, Big Deb. For those of you that know her, I am sure you can figure out what I mean by that. Our dear Temperance continues to amaze us. She is just doing as well could ever hope for. The picture above is her and Daddy playing with the bubbles in grandmas sink. She loves baths!
Starting early!
At dinner in Indy, Tempe was stuffed in the wine bucket by her adoring father. She did not really mind it! Ryan always put Jasper in random places when he was little, because he was so small and he fit in some pretty funny places. Tempe is just getting the same treatment that Jasper did. I am sure that she will be put on the meat platter just as Jasper was when we get to RoAnn's house for Christmas. I will post the picture!
She is smiling and giggling all the time! I love it!
Bedford Friends... if the stars align, we will be moving back to Bedford in the late summer. We have made an offer on a house that we really want. It is in the same neighborhood and exactly where we want to be. I am so hopeful! I love the house and cant wait to get out of my moms. She is a wonderful mom and grandma, but she is a terror to live with. She missed her calling. She should have been a drill Sargent or a health code inspector.
I am sure that Ryan was misbehaving in this picture.
So, down to the nitty-gritty. Ryan leaves for Afghanistan in 15 days.... 15 DAYS. Ahh crud, that is the first time I let myself count days. I know that we decided this because it is what is best for us as a family, but still, I wish there was an easier way to make enough money for us to survive without sending him over there. One of the bright sides to this is that he really does want to go. He is 100% made for the job he is going to be doing over there. He mailed his stuff over there today so it seems a little more real now. I had lunch with his boss and feel a little better about it. He was just like Ryan and it made me feel better about it somehow. I know I can do it, I am just dreading being lonely. I hate that Ry is going to miss so much of Tempe's first year, Jasper's Birthday and I really think that Jasper will be crawling when Ryan gets back. He is so close. But I know that this will help us out so much as a family, that I am willing to live without him for a while so that we can have some financial freedom one day.
