The Jordans- Cherish, Sean, Autumn and Emelia

I have a few things to discuss with you this evening.... First of all, Millie's birthday is on Friday. Her party is in June. Millie really, really loves Elsa from Frozen. I found this: This cake is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! My *ahem* friends, say that I should try and make Millie this cake. Do you remember this gem??? A birthday cake I made you while you were deployed. Yeah, if that is my best artistic feat at making a cake, uhm.............. Millie is in trouble!!!!! On to Autumn's Author's Tea at school yesterday. She was cute as a button! After the singing, each child sat in front of the class and read a book they wrote, illustrated and published. Here is Autumn. Once everyone finished reading, each child was called up to receive a packet. Mrs Irvin told Autumn that she loved her. Autumn's packet had: Completion of Kindergarten. The Citizen Award. An excellent reading certificate. Autumn and her friend Kaleigh. Sill...

I've been thinking about growth this week. Millie's birthday is on Friday. It is crazy how quickly you can have a child, blink your eyes and then they are 4 (or 6!). Whenever you leave, I have to try and remember to NOT kill all the plants. I've been trying to pay special attention to them because I'm excited to eat the fruits of our labor. This photo was taken on April 27th. Our tree that promises to throw shade (much needed) on our deck. This photo was taken yesterday, May 19th. It looks so much fuller!! April 27th. Look at your tomatoes and Millie's sunflowers. May 19th. A view of the tree from the deck. It has surpassed the post. Millie and I went for a run yesterday. I had only intended to walk, but after a half mile of walking, I felt motivated enough to run. That is a slow time for me, but with the jogger, pretty good. Millie playing on the swing when we were done. We took care of somethings out and about and then walked/r...

I suppose I need to do some catching up. It is the never ending story isn't it?!?! Sean is out of town this week. He ran off to Fort Bragg for some First Sergeant Symposium (or something like that). We received word in the past few weeks that the dreaded "D" word is in our future. 6 to 7 months. We haven't told the girls yet. We will wait until later. If you are my facebook friend, please don't advertise anything about deployment on my page (or your own if it is in regards to Sean the bomb). The past few weeks have felt nonstop. It feels good to sit down and get a few things off my mind. I really need to nail down some sort of schedule in regards to my blog. I have a lot of unfinished stories on here!! So on with today. Since Sean was headed out of town and this up and coming week is psycho! I decided I should do my house chores that I usually reserve for Monday, today. I knew that later today we were going to a birthday party, so I worked di...