Christmas 2008

Christmas was so perfect this year since Eddie was home with us to celebrate, its been three years since we've been able to spend Christmas together. The kids such a great job waiting till 4:30pm when Eddie got home to open their presents, yes we made them wait. Ethan got a scooter and and some soccer gear and found out he gets to play soccer this year. Lauren had a blast opening her gifts, I think she liked unwrapping more then the gift inside. She really loved her Dora phone and book that Auntie Lisa and the family gave her. Here are some pictures.

We had a SNOW Day!!!!!

On thursday morning we woke up to a Blessing from God, it SNOWED in South Louisiana and it was so much fun. Have been to the snow, played in snow but have never seen it snow like I did yesterday. This was a new experiance for both me and my kids and we all loved it and enjoyed every minute of it and made a lifetime of memories of our fun filled snow day. Lauren on the other hand much rather have loved it from the window inside the warm house...LOL Enjoy our pictures. Thank you God for letting us have such a fun filled snow day.

A visit with the Montoya Family

For the week of Thanksgiving we had the honor of having my sister Lisa and my brother in-law Robert and their three boys Eric, Alec and Evan come and visit us. We all had so much fun together and everyone got along really well. My sister and I made our first thanksgiving dinner alone together, as in alone I mean without my grandma and mom and aunts doing all the cooking. We found this new recipe for the turkey and tried it out and can I say it was the best turkey ever. We also made an apple and pumpkin pie and those came out great. All the food was so good. We all had a good meal and a great time, it makes me long to have her closer to me. I miss my sister and my family but on the other hand we have met some wonderful people here who have become our family and I would be sad to have to leave them and the place we now call home. Louisiana may be a backwoods state but I love it here. Here are a few pics.

Mid week blues.....

This is so crazy that I'm posting this but truth needs to be told. You would think that after 9 years of dealing with a husband who is home again, gone again and three years of a 7 on 7 off schedule I would be use to being alone but truth is I'm not. Its funny how it always hits me mid week and for a day or two I'm lonely, sad, depressed and angry with God and the world and Eddie for making me be a single mom and wife every other week. I find myself asking God why someone who wants to be with her husband every day can't and why those who don't want to be with their husbands are. As strange as it sounds Eddie is my best friend and I love spending every moment I can with him. Its so hard to pretend I have it all together when I don't and the truth is I HATE that he leaves us every other week, I hate to see my kids hurt and cry and ask for their daddy and I hate that I have to hold it all in for all of our sakes including Ed's because he doesn't like it any more than us. I have faith and know with my heart of heart that one day God is going to let us be a normal family but I'm finding it harder and harder to be patient and it seems like just when that job is going to happen something else gets in the way. Please pray and believe with us that soon that job will come along that will allow us to be a normal family. Its funny because by tomorrow all this will pass and I will be on the count down to thursday when he gets home.