This day has finally come………

Today is finally the day that Papa Bear gets to come home to us for TEN WHOLE  DAYS worth of vacation.  We are so excited for this chance to see him and be together and do STUFF. 

He has been gone since July 30.  So that’s two days in July + 31 days in August and about 16 days in September.  You add those together and you have 2+31+16=49 days without Papa Bear.  And remember He’s only been one hour away but with the worst roads between us that makes the travel to see him for just a couple of hours too hard to try and do. 

But now we are just so happy to see him and spend as much time with him as possible.

 

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Surprises Do Come in Big Packages

So Sunday started out like any other Sunday.  I worked on getting the girls ready for Church.  I got me ready and was sitting at the computer doing some last minute work on the directory for our ward when somebody tried to open the front door.

And then in walk Papa Bear.  The girls were so excited.  The best part for me was watching Lil’ Monster walk up to Papa Bear for the first time.  Papa Bear loved it too.  He just didn’t take is eyes off her.

He finally came home after 38 days.  And do you know what we did?  My big honey do list:

• put child locks on the garbage and under the sink
• turn Lil Monster’s bed into a toddler bed
• put up my dry erase magnet boards
• set up the webcams
• cleaned some in the garage
• mowed the lawn

For me this was a great day, for him probably not so much.  But he did tell me way after the fact that he wanted to take the kayak to Pinecrest but didn’t say anything because he thought I wouldn’t let him.  I was at the point of wanting my honey dos  finally done but I also just wanted to be able to have fun as a family too.  So if he asked he would have probably have gotten his Pinecrest.  He was really bummed when I told him I would have let him. 

 

 

Here are a few pictures of Daddy’s little helpers.

Papa Bear didn’t think of them as helpers so much. 

 

 

 

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Tell me WHY I’m not asleep?

So here I am sitting at my desk at 3:30 in the morning.  That’s AM if you were wondering and am wide awake because Lil’ Monster decided she was done sleeping so for over an hour now I have been wanting sleep.

Do you know what I feel like saying?  Just shoot me now so I can sleep.  And what do I do when I am tired tomorrow, or should I say later this afternoon, and they are wide awake?  Well I will be napping the very first opportunity possible. 

And now she is finally almost back to sleep.  Thank heavens and about time.

P.S.  When I am awake I’ll come post about our happy surprise visitor on Sunday.  You won’t want to miss this one.

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Finally a Visit with Papa Bear

Well two days ago was our 9 year Anniversary and I remembered to tell my dad it was coming up BUT I forgot to tell Papa Bear. GEESH!!! How could I forget to tell the one that matters most. I don’t know what I was thinking. Although that was my big shopping day in Modesto. Papa Bear did not forget to tell me. He was so sweet and told me as soon as he answered the phone that night during our good night phone call.

On this day Papa Bear reminded me that I have been counting my days wrong and that he has actually been missing longer than I have been counting. So here it is: He left on July 30th, was gone ALL 31 days in August and so far the whole beginning of September, so 4 more days. Time to count that up now 2+31+4=37. Papa Bear has been gone a whole 37 days so far. There has been absolutely no end in sight as to when he is coming home anytime soon. There is one small exception to that last statement. His vacation starts on the 18th so we will see him then but we don’t know if we will see him anytime sooner.

In all of this time that Papa Bear has been gone we have seen him only TWICE. We went to the fire station once and he came home for a short three hour visit another time. These pics were taken when we went to visit him at the fire station.

 

 

 

 

 

So for now we just miss Daddy so much and can’t wait to see him.

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My Menu for the Month

Just the other day I was working on my menus trying to get them all ready for my Modesto shopping trip. I usually assign a dinner main dish to a day and then on that day I have to remember to pull the meat out for that one dish.

When I was working on my menus this month I started thinking yea know that doesn’t always work for us. So this time I just started making lists of what to cook this month instead. My first two lists look like these:

Somebody in the house thinks ALL paper is for her to draw on. But I don’t agree with her.

The list on the left is the start of my dinners for the month while the one on the right is ideas for lunches. I thought the girls might enjoy more variety in their lunches. We’ll see.

And here is my finished list before I typed it up. To see the complete list for our September dinners and lunches you can go here.

I spent a pretty penny for the month at Costco and WinCo but for the most part I am all done. I won’t have to buy any more chicken, wipes, diapers, canned fruit, tomato sauce, bread or juice for the rest of the month. I WILL still have to go to the grocery store for milk, some cheese and fresh produce. But otherwise I have a really nice feeling knowing that at least one more craziness is done.

Now if I just had enough freezer space to put everything away. UGH!!! What was I thinking.

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Shopping………Unpacking……Putting Away

Yesterday was a fun filled busy day at Modesto spending the food money for the month.  I wish I remembered to take a picture for you.  There was food EVERYWHERE.  And diapers and wipes too.  PHEW!!!  I thought I would never be done putting the stuff away.  Oh but wait, I’m still not done.  I have to work today on making room in the freezer now. 

Oh Boy that sure sounds like such fun. 

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Lil’ Monster Strikes again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So as I am sitting here working on writing my posts because I haven’t written in awhile. My Lil’ Monster decides my purse needs some cleaning so she took it upon herself to help me do it.

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