Holy Cow today came fast and now it's gone! Emilee and I put on the kids' and our matching pajamas (made by Emilee) and put the kids to bed after showing them the Night Before Christmas that my mom had bought for them last year (and recorded her voice reading it for them).
We had a Christmas Eve service tonight that had all sorts of technical difficulties at the high school auditorium, but we made it through by the Grace of God. I delivered 4 containers of fudge today (chocolate and peanut butter). People seemed to enjoy it.
Emilee and I are now sitting here watching A Christmas Carol (Jim Carey version) after eating some of her homemade Oreo & coffee truffles (deeeeelicious, but really hard to eat more than 2 in one sitting... I had 3. haha).
May God bless you all and Merry Christmas!!
Friday, December 24, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Christmas Decor
We have our Christmas tree up and some gifts already beneath it!! Just received 3 big boxes and 1 small box from my parents and they were JAM-PACKED with gifts (mainly for the kids, but some for us as well haha). Came as quite a shock to us, but a very welcomed one! Emilee goes to pick up the layaway that we got for the kids on Thursday!! Looking forward to a great Christmas w/ family and friends! Always remember: JESUS is the reason for the season!
NEW JOB
Starting on 12/06, I was officially released to DOX (Plans, Programs, and Exercises) as the new Requirements Specialist and ADPE program manager for our squadron! I'm loving the job, working 0730 to 1630 Mon-Fri, and I get wkends off as well as family days and holidays. Everything is going SOOO well!! Praise God!! Just wanted to update everyone on the job!
MOVING!!
So as always is, moving is quite painful.. Our moving experience from off base (Lotte Castle) to on base (Seoraksan) went like this...
We had TMO scheduled to come in the morning on the 6th while we had our new house inspection on base at 0800 and our old house inspection at 4pm, ALL on December 6th.. But to give us more time, we decided to schedule our old house inspection on 12/06 at 1000, and have our new house inspection and TMO appointments on 12/04. Before we could get anything scheduled though, we received a call stating there might be a change to the unit they were offering us on base....
...So of course trying not to assume the worst, we went to housing... long story short, they took us to another tower (Seoraksan) and showed us an even bigger unit, still 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom, that they wanted to offer us.. It was basically due to them wanting to go ahead and segregate the towers by ranks. So we decided to take it...
Move in date stayed 12/06.. Scheduled TMO... they decided that they wanted to come and pack one day and then move us the next (though we had already packed a lot of stuff up and moved the breakables to emilee's office)..
Long story short... through the fights and frustrations with each other and base agencies, we are FINALLY on base and LOVING IT!! We are decorated for Christmas, tree's up w/ presents below, and we are getting unpacked and organized sooo much faster than anticipated! Just gotta stay on top of it.. Should be done in about a week!
We had TMO scheduled to come in the morning on the 6th while we had our new house inspection on base at 0800 and our old house inspection at 4pm, ALL on December 6th.. But to give us more time, we decided to schedule our old house inspection on 12/06 at 1000, and have our new house inspection and TMO appointments on 12/04. Before we could get anything scheduled though, we received a call stating there might be a change to the unit they were offering us on base....
...So of course trying not to assume the worst, we went to housing... long story short, they took us to another tower (Seoraksan) and showed us an even bigger unit, still 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom, that they wanted to offer us.. It was basically due to them wanting to go ahead and segregate the towers by ranks. So we decided to take it...
Move in date stayed 12/06.. Scheduled TMO... they decided that they wanted to come and pack one day and then move us the next (though we had already packed a lot of stuff up and moved the breakables to emilee's office)..
Long story short... through the fights and frustrations with each other and base agencies, we are FINALLY on base and LOVING IT!! We are decorated for Christmas, tree's up w/ presents below, and we are getting unpacked and organized sooo much faster than anticipated! Just gotta stay on top of it.. Should be done in about a week!
Thanksgiving!!!
Hi all!!! Sorry it's been a while since I last blogged (about a month and 5 days to be exact..?).. A LOT has happened, so I'll be catching everybody up..
First, let's talk Thanksgiving... we ended up having a 19.8 lb turkey and a 9.9 lb spiral ham. Emilee cooked the turkey inside our newly ordered GE roaster and it turned out FANTASTIC!!! We also had 13 people over from base to eat with us and just enjoy fellowshipping! Our guests included:
Thomas and Jaala Best
Kim Yong nan and son
Jason Stromberg
Coleman and Haley Wescott
Tina Wood
Nathan Hoback
Andrew Henness
Daniel Arevalo
Megan Bender
Ryan Miller
Our foods included:
Turkey, Ham, Green Beans, homemade baked beans, corn, rolls, turkey gravy, dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, cranberry relish, green bean casserole, and as appetizers, deviled eggs, artichoke dip, and veggie platter.
For desserts: BTS Cake (better than s_ _ cake), peanut butter fudge, chocolate fudge, mocha hazelnut cream-filled cake, Tiramasu bites, and mini cheese cakes..
Movies included: Mickey's Christmas Carol; A Muppet Christmas Carol
Keep reading next time!
First, let's talk Thanksgiving... we ended up having a 19.8 lb turkey and a 9.9 lb spiral ham. Emilee cooked the turkey inside our newly ordered GE roaster and it turned out FANTASTIC!!! We also had 13 people over from base to eat with us and just enjoy fellowshipping! Our guests included:
Thomas and Jaala Best
Kim Yong nan and son
Jason Stromberg
Coleman and Haley Wescott
Tina Wood
Nathan Hoback
Andrew Henness
Daniel Arevalo
Megan Bender
Ryan Miller
Our foods included:
Turkey, Ham, Green Beans, homemade baked beans, corn, rolls, turkey gravy, dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, cranberry relish, green bean casserole, and as appetizers, deviled eggs, artichoke dip, and veggie platter.
For desserts: BTS Cake (better than s_ _ cake), peanut butter fudge, chocolate fudge, mocha hazelnut cream-filled cake, Tiramasu bites, and mini cheese cakes..
Movies included: Mickey's Christmas Carol; A Muppet Christmas Carol
Keep reading next time!
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