UPDATE:
Things are moving along here. It looks like Jeff will be going back to work for the government (in a non-deployable way) and we are going to be starting construction on our house in the next few weeks! We are SOOO excited. It is going to be a custom-built home and will cost more than we anticipated, but we will get everything we want. In the meantime, we are selling the lake property (any takers give us a call) and trying to figure out what parts of the house we can do ourselves to cut back on costs. Right now it is painting, landscaping, clean-up, and that's about it. Anyone with special skills is welcome to volunteer! We are just getting over the "sickies " here but are looking forward to a new week and more new adventures. Stay tuned!!





Molly is getting pretty big! She is potty-trained now (it only took about two weeks) and she is getting more and more independent. She knows what she wants and it is usually pink and involves Mickey Mouse in some way!






















One of the reasons we moved, here are the kids with their cousins (three of them) on Christmas Eve. We spent the evening at my brother's house with Tami's mom too. It was great to be with family.















Ringing in the New Year. No, it wasn't midnight--we staged the picture ahead of time.