half of february.

i am incredibly behind in everything these days.

cleaning up valentine's day cards strewn about my house.

finishing up my ombudsman training.

finalizing things before the boy deploys.

i have so much information in my head,

but no idea what to do first.

here's some of our month of february so far.

our annual trip to st. joseph, mo was a little snowy.

the snow on the ground had melted, but they were still able to find some along the

house to have a snow ball fight with!

the last day of the beard for a whole year.

ice skating rink with the kids.  heidi had to sit that one out.  still wasn't cleared from surgery.

ja & jus had been up early for saturday morning basketball with the boys.
this was early evening naptime for them.

as we were getting ready to head home.

date night with daddy to see 'beauty & the beast' in the theater.
aiden went to a wsu basketball game w/him the night before, but em & i were out
dress shopping, so i didn't get any game photos.

justin received 'junior sailor of the year' for the 2nd year.

justin's deployment send off party.

two of high school friends drove in to town for it.

(photo courtesy of amber)

[we also had justin's youngest nephew's bday party,

but i have yet to edit those photos!

agh!]

aiden's valentine's day party.  he was the prayer helper.  the class prayed together,
but i could still hear him saying, "God'er Fa'der. God'er Fa'der, once again, once again, we have come to tank you, we have come to tank you, Ah-ha-men. Ah-ha-men."

the kids at emily's school party.  the boy fit right in there with all of her friends.