And so it was, one snowy April day...

That Patric looked at the weather and said, I better get going.  It looks like you are going to get some snow...

 

So Jack made an attempt at getting comfortable for the drive to the new house.

 

And we settled in the week after Easter, to watch it snow.

 

And they made it home.  And we can't wait to join.

May Happened

Somewhere in Arkansas.

 

My hotel in Cincinnati.

 

Him at Ft. Hood.

Somewhere in there he went to Houston too.

 

Me in DC.

 

He in Grafenwohr, Germany.

 

Sometimes we weren't even coming and going and we were just going. One more trip to Nebraska for me and one more trip to Wisconsin for him, and then we're looking forward to running into each other again.

That's What Happened

The movies

Road-tripping with the dog to see grandma and grandpa Airplane then grandma and grandpa Helmers

 

Losing a tire, with the dog.

The ranch

Easter Services

Easter Cake

Jamaica

Pinball date-night

And hanging out some 1,700 feet above Chicago on a Sunday afternoon.

Friday Nights

Pretty sure I can tell you where to find me.  A tradition this year; good to be back at it after the move.

Contant Movement: June and July 2013

We rode a train across the country leaving from Jackson, Mississippi.

We took on Chicago.

We hit Minnesota.

We stopped in Houston to see some mummies.

(and I swear that looks like a vampire child on the left.)

We saw the neighborhood fireworks finally on our third holiday in Houston.

Patric went fishing in the Gulf and fought a shark for 45 minutes. 

At least this is the tale he tells.

Then we really moved (or we're moving this week rather).

We sold the Houston house somewhere in there, and we're off at the end of the week to take on Montgomery, Alabama.

...where all they care about is a swimming pool. 

We've assured them there is a community pool in the new neighborhood.

And somewhere in there, I found a little time to take a work trip to Africa.

While Patric took the kids to Kansas for Father's Day with the Stubers at the farm.

It's still up in the air whether Internet connectivity is worse in Africa or Southern Kansas.

For the Record

The kids can take pretty good pictures now.

Mostly, make-up and hair are still not done on Saturdays.

There is a pot of coffee always near-by.

We're still exhausted.

But we've loved having him around this past month. 

 And look forward to another month of it.

Well

We all lose our heads from time to time.

Tired

3,000 mile road trip, a week in Minnesota, a few days in Kansas, a business trip to Washington thrown in, pink eye, first day of school, and daddy out-of-town again for a few days. 

We're wiped out. 

And then I lost the cord to my camera somewhere in there and can't get the vacation, first day of school pictures loaded.

Argh.