Back Where I Come From

For those of you who don't know, Aaron is currently on his first trip. It came up pretty abruptly, but at the same time, it's been something for which we've been planning for a few years now. By that I mean we knew it was coming--that one of these days, he'd actually be done training and would finally be put to work. Even when we got here, we knew that once he was mission qualified, he could go anywhere at just about any time. Well, on a Wednesday he was officially mission ready and by Thursday he would be going on what was to be a 4 day trip. By Friday, the 4 day trip turned into a 9 day trip. And now, 10 days later, he is "hopefully" getting home sometime late tomorrow night. Guess I should get used to it... It really hasn't been so bad, but that could very well be because I went home for an entire week of it. It was so fun, but busy. I didn't take quite as many pictures as I had hoped, but I did whip out the camera a time or two. Not the best pictures ever but I didn't feel like editing them so here they are in their most pure form...

Monday and Tuesday I was in Charleston visiting Rach and Adam (but they're coming here to visit next week, so let's be honest: I was really going to visit the girls...) Rach had a doctor appointment Tuesday morning and Lucy had school, so Mary Beck and I had a little "catch up" quality time together while I babysat. We watched "Booty" (Sleeping Beauty) and chit-chatted (which for Mary Beck includes words like "Uh huuuuuh" and "thirsty"... the kind of heart-to-heart that a little girl can only have with her very cool Aunt "Becky"), and as you see below, we got all prettied up...

After Rach got home and then picked up Lucy, we went downtown to grab lunch and go to the park. The girls quite literally SQUEALED with delight as we pulled into the parking lot... they knew exactly where we were...

I looooove when Lucy does this facial expression...so concerned and sincere and hard at work playing (an oxymoron? I think not...)

This was after Mary Beck climbed up the side of the jungle gym and was obviously very proud of herself...

Punkin after having conquered the same jungle gym... she's not as proud of herself as Mary Beck was... her look was more of a "What? I've done this a million times... no big deal..."

Me with the girls...

Wednesday and Thursday I was in Atlanta with Mom, Marcus and Marjorie (Emily had to work). Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures... Marcus did, so maybe I will get a few from him.

Friday I was sick, but Saturday, Dad took me down to the pond to go fishing. The final score was 2-0. I won't say who caught all of the fish and who caught none... all I will say is that the fish my dad is holding in the pic below was not one that HE caught.... the hook was caught in its mouth and he had to get it out with the pliers...

And this is another one that I caught. Trying to explain to Dad how to take my picture would've been way too complicated, so I took a little self portrait of me with my tiny little brim... (the second and final catch of the afternoon...)

The end.