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• Cousin Party

  

  Last week Brandon had to attend a training course in West Virginia, the Foreign Affairs Counter Threat course, also known as Crash and Bang. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• William Finally Decides to Get With the Program

  I love babies who walk. Babies that walk don't have to be carried everywhere. When you're traveling through an airport, babies that walk can entertain themselve... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How to Grocery Shop When You're Only Temporary

  This past week we stopped at the penultimate point on the itinerary before out final and long-awaited destination. Brandon has training in DC for three and a... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Catching Up

  

  Last time I checked in, we were waiting at my parents' house for Brandon, who was still in Tajikistan, to finally join us in America. It's been awhile.Brandon... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Party Party Party All the Time

  The children and I have now been camping out at my parents' house for five weeks. After an initial round of despair about what I was going to do with my childre... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Shopping in America

  A week ago, I went to Target. For ex-pat American women, Target is almost a religion. When we get together and hear about someone's recent trip to America, one... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

  Last Friday afternoon, while gathering children together for an Easter egg hunt, my phone rang."Hi Ashley, this is Dr. F-. We just got your CT results this... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Missing Keys

  Last Sunday we had church at someone else's house. Usually we have church at our house, but sometimes we mix things up and this past Sunday was one of those... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Practiced Art of Purging

  Brandon and I are quickly coming up on our fourth major move. I've found moving to be somewhat similar to childbirth - it doesn't last that long and when... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Change in Plans

  A few weeks ago I found a firm mass in my abdomen. I'm not very conversant with the usual makeup of my abdomen - it's not something I worry about most of the... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• International Women's Day

  This past Thursday was International Women's Day. I didn't know about this holiday before moving overseas, and when Brandon found out that I got two holidays, h... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Truly Helpful Children

  Today we had dinner guests. Church was very small and we had some recurrent visitors, so everyone stayed after church and ate together. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Almost There

  This past week Joseph started reading My Father's Dragon. He is on lesson 190 ("The Soft Sound of the SC Blend") of 234 reading lessons, which means that he wil... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Accurate Estimating

  In ten weeks, we will be furiously packing the last few things in our suitcases, saying the last goodbyes, and cleaning the last bits of food out of our... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Living in Dushanbe: Winter Travel

  Tajikistan is the most mountainous country in the world. I've always been fond of superlatives, and so it's kind of cool to say that I live in the most... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Late Night Paperwork Party

  Working for the US Government is not for those who hate paperwork. Since everything the government does is funded by public taxpayer money, everything that cost... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Filling Out All the Forms

  Recently our Tajik visas expired. Since we still have a few months left in Dushanbe, we had to get new visas. When we had to extend our visas the previous two... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, William!

  

  William turned one this week. I remember Kathleen's first birthday and how incredibly long one year felt - at least a decade had passed between her birth and... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Week When Everything Broke

  The former Soviet Union is not an area of the world known for its high construction standards. It wasn't great when the Soviets were in charge and it hasn't... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Sledding Saturday

  

  This year has been a bad year for snow in Tajikistan and so we've only gone sledding once, up at the ski resort. This past week it snowed three or four inches o... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING