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• Christmas Catch-Up

  

  This year we celebrated Christmas a day early. We were getting picked up for the airport at 2:30 Monday morning, so Brandon and I decided that we would have a... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How the Mighty Are Fallen

  I have always sworn that I would never own a smartphone. I also said that about a Kindle. And now, of course, we have four Kindles, which I absolutely love. I... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Edwin

  

  Last week Edwin turned seven. I always feel for people with birthdays around Christmas. Everyone is already celebrating Christmas and oh, that's right - it's... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Turkish Strikes Again!

  This past summer our R R plans got changed around a bit. We were set to fly through Istanbul on Turkish Airlines and then that coup-thing happened. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Thanksgiving and Christmas!

  Last last Thursday was Thanksgiving. As a child, my family spent as many Thanksgivings as possible with my dad's brother, his wife and their eight children in... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Living in Dushanbe: Heat

  It's been cold here in Dushanbe for the last week. Today the weather finally got above freezing, something that hasn't happened for a week. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Baby Update

  This past week I finally crossed into the final home stretch of my sixth pregnancy. It's always such a relief to make it to the viable-if-there's-a-problem stag... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Come Party at the Sherwood's

  Way (way) back when I was in college I moved into a new apartment complex and ward mid-year. I knew none of my roommates and only one girl in the ward, having... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Joseph!

  Joseph turned five this week. Brandon and I were gone on his actual birthday, so he was very happy to celebrate a few days early. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Dubai

  This morning, around five am (gotta love those random flights!) Brandon and I got home from Dubai. Back in the spring we watched some friends' children and... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Uzbekistan, Here We Come

  And the winner is... Nick! Followed closely by Kelley and Mindy We're either very obvious about what part of the world we like to hang out in or you guys are... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Twenty Questions, Round Two

  Here are the next round of questions. After these ones, feel free to ask specific country or city names. And this time (unlike the last two times), you might... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Twenty Questions, Round One

  So the questions are in and it's time for some answers! Does the name of the nation rhyme (or at least make an assonance) with the patronymic of a man who was... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Twenty Questions Time!

  

  So today Brandon got an magical email in his inbox today, the one that tells us where we'll be spending the next two (or three) years of our life. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Me and the Med Unit

  I have always (foolishly) prided myself in having a pretty healthy family. We all get occasional colds and fevers and sore throats and even stomach bugs. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Homeschooling: (Finally) Finding Our Stride

  We just finished the second week of October. Last week we had a holiday on Monday (hello, Columbus Day!) and then schooled for the rest of the week. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Well Hello, Fall

  It's been summer here in Tajikistan since May. I like summer. It's the season where you can throw on a pair of flip-flops and leave the house without any other... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Top (and Bottom) Five of Dushanbe

  It's bidding season right now the Foreign Service, which means that everyone wants to know what is great and not so great about all of the posts that they're... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Me in London

  One of my favorite parts about being pregnant overseas in sketchy places is going to London for an OB appointment or two. Being pregnant isn't that great -... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Iskanderkul

  

  This past weekend was the twenty-fifth anniversary of Tajikistan's independence. The locals around here celebrated with a couple of parades (one rumored to... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING