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• The First Day

  4:30 AM, November 20th, we landed in Dushanbe. As we waited for all of the other passengers to file out of the plane and onto our last bus (seriously?!? I'm... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Hello From Dushanbe!

  We've now been here for ten days and life is settling down - somewhat. Our internet was finally hooked up on Friday, so here's my journal entry about the trip... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Shots in the Rain, Again

  Last Wednesday was shot day and so it rained. The Wednesday before was also shot day and so it also rained. As Brandon works for the Federal government, we... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Eleanor, Almost Six Months

  

  So Eleanor is almost six months old. If she was my first child I would be counting in weeks, days, hours, and minutes, but since she's my fifth, we'll just... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Welcome to Crazy Town

  We have just a tad over three weeks left before we hop on a long sequence of airplanes that will eventually deliver us to Dushanbe. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Camping and Camping

  Did I tell you that we went camping again? No? Well, we did. And then we did it again. But now we're done for the year (only four weekends left) and our stuff i... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Mt. Vernon, With Friends

  

  I am a very bad tourist. Since we've gotten to DC in late February, Brandon and I have taken the children to see one (1) point of historical or touristical... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• ...And Kathleen is Never Getting a Smart Phone

  

  Girlfriend is already too fond of selfies as it is. I shudder to think what would happen if she got her hands on an internet connection and Instagram account. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Last Six Weeks, Or "Oh Shoot! I Forgot to Do That and That and That and...

  As of Monday, we officially have six weeks less in America. Yesterday while shopping at Costco (where I got to make two trips with a lunch break in between) I... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Just Call Her Four-eyes

  

  Brandon and I both have glasses. I got my first pair in fourth grade and Brandon got his in high school. I remember having to strain more and more each week to... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• An Act of Joseph

  

  Joseph is probably the cutest two year-old I've ever had (although I can't really say that definitively, as I can only vaguely remember Kathleen, Sophia, and... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Friday Night Hijinks, Part II

  Last Friday night was, as usual, date night. Brandon and I haven't had a pizza and movie stay-at-home date night since July. We've been unusually social recentl... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Five Children, and How I Make It Work

  Sunday I was talking with another mother in the nursing lounge at church. It's where all the cool kids hang out during church and I confess to having spent... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Nine Sundays

  A few days ago I scheduled our consumables pack-out. Last week Brandon picked up all seven of our brand-new diplomatic passports, ready for new visas. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• And Suddenly, Life Got Busy

  This year This month Last week Sophia hasn't quite started school all of the way yet. She's supposed to be in first grade, and first grade is when all of the... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Sophia the Baking Queen

  A few months ago after endless pestering from Sophia, I finally let her make cornbread muffins. In Baku, I occasionally let her mix together some of the... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Camping

  

  I've never thought of myself as a camper. Growing up, I would attend the ward campout because that's where my family was going and I didn't have a choice. I... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Three Family Events for the Price of One

  

  Last Saturday was Kathleen's baptism. She turned eight several weeks ago, but between a visit from a college friend and a wedding in Seattle, Saturday was the... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• And Then There Was Sailing

  

  Little brothers do funny things. They are small and annoying and drive you crazy and exist mostly to create lego constructions that they then destroy in... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Oh the Fun We've Had!

  

  Last weekend Brandon's brother Seth got married. Despite being from two large families, Brandon (one of nine) and I (one of five) haven't attended any family... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING