This is the last pictrue of Mark and his parents and his brother and sister. It was taken at Layla's 2nd bday party. Such awesome people!

The last few days at work have been slow. The week between Christmas and New Years usually is. It is a nice break from what we normally have going on! I am enjoying getting caught up on paperwork that has been sitting around for far to long. I know it won't last. As soon as the New Year rolls in they will be up and at it again!

I do however have that week off work. I leave on Friday night to go to NC to stay with Mark for a week. Johnny is going with me. Along with his girlfriend and another friend of theirs. I am going to throughly enjoy that week off. I will sleep in every day and just relax and enjoy it! I am looking forward to it. Only two more days of work and I gone!

Tonight on the way home from work I had to stop and get some face make up that I had run out of. I also stopped and dropped off several bags of clothes that have been in the backseat of my truck for months to the Salvation Army. Now the truck is all empty and ready for the drive to NC. When I got home Johnny and I fisnished taking down the tree and put away the rest of the Christmas decorations. I am now in the process of packing clothes for the trip. Hopefully I will be all ready by the time I go to bed so I won't have to worry about the rush pack job tomorrow night. I must be all done by the time I leave for work on Friday since we will be leaving as soon as I arrive home from work on Friday. Keep your fingers crossed that I get out early and can begin the drive a few hours earlier than anticipated!

Well the dryer just signaled me that it is done so I am off to do more packing. Talk soon!

So very odd coming back here and reading the last entry I made. Very bittersweet. We lost my father-in-law, on October 25th. It was very sudden. I am very thankful that I had been going over there as much as possible to visit. I got the call at 3:00am. You always know when your phone rings at that hour that it is not going to be good news but I wasn't ready for that news. Is anyone ever ready for that? I don't think so. I had to call my husband in NC to tell him the news. What a difficult 12 hour ride home that was for him and my son. My father in law was a wonderful man and I miss him dearly. This Christmas season has been difficult to say the least. My Mother in law is struggling. She is a very strong woman but I have to say that in all the years we have been a family I had only seen one of my inlaws without the other one time. They were always together. 55 years of marraige. Please keep her in your prayers.
I have missed journaling. It is funny how other things can take over your time so quickly if you let them. I am not even really sure what it is that has taken up so much of my time. I just seem to not think about journaling or if I do think about it I am not near my computer and I say, oh I will do that when I get home and then I don't do it.
Mark is still living in NC and working on building the hospital there. It has been almost 14 months that he has been there. My youngest son, one of the twins, is now living there in NC with him and working on the job with him. He is in the apprenticeship program (plumbing) and is finishing up his bachlors in construction management. The other twin is still at college here in Mi and is finishing up his degree in sports management. They are busy boys.
Layla and Aiden are both doing wonderful. They had a wonderful Christmas! They are 2 and 7 now. I just love having them around me!
We did have family pics done this year. I will have to post a few soon so you can all see how big they have gotten.
Well I am off to bed. I will write more soon I promise!