Missing Daddy-O

We are currently in Arkansas while Skip is half-way around the world, literally. Skip is in Taiwan for work this week. He is having a good visit and learning a lot. This is a rare thing at his new job--travel. We love that! They say that he might only have to travel over to Taiwan once a year at most. Yeah!! We actually talked on the phone tonight and he got to visit the tallest building in the world. This sounded interesting to me. Taipei 101. He seemed pretty impressed with this building. He really hasn't had a lot of time to do much sight-seeing, mostly work, work, work, getting back to his hotel at 10, to crash and get up early. He did say that he is eating "too much" which is good, as you never know what food you will be fed in a foreign country. We can't wait to see him and wish him safe travels.

The kids and I have been having fun with a high-school friend, Stephanie, and her 2 boys, Keegan and Gavin. Sadly, they are moving to New Jersey soon, so we've been helping pack and playing, oh so much playing. The packing reminds me of the last year of our lives, and makes me thankful that we are finally settled. It does feel nice to be settled, and able to be mostly out of the "boxes" stage. We went to the pool today and Calvin was in heaven. Emerald was a little timid, but she warmed up pretty well. The sprinklers were a big hit yesterday. Let me tell you, chasing, feeding, and cleaning up after a 4, 3, 2, and 1 year old will wear anyone out! Steph and I got a babysitter Monday night and enjoyed a quiet dinner to ourselves!! I don't have the opportunity to dump pictures here, but look for pics to come. We are thankful for good friends and happy we had this opportunity to spend time with Steph and the kids before she moves across the country (although what a great vacation we will have in the near future!).

We heard from the people who moved into our old house. It is so nice to know that it will be loved by them. It is their first home like it was for us. They also have family in Kansas. We wish them well.

We will have our Daddy-O home for Father's Day. We wish all the daddies (and daddies-to-be) a happy day, and a special day to my daddy and Skip's father. We love you lots! The following weekend we are hosting a big shower for our coming nephew. We are all anxious to have Laura and Shane visit from Colorado and are thrilled at the chance to spoil them with love and gifts.

Until I am home and have time (remember the above paragraph) to update the blog, Happy Father's Day and look for pictures to come......