Where is daddy?

I love my husband of 5 years dearly...he is currently on a work mission trip to Honduras for the next two weeks. I am almost amazed at how hard it is for me when he is gone. I feel like it gets harder (not easier) the longer you have been married. I think I started crying even before he left...the good thing is I have been able to talk to him daily and have great family and friends around to help me with food and kids...for that, I am so grateful! and Grandpa Steve is coming to the rescue.:) It has been going okay so far. The kids are in a funk, but they are adjusting and I'm doing better knowing that Dan is okay and having a good time. I just miss him so much.

What I am amazed is that the kids are just as close to him. Isaac ask about him constantly and finally he said, "daddy is going to fly home and have lunch with us" or "I'm going to sing my song when daddy comes home from work and he's not going to work" at one point he even told me"mom, don't cry, daddy will come home soon." Isaac is even having a hard time sleeping...I know it's because he knows that Dan is not around.

As for Jed, we come home and he is searching and yelling for "Da" When Dan finally talked to him on the phone the other day, he literally got this excitement on his face, he was reaching for the phone and waving. When I had to take the phone away, he got so upset, he threw a fit for about half an hour.

Holidays and then some...

I can't believe the new year has come and is already almost the end of January. Where did the time go? our time in HI felt brief..we had a great chilling out with the Chings and the Weissmans..oh, and running the Honolulu Marathon. It was so fun for me even though I wasn't that fast, I enjoyed watching people run and pushing myself to keep going...I would definitely do it again!

After Hawaii, we basically came back to a snow storm in the NW. Nothing like being a prisioner of your own home! I was literally stuck and couldn't even move my car out of the parking spot because it was so icy. It really frustrated me that people don't salt or invest money in snow plows! Needless to say, I was glad the snow finally melted, but I honestly haven't seen 5 inches of snow at one time since our time in Chicago/Michigan. Dan was driving home with people crashing left and right.

Our holidays were filled with family...my in-laws came in from Chicago and brought tons of gifts for us and the kids..I even felt like a little kids opening the gifts. It was different this year in that Isaac was so much more aware of what presents means and loved every minute of it.

Jed has turned into a monkey. He love climbing on chairs and tables. I often find him looking proud standing in our dining room table--don't worry, he is well supervised!

We started out the new year at Vien Dong, a pho joint in Tacoma on new years eve with steve and mo and the Charlie/Patty clan. It was so much fun just hanging out and eating good food..who said you need a reservation at a nice restaruant on new years eve...I may just have to do that more often! We then took a two day trip to Vancouver for some shopping and food. It was a great way to start out the new year!