maddie: I'm 26 years old too!
me: Hey, we should have a birthday together.
maddie: Yeah SURE!!!!!
In conclusion, I had to share my day with the princess.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Happy Fathers Day!!!!!!!!
This father's day was the first one in our new church family after leaving North Carolina. The service this morning was very emotional and made me miss my father more than ever.
So today whether you listen to your voicemail and call me back or not
I just want to say: Happy Dad's Day to THE best Dad
in the world.
Although many will profess today that their dad is superior to all other dads their statements are just untrue. They have clearly overlooked the winner in the competition among dads, who is, of course, my Dad! Today at church the pastor was discussing fathers and parenting and as he went over each bullet at the end I kept seeing examples of them in my childhood and into my adult hood. However, I do believe we are much past due for a father daughter date (which was number 4 on the list today) I do believe you have shown me a reflection of God in the role of Heavenly Father. No matter what happened I know you are always there for me and support me wherever my path leads me. I love you Dad! Happy Father's Day!
~Jojo
(that's right, no one else can take credit for this letter) :)
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Christmas in Colorado part 1: The decorations!
So I started with a Christmas theme of snowflakes....I LOVE SNOW!!!!!! However, Chris was afraid that he would get bored with this theme causing me to expand it to Winter Wonderland (with an emphasis on snowflakes) :)
This is my vision:
This year I think I nailed the entry way but need more stuff to finish off the kitchen, living room, and dining room. Then I can move onto the bedrooms decorating.
This is my vision:
This year I think I nailed the entry way but need more stuff to finish off the kitchen, living room, and dining room. Then I can move onto the bedrooms decorating.
Christmas in Colorado part 2: the visitor
So for those of you wanting an update on the Rice family search no more.
Now that Chris is working 2 jobs we rarely have a day together and thus haven't done a whole lot outside of working or sleeping. However, on December 23 Rita (my mother-in-law) came to visit. She told us in May that "just because you are moving half way across the country doesn't mean I'm missing my Christmas"
We had lots of fun even though she had surgery 6ish weeks ago on her right foot. She wasn't able to walk long distances so what we could do was limited. The snow held off for her visit and is coming back for 12 hours tonight (she left this morning).
When she arrived I went to pick her up from the airport....the second she saw me she burst into tears of joy, or so she says ;). By the time we left the airport we had to go straight to Apex and pick up Chris.
Christmas Eve came and Chris and I both had to work so Rita decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies. She also said "you can't come home to cookies without a cookie jar" and bought us a cookie jar that has Joy on it. She also made us dinner which was the traditional Christmas Eve dinner for Chris' family. We had honey mustard chicken, yellow rice, and broccoli YUM!
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Christmas day arrived (the day Chris had off both jobs) and we stayed in our pajamas almost all day and Rita and I baked banana bread, pumpkin roll, and made buckeyes. Everyone had a good Christmas even the dogs who each had a mini stocking filled with rawhides and one toy for the two young ones. Chris made us dinner which was turkey, mac and cheese, green bean casserole, loaded mashed potatoes, and gravy.
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On the day after Christmas Chris only worked until noon so we took Rita to Estes Park to show her what made him fall in love with Colorado. Unfortunately the town seemed to shut down early so we arrived just as the Christmas shop was closing and had dinner at the only place that appeared open.
Rita never got to see any elk but she did see a fox the night before she left to go back to Delaware. We took her to the airport at 4am this morning and she cried again as she said goodbye.
Now that Chris is working 2 jobs we rarely have a day together and thus haven't done a whole lot outside of working or sleeping. However, on December 23 Rita (my mother-in-law) came to visit. She told us in May that "just because you are moving half way across the country doesn't mean I'm missing my Christmas"
We had lots of fun even though she had surgery 6ish weeks ago on her right foot. She wasn't able to walk long distances so what we could do was limited. The snow held off for her visit and is coming back for 12 hours tonight (she left this morning).
When she arrived I went to pick her up from the airport....the second she saw me she burst into tears of joy, or so she says ;). By the time we left the airport we had to go straight to Apex and pick up Chris.
Christmas Eve came and Chris and I both had to work so Rita decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies. She also said "you can't come home to cookies without a cookie jar" and bought us a cookie jar that has Joy on it. She also made us dinner which was the traditional Christmas Eve dinner for Chris' family. We had honey mustard chicken, yellow rice, and broccoli YUM!
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Christmas day arrived (the day Chris had off both jobs) and we stayed in our pajamas almost all day and Rita and I baked banana bread, pumpkin roll, and made buckeyes. Everyone had a good Christmas even the dogs who each had a mini stocking filled with rawhides and one toy for the two young ones. Chris made us dinner which was turkey, mac and cheese, green bean casserole, loaded mashed potatoes, and gravy.
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On the day after Christmas Chris only worked until noon so we took Rita to Estes Park to show her what made him fall in love with Colorado. Unfortunately the town seemed to shut down early so we arrived just as the Christmas shop was closing and had dinner at the only place that appeared open.
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