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Yes

Yes, my eye is still twitching.

Man Can Cook

My SIL wisely chose a "most hilarious man" to be her life long companion. He keeps us all entertained with his unique wit, and his STRONG (or as we say, ridiculous) penchant for video games. Did I tell you he was playing them while she was in labor?

Anyway, turns out Mr. Funny also bakes. When we arrived to their oasis in the middle of nowhere, he had waiting for us some really, really awesome cookies.




We ploughed through that batch within 24 hours and so everyday he made us another.





God Bless You, Yan!

Could be

Maybe my eye is twitching because of incidences like the following:

Ali wanting to wear underwear, but being terrified of the potty, which means she keeps peeing all over the house. Gee, reminds me of when we were dogsitting.

Ali coloring the BOTTOM of her feet with a pink highlighter, and then walking around on the carpet.

Isabella knocking my glass of milk all over me and the floor as I searched for an orange backpack for her.

Emmalena dropping a plate (Corelle, supposedly unbreakable. They belonged to my parents, and must be at least 35 years old. This is only the second one to ever break) that shattered into a million pieces.

All that my friends, in just over an hour.

Takes a lickin', keeps on tickin'!

We have been very busy since my last post. Jimmy returned from "an undisclosed location in the Middle East." We took a family trip to Vail for four days. It was beyond my expectations and if you ever get the chance to go, it is a place everyone should visit. Multiple times.

Then we headed to the Garden Spot of America -

Clovis, New Mexico!


If you have ever been there, which most of you should be extremely grateful that you have not, you are wondering why we went. Well, my SIL was expecting a little bundle of joy and we went to deliver a large load of Costco items for the pantry and freezer, distract my SIL from her increasing waistline and ankles and entertain our niece as we waited for Little D's arrival.

In spite of the location, we had an awesome time. The baby came the day before we were supposed to leave, so we were able to be with my SIL as she labored at home. It was quite a chore entertaining four children, timing contractions and calming the nerves of the daddy to be and uncle to be, as she labored! But, my SIL stayed strong and was able to stay at home for 13 out of her 18 hours of labor! You go girl! Little D arrived safe and sound





and everyone was thrilled.



Looks a lot like love to me!






We returned from our trip, spent a few days catching up on housework and laundry and are now back into our normal routine.


Except for me. Monday morning I realized I had a twitch under my right eye. It is twitching 204 times a minute (yes, we counted) and it hasn't gone away. Jimmy googled it and the causes can be stress, fatigue, or caffeine consumption. I have no idea what is causing it, or worse when it will stop, but I am afraid people are going to refer to me as

the blonde lady, who talks all the time and has that weird twitchy eye.

I feel sorry for my children.