Its that time of year....

Its that time of year where I get sad. I miss my family and spending the holidays with them. I miss my mom and grandmother's cooking.....I miss irritating my sister Avery and having her say "whatever Terra" because she's 15 and does that.....I miss being with people outside of just myself, Ryan and the girls. Another year of having to make a Christmas dinner for 4 people(the twins count as 1 since they rarely eat anything) and make it where we don't have too many leftovers that everyone is saying that again? So for Christmas I'm making a quarter shank ham, broccoli/rice/cheese casserole, creamed corn, mashed potatoes, rolls and a super duper small dessert that Eryn and I picked out at Walmart. I'd rather my mom and grandma make their specialties and let me clean up. HAHA

I know I'm an Army wife and I'm proud of my husband, but I wish the Army hadn't of stationed us so far from family. Its hell being away from people they want to celebrate with. Back on track with being proud of my husband cause I can't praise him enough...... I'm very proud of my husband for empowering 3 of his soldiers that they passed PT so they could be promoted to the next rank. His unit is a family that has come together. I'm regularly known as Mrs. G and it makes me feel good that they know who I am even though I regularly drop off snacks. Anyway....Its hard to drive home to either Georgia or Indiana being 26 hours from either one. Flying would be a financial drain since we need 5 seats and the luggage costs would be unreal.

And while I'm in my blogging mood I have a love/hate relationship with the Army right now. I love that we have a paycheck that can sustain our family life, but it keeps my husband gone or focused on work when he should be with us. Every time I hear someone complain about their husband being gone overnight or even on a 2 week business trip I have to roll my eyes and sigh. Because a temporary trip is not even the same as someone gearing up for a deployment that is months out. Long hours at their office, long hours at the unit office, meetings, bringing huge folders of paperwork home to do "home work". I'm so over this crap.

So now I'm on to my next gripe/complaint/Terra's complaining....?
One of the dertachments for 4th Finance is deploying soon. Like soon soon. So since I'm the FRG leader I need to have troops and family members to provide snacks/food for totally last minute. The FRG is supposed to be families, but its not happening. I'm stressing about having a good send off for HQ soldiers since we sent Bravo off in style. Someone please pray that someone steps up to help me. Aghhh...

Krista's new love

Our sweet little peanut Krista has a new fascination with a certain picture of Ryan's sister Lisa and her family of hubby Eric and baby girl Savannah. She carries this wallet size picture of them around the house and essentially talks to when she's playing or walking around the house. I think its so cool because she recognizes people and talks to them like they are right here in the house.

Eryn and her trusty violin

For the second year in a row Eryn has decided to play violin. Ironically, it is the same violin that I used when I played in my final year-8th grade. She loves playing as much as I did and still wish I could remember the notes so we could play together. Here are some pictures of last night's performance. I will say it was a much better performance than last year. ;)