How it's going

Well, we are halfway through our first run on being on duty in the house.  We have several inches of snow outside and so one child is home from school because their school was cancelled.  Yesterday, my mom and Paul's mom came over for a few hours to see the house and of course to play with the grandkids! (thanks for lunch! : )  The evening was nice - the boys went with Paul to play basketball and Chalise (the Assistant) and I played card games with the girls before bedtime.  Thankfully the night was uneventful.  I really don't want to say much beyond that because I don't want to jinx us.  I'll maybe report more once we are off duty (we go off tonight at 9PM).

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  1. Kirk and Keri PlattnerJanuary 28, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    Paul and Nicole~
    I'm glad to hear it's starting off well. No doubt, the tough times will come, but growth and fruit will come along with it.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    i miss you guys! =[

    --your sis Michelle

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  3. smwJanuary 28, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    i'm so glad to hear of a good start, and i understand the jinxing feeling. :)
    ~shar

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  4. ToniaJanuary 29, 2009 at 7:32 PM

    Where do you live when you're not on duty? I don't really know the nuts and bolts of how the program works. Sorry if you already put that in an earlier post.

    I've been on facebook more than blogger lately because it's faster!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2009 at 8:27 PM

    We are praying for your spiritual growth thru the process of learning your new role in life. Sure miss you all! Hope to see you's on Saturday! Love DAD!!

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  6. DaishJanuary 30, 2009 at 9:12 PM

    This is SO great to hear. I'm so glad to hear it's starting off well, that's wonderful.

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