Busy Bissons

We're super busy lately and there just aren't enough hours in the day to get everything in!  Here's a quick re-cap of what's been going on lately:

-Joe went on his first long TDY since Ty was born. He upgraded to Aircraft Commander and that was his first trip. He did well! He was in Alaska for a month.  It was a long month because I got super sick and had to work, take care of Ty, do all the errands/cleaning/cooking myself. No bueno.

-Ty is 9 months old. He went through a big growth spurt and is getting so so so big (I'll do a belated 9 month old post next). He is my world and I love him so much!

-School is bogging me down. I am so drained! My kids are sucking every ounce of energy I have out of me like there's no tomorrow. Winter break cannot come soon enough!

-We just booked our trip for Seoul, Korea for Christmas. It will be our first Christmas not at home, so it will be very different! But we're getting island fever and it'll be nice to get away and do some traveling.

-The dogs are still as crazy as ever.  The latest shananigans include breaking a pyrex dish to get some dessert and actually eating lots of the shattered glass. They survived. Kella also ate pieces of an African Snail (some of them are infected with parasites and can kill animals and people). Lots of meds and an x-ray later, she was cleared and is as perky as ever. I'm pretty sure these dogs are going to live for-ever.

My days go by quickly trying to teach my 21 darling kiddos all that they need to know, be a good mommy to Ty, a good wife to Joe, and try to be a domestic goddess (which has been a major failure lately).  Weekends don't last long enough, and that 5:15am alarm clock comes too quickly each day!  Hope everyone else isn't sinking as fast as I am these days!