The Barricklows: January 2013

I know, I know, my Christmas trip blog never came to be. Not for lack of trying I promise you! But if you have access to Facebook, I put about 100 pictures up of our trip and you are welcome to look through them and read the comments, and leave some of your own! :) That should give you a pretty good glimpse of our 19 hour drive with 3 teenies. :) Check out the 'littlest' :

Before I get to the important news, I thought I would share some pictures of life at our house lately. We returned from Nebraska to the warm and sunny 70+ degree south in January. We've been spending time outside riding bikes, playing at the park, and drawing with sidewalk chalk. We had a bit of a kink in our taking walks routiene as Josh went running with the kids in our double jogging stroller and the front wheel broke. Badly. He ended up having to come a mile back to the house on just the 2 back wheels. The kids thought it was great! But now we got it fixed so we should be good. I think the stroller can handle MY 'running' not Josh's actual running.

So the next weekend after our return from Nebraska our small group from when we lived in Atlanta had their Christmas party. This shindig is NOT to be missed. :) So why not another road trip! It was a great time. And for the first time in 3 years we have left not having a gift that must be returned and regifted the next year. Praise Jesus for that one. :)

We stayed to watch the Falcons play that afternoon, and our fancy new camera took this picture:

How can truffles look completly unappetizing? When photographed atop a hairy knee perhaps? Who am I kidding those things are still delicious. Actually this one might be a cake pop, and those are equally magnificent.

And now to the every exciting IMPORTANT NEWS! (no we are not pregnant)
Josh got hand-picked to be an Aide-de-Camp to a 1 star General! (if confused as to what this means, just drop the de-camp and you've got it. Aide to a General!) We are so proud of him! He's on week 2 of the new position and still getting to know the ropes and what's expected of him. This job can either be great or really challenging depending on the expectations and personality of the General you're helping. Josh had a chance to see the General he will work for in several meetings and work closely with him on a trip awhile back so he had a good idea that they would work well together...and it wouldn't be The Devil Wears Prada- Military Edition.

Noah continues to be huge. The kids love him, we love him. He is the easiest baby! Goes to sleep without help, sleeps through the night, takes 4 naps during the day (90 min, 90 min, 3 hours, and 90 min), eats like a champ, and smiles a lot! He's very relaxed and it's hard to upset him. He's wonderful- such a gift!

Josh taught Renae the ends and outs of scrubbing the kitchen floor. :) This was after she colored on one of the tiles and in removing the crayon we discovered the true color of our floor. SIIICK. Whoever lived here before us needs to be taught this same lesson.

And of course there's lots of good boy time. Wrestling and laughing. This picture is so funny because Jack was having Noah blow kisses and being really gentle about it, but the way Noah is kicking his legs it looks like he just got clotheslined or taken out. haha! Don't worry, that doesn't happen.

95% of the day he's out of harms way :)