Settling back in to home life and work took longer than we expected. We got very used to getting to the beach each day being our only "to do." HA! :) Seemingly the people we worked with missed us because we were both slammed when we returned. So it goes! MacKenzie, on the other hand, had no trouble settling back in to her old routine of laying on laundry and making it questionable if it can still be considered clean. Siiiigh. It is a good thing she's so cute! :)
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| Ahh back home again on "clean" laundry |
The adjustment back to work and four whole days that week made us need a trip to the spa. OK, not really. We went to celebrate our anniversary. It was lovely, as always. Jackson did not get a massage because he hates them but he enjoyed using the Conrad's gym, sauna, steam room and hot tub while I did. He has a tough life, too. ;)
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| Ale Emporium wings...YUM |
After the spa we stopped for a romantic dinner at Ale Emporium. We watched football and noshed on wings. I've never been more in love.*
*I'm not kidding.
The next day we finally got to see the Porterfield family again for dinner and dessert. I swear the kids double in size each time we come over. Jackson enjoyed playing football with Jax (he was sore for days afterwards- ha!) and Andrew while Jocelin rotated between wanting to be involved and hanging with the girls in the kitchen. Love her!
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| Jocelin using our reusable grocery bag as a purse ;) |
Heidi made one of our favorite desserts, pizzookies, which we all enjoyed quite a bit as shown below...
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| "Do I have anything on my mouth?" |
November 18th was our actual anniversary and Jackson was away for work. He sent flowers to my office to attempt to make up for such a scheduling error. I figured since we'd already gone to Hawaii and the spa he could be let off the hook.*
*OK, I may have given him a little crap for missing it still.
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| Anniversary flowers |
Jackson was gone for three days which makes life tough on MacKenzie. Staying at Susie's is mostly free, but the commute is a killer for me to Muncie. If Jackson is gone MacKenzie would have almost 12 hour days while I was at work. That isn't fair so she spent some time in Upland. It is soooo helpful when my Mom swings by and gets her for us. She loves being with the two other dogs and able to roam freely around their huge yard.
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| Smiling puppy knows she's headed for Upland |
When both Jackson and MacKenzie are out of town I have no reason to rush home so I made dinner plans with the Bates family. Josslyn is getting SO big! She's sitting up and crawling now. She also pulls herself up on the couch. Fiona, the family dog, won't be safe from that baby grasp for long!
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| Baby Joss is sitting up all on her own! |
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| And driving. They grow up so fast! |
Eventually Jackson returned from his work travels so MacKenzie could comfortably come home again. She made herself comfortable, again, this time with a sun nap.
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| Sun naps are the best! |
Life. is. good. :)
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