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What a week this has been! 

My handsome hubby:

 has been in:

all week long on business, and I CANNOT WAIT for him to come home! Unfortunately, he won't be home until almost midnight tonight, which means another night of:

and

and this

all by myself...

I am thankful he doesn't travel very often...even though he will be leaving again for San Fransisco here very shortly...because I MISS HIM!  I cannot sleep when the left side of the bed is empty!  On the way home from school yesterday, Ryan sent me a text saying he missed me, Preston asked who it was and what he said, and replied, "Mom, I miss Ryan too!" We then stopped to pick up "The Teenager", and once he buckled in, he asked, "When is Ryan coming home!?" So...even the boys are missing him. 

We are kid-free this weekend, so we're both looking forward to:

some newlywed time...even though we aren't technically still newlyweds.  When does that period end anyway?  Is it 1 year, 2 years, or just whenever you no longer feel like newlyweds?  I hope it never ends!

I have to share a couple of pics because...I love them!

If you read our blog, you know the story of our guinea pigs.  Well, the other day Carter loved on Blaster a little too hard, and Blaster decided to "kiss" Carter's finger. It was nothing really, but evidentially it made quite an impression on Carter because I found this drawing from school in his backpack:

Sweet boy!

My brother sent me the picture below.  It's him with Austin in 2002 when he took Austin to

"Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day" at Texas Instruments when he didn't have any kids.  He and Austin have always had

a very special relationship...

I can't get over how much Austin looks like Carter in this picture! It also makes me a little sad to see how much Austin, aka "The Teenager", has grown up!

That's all I got!

Happy Thursday!!!