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On the twelfth day of deployment my true love gave to me, the first email of this tour. Neilson is on the move and safely at his next destination. He is busy taking care of some business over email and I know is looking forward to settling in for the long haul.

Today was a busy busy day for us back in Texas. We had friends over to celebrate Jesus' birthday at lunch. We made steaks, baked potatos and salad. I also made "death by chocolate" cake.

The church program was tonight. Grace was in the angel choir and looked beautiful. She did a great job singing her songs and behaving in mass. She sat with the other kids across the chapel from mommy so behaving tonight was a BIG deal.

Creighton was a good boy in mass as well. He rode in the sling for most of the time, had a snack during communion and went right back to sleep. During pictures afterwards he made a new friend in one of the other mommys who was talking to him and making him grin and laugh. Who knew he was bilingual? The mommy was chattering away to him in Spanish and he looked right at her like he understood.