Well we have had a interesting week.
Dad has been in Omaha Nebraska, this week at the Werner Trucking Co. headquarters
They have been wineing and dining them to get them to send them more students. I will have to get him to write about his week and put some pictures on the blog.
So Whitney and I have been home by ourselves. It has been weird to not have Dad around to tease us.
He was suppose to be home tonight late but his flight got cancelled so he won't be home until sometime tomorrow I hope.

Lets Eat!

For Christmas, Andy's sister MacKenzie made Andy and I aprons...and sent us the Weight Watchers cookbook that I have been wanting. I told mom about these awesome sandwiches that Andy and I loved! So I thought I would share with everyone!


Turkey Reuben Sandwiches

4 slices rye bread (we got Jewish rye, its usually cheaper and is lighter in color)
4 teaspoons prepared mustard
4 tablespoons fat-free Thousand Island dressing
6 tablespoons sauerkraut, drained (we didn't use this on ours, so its optional)
6 oz deli sliced turkey breast
2 slices reduced-fat Swiss cheese

(1) Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

(2) Spread one side of each slice of bread with 1 teaspoon of mustard and 1 tablespoon of the Thousand Island dressing. Top with sauerkraut, turkey and Swiss cheese.

(3) Place the sandwiches on a baking sheet or toaster oven tray and bake until the cheese melts and the sandwiches are hot, about 6 minutes.

MMMM Who said eating right was no fun!! Don't they look yummy?

Here is a peek at Andy and I in our awesome aprons. You better believe we will be using these all the time!!

There's more to come!
Love, Meliss

**I want to be a missionary**

so there is basically..... 7 months till we get this kid back....or in other words 242 days!!!WAHOO!!!!!!!! i can't wait, but hey who's counting right??? haha love you all!

WE HAVE SNOW!!!!

Grandma and Grandpa "J" on Christmas Day at Aunt Kerry's house

Jayni with the Jumper Grandma Jorgensen made her

Aleks in his Cars PJ's, Cars Toybox that Grandpa Jorgensen made and his Cars blanket that Aunt Whitney made

Jayni with her Pricess Toybox that Grandpa Jorgensen Made

This is in our Christmas Sunday Clothes. Don't we look festive. We had just come home from Church.

Living in Tornado Alley!

As many of you may or may not know, Andy and I are in the heart of what some like to call Tornado Alley. To be honest, I wasn't really aware of this fact until shortly after we moved here..and even then the warnings weren't severe. That is, until last night. Yesterday's weather was quite enjoyable actually, in the 60s with little wind. We had our screen door open for most of the day. Later last night the wind and rain started to move in. It would come and go but I didn't realize it was going to be as big as it was. A string of storms were moving right in our direction...along the interstate 44 which runs right in front of post. I have never experienced this type of storm. The thunder and lightning were beyond imagination. It almost sounded like a bomb in our front yard, and it shook our house just as much as a bomb might have. I was pretty restless, and even cleaned out our front closet in case we needed to take cover. Andy was much more calm that I was, and he even slept like a rock. I on the other hand was up all night twisting and turning, finally I got out of bed about 4 am to turn on the news...and yes, tornado warnings were still in affect. Finally I fell asleep on the couch around 6 am and got another couple hours of sleep. But from now on, I am keeping our closet clear and a flash light close by! This just reminds me even more of why we need to be prepared, so this year one of my goals is to work on our food storage and emergency preparedness kits. I might even seek the help of mom to teach me how to can some foods.

Anyway, just to give you an idea of what it was like....here is a memento for you:

If you want to see even more info on last nights events you can check out http://www.ky3.com/

Love you all, Meliss

So the story behind the Christmas Tree's is. When Dad and I went to his office Christmas party at Mountain River Ranch. They had these three Christmas trees, that we a light show to music. We thought they were really cool. So I came home and decided to just see of I could find them on line. I found them at Walmart.com but they were pretty pricey so I decided to wait until after Christmas to see if they would go on sale. and they did. So we decided to do something we don't usually do and buy something that was totally not necessary. Well, we got them Sat. so we had to set them up to make sure they worked before we stored them until next year.
We really should not have done it but they are fun.

Love Mom and Dad

Isnt this so crazy... mom and dad are wierd!

So Melissa says I have to try this.
Today is New Years Day and I have been cleaning house most of the day and putting away Christmas Decorations.
We had a great Christmas even though it was just Dad, Whitney and Me.

Mike is getting transferred tomorrow Jan. 2nd
His new address is

116 Sonderen Apt. A
O'fallon, MO 63366

Everyone needs to remember that his preparation day has been changed to Monday so we will have to get in a new routine on e-mailing him.

Well we hope you all have a great week.

Love you all
Colette

Showing off his sweet style!

Hey all! Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a chance to fun time celebrating last night. Andy and I went to some friends house to eat dinner and play some games. We played a game called 'Fooey' and Andy and I prevailed. I won by one point over Andy...everyone else was far behind us. It was really a good time. We also played a game called Loaded Questions, its super fun and something I think would be fun to play with the family when we all get together! We were up til about 1am...which is far past my bed time, so I am pretty sure my day will involve some sort of nap! :)

Andy goes back to 'work' tomorrow. Since his classes don't start for another week or so I am not sure what they will have him do during the day, hopefully it will be pretty laid back. Once classes starts he will be gone Monday- Friday all day and most Saturdays too. So that will be a little strange. Hopefully I hear about that job that Uncle Brook helped me to apply for. I did send in an application but haven't heard anything back yet, so we will see.

For Christmas Mom and Dad gave Andy a very generous gift card to the Men's Warehouse. We had fun shopping and found pretty much exactly what we were looking for. Thanks Mom and Dad for helping to make our Christmas so wonderful! Here is a pic of Andy in his new digs. He got the jacket and the shirt. He loves them, and I would be lying if I didn't say I loved how they looked on him! Thanks again!

This morning we had some sort of freak snow storm...it snowed for about 25-30 minutes...it came out of no where. Then, just like that, it was gone and the sun was shining. Strange weather. The gyms are closed today so that means a day off for me. Andy has decided that he wants to run in a marathon, so he will be training pretty hard for that. I think he is planning on running the Kentucky Derby marathon in Louisville on the 26th of April. Hopefully we will be down there by then. Andy gets done with his course on the 14th so we will probably move a couple days after that. Pretty crazy. We did have a chance to go down and look at the area a little more. I am excited to live near a larger city...Louisville is only about 30 miles away from the Post, but I will be curious to see what we end up with as far as housing goes.

Whelp, THANKS to Megan for posting some pics! I was really excited to see them. I didn't realize that Mike's new 'P' Day was Monday so I will need to remember that from now on!

I hope that everyone has a super New Years Day. I love you all.

Meliss