Postscript: a couple more photos I couldn't resist sharing

 I found these on my phone after my last blog post, and couldn't resist sharing. The first two are from Seth's cooking adventure this weekend.I smelled something burning Saturday night and raced into the kitchen, only to find the Master Chef whipping up a venison marinade. That's a lot of booze sitting on the counter. I was afraid to ask if it was going into the marinade or a glass for the chef, but I have my suspicions.

This is what caused the delightful charred smell. "Honey, it just boiled over a little." Two days of scrubbing the kitchen later, it still looks a lot like this. And if you've ever wondered what burnt molasses smells like, come over anytime for the next several weeks. But the chef was pleased with his work. And the fact that I threw him out of the kitchen before he could finish "cleaning."

I cracked up when I saw Seth's ornament contributions to our Christmas tree. Our tasteful decorations are now interspersed with Vikings gnomes and deer heads, and it's hilarious. We're loving our first Christmas outside Walter Reed! (Last year I taped lights to the hospital window and got a tiny Walmart tree. Not the same, and definitely missing this year's tacky purple ornaments!)