Turkeys and tennis dresses.

It's been a weird week. Seth got out of the hospital just in time for me to have to leave for a quick 24 hour trip to DC for the Regimental Ball. I couldn't get out of it and was worried sick about leaving him alone with both kids so soon after surgery. I lined up lots of friends to come help, but it seems he sent them all away and did just fine on his own. I am grateful, and impressed. When I got home, Finley was in the yard in her ballet recital dress, covered in chocolate. Both kids were happy as clams and the house was still standing.

I, on the other hand, got all the way to DC and realized I didn't have the (for no good reason detachable) buttons from my mess dress shirt and the military clothing store was already closed. So I went to the freaking ball in a tennis dress. I looked ridiculous and it was about as much fun as those things usually are. For obvious reasons, I did not take pictures.

I came back to still-wintry weather, and dragged the kids to Grasshopper Grove in their snow jackets.

By Tuesday, though, it was 80 degrees and sunny. Finley's back to terrorizing the neighbor kids with the hose, and we're hoping this means the long, gray winter is finally over.

Tuesday was also the opening day of turkey season, and Seth and Finley killed one. I don't even want to know how they got it back to the truck, but we ate it for dinner last night and it was delicious. (Although Seth neglected to take any hunting pictures, so instead I have this absurd one of Finley playing dressup in an atrocious outfit at the Ryans'.)

 Ford got to hang out with his favorite cadets, and practice his football skills with the pros.

I survived the Corbin Conference, an unbelievable- but insanely work-intensive- celebration of women in the military with this awesome crew.

And Finley celebrated her second-to-last ballet class before the big recital by acting terrible with her friends, as per usual. These have to be the photos of the week.

At any rate, we're chugging along, and somewhere in there trying to find a house in North Carolina and schedule movers and prep for graduation week, which is- crazily enough- right around the corner!