The best years of our life

So apparently political survey people have my cell phone number. That's OK! I've enjoyed answering those calls since I was far to young to vote. I remember once while Bush was president, lying to the lady (about my age) and then telling her how highly I thought of our government at the time! Well anyways, I was very happy to tell this lady that yes indeed ma'am I sure did vote in the 2008 election! But she hung up on me about 5 minutes into the survey after I gave the President a 2 out of 100... so does that mean my opinion won't be counted? So not fair! I'm very disappointed.

Tonight we ate the most fantabulous barbecue pork sandwiches. I used a recipe from my friend Victoria again, and they were so phenom!

V has been working on her 4th tooth now for some time. Unfortunately this is the meanest tooth yet! Within the next few days (my guess is, tomorrow) she'll have her two middle bottom teeth, and her two top outer incisors! Her little smile is too cute. I was telling a friend how her front top teeth aren't showing up, but the ones on the sides are, she informed me that she's never seen that before! Well I'm told mine came in that way, and I'm quite happy that V takes after me in some ways :)
In the last week V has started giving High Fives, clapping, and my favorite, saying "hi!". She says it all the time now! Sometimes I'll watch her playing, and she'll pick up a toy, look it in the face and say "hi!" then clap for herself!

Oh my word I just love her so much.

I also love that we're going to visit my side of the family for Thanksgiving! We're so thankful that they live near one of the 5 cities that Hubby can take this one incredibly expensive exam in, that just happens to be on the day before Thanksgiving! V will be just a couple of weeks short of 1 year old, and it will be such a fun time! My sister is even planning to have a small early birthday party for her while we're there!
I am SO excited. My family is great! Now if only we lived closer...

and so we wait for interviews! Hopefully we'll get some near to where our family lives! Even a 7 hour drive would be welcome! That covers a lot of different programs, our family is quite spread out! With my luck, we'll end up on the west coast, just to spread it out a little more.

So this is where the Trusting God comes in handy. I know His plan for us is good. It's pretty clear He wanted us where we are now, and has even shown us in some ways why! In the words of a dear old friend, (OK, so maybe radio drama character would be a better term for him, but he was an integral part of the soundtrack to my childhood!) named Mr. Whitaker,

"The best is yet to come!"