O'Brien family Journey
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tis the season
Today we received our first christmas box. It was from my grandma and grandpa Robinson. Reading her note to each of us made all of us laugh and smile. We actually miss missouri and living so close to them. We made some wonderful memories. I've enclosed some pictures of her homemade gifts,a check, and cards. She also enclosed the soldiers christmas story card. I have attached it as well. It goes as follows:
'Twas The Night Before Christmas, He Lived All Alone,
In A One Bedroom House Made Of Plaster And Stone.
I Had Come Down The Chimney with Presents To Give,
And To See Just Who In This Home Did Live.
I Looked All About, A Strange Sight I Did See,
No Tinsel, No Presents, Not Even A Tree.
No Stocking By Mantle, Just Boots Filled With Sand,
On The Wall Hung Pictures Of Far Distant Lands.
With Medals And Badges, Awards Of All Kinds,
A Sober Thought Came Through My Mind.
For This House Was Different, It Was Dark And Dreary,
I Found The Home Of A Soldier, Once I Could See Clearly.
The Soldier Lay Sleeping, Silent, Alone,
Curled Up On The Floor In This One Bedroom Home.
The Face Was So Gentle, The Room In Such Disorder,
Not How I Pictured A United States Soldier.
Was This The Hero Of Whom I'd Just Read?
Curled Up On A Poncho, The Floor For A Bed?
I Realized The Families That I Saw This Night,
Owed Their Lives To These Soldiers Who Were Willing To Fight.
Soon Round The World, The Children Would Play,
And Grownups Would Celebrate A Bright Christmas Day.
They All Enjoyed Freedom each Month Of The Year,
Because Of The Soldiers, Like The One Lying Here.
I Couldn't Help Wonder How Many Lay Alone,
On A Cold Christmas Eve In A Land Far From Home.
The Very Thought Brought A Tear To My Eye,
I Dropped To My Knees And Started To Cry.
The Soldier Awakened And I Heard A Rough Voice,
"Santa Don't Cry, This Life Is My Choice;
I Fight For Freedom, I Don't Ask For More,
My Life Is My God, My Country, My Corps."
The Soldier Rolled Over and Drifted To Sleep,
I Couldn't Control It, I Continued To Weep.
I Kept Watch For Hours, so Silent And Still
And We Both Shivered From The Cold Night's Chill.
I Didn't Want To Leave On That Cold, Dark, Night,
This Guardian Of Honor So Willing To Fight.
Then The Soldier Rolled Over, With A Voice Soft And Pure,
Whispered, "Carry On Santa, It's Christmas Day, All Is Secure."
One Look At My Watch, And I Knew He Was Right.
"Merry Christmas My Friend, And To All A Good Night."
Written by Lance Corporal James M. Schmidt in 1986. Printed in Leatherneck (The Magazines for the Marines) in December 1991.
We are thankful for our grandparents. The time we spent with them and the memories made and still to be made. Every day Kaydence slides down the hallway because she says shes ive skating in her new slippers we will think of the ducks and the pond in missouri and a wonderful couple in the sticks lol. Sean says he misses the beer and talks in the quiet out there and fishing.. i miss getting to be closer to them and the wine and the peanut clusters and fresh meat lol. we love you guys so much!
Pictures
We have added most of our pictures to the site photobucket. you can follow them by going to http://s1242.beta.photobucket.com/user/robinobrien88/profile/
Most of these pictures are also on facebook. :)
Saturday, December 8, 2012
December Adventures
Today we had so much fun traveling and seeing christmas markets. Our first destination was Rothenburg. It is a beautiful older village. We went to kath Wahlfarht or what ever lol. I felt like i was a movie star or i guess Kay was. Their crew kept filming her every move. I didnt know to be mean or just let them film the kids in their store. She was so excited to see santa there but every santa she has seen the rest of the day she has informed me they are FAKE!Thanks to the movie ELF. lol. I had to explain to her that santa sends his helpers because he cant be everywhere at the same time. i was then asked if it was santa or his helpers that will come on christmas eve. BECAUSE!!.. if it was his helpers then she is not leaving him the Santa KEY. lol. She is just fine with him leaving the gifts at the door she said. lol. We also went to Nuremburg. We ended up lost but found our way and are way too exhausted! goodnight. enjoy the pictures
Sunday, December 2, 2012
O christmas tree o christmas tree...
Tonight we put up Kaydence's tree. While we were back in the states she picked one out at hobby lobby and ornaments. It has all her special ornaments and Aubries ornaments on it. She did a great job decorating it. Also a picture of our bigger family tree.
Thanksgiving...the true meaning
This thanksgiving i was acting like the grinch of the season. I was not looking forward to a long day of cooking or two. I was not into the daily thankful blogs on facebook. I didnt care for the holiday at all. I was missing family and ready to put up my christmas tree ans slimmer waist line. A few days before thanksgiving i was the smallest i had been in a few years and decorating my tree dancing to santa baby. All was right in my world. God knew what i was thankful for so why did everyone else need to know. I couldnt skip thanksgiving though and take that away from my husband so i did a small piece of thanksgiving. As i started cooking on thanksgiving eve and trying to be cheerful i got a message. There was an emergency and my husband needed to call home. He came home from work and all the while all i could think of was thanksgiving 2006. Everything seemed normal as we got ready for our small family thanksgiving and the phone rang. My grandma was needing surgery. A million tears fell as i remembered that thanksgiving and losing my grandmother. My mama. It felt like i was standing back in time again waiting to see what the call was about. I knew...after reading his families' fb statuses. I knew..it was his grandfather. Such an amazing man. What i didnt know is if we had time. Sean got off of the phone and came into the kitchen where i had previous,y been cooking and dancing with my girls to find me in shock in tears. I asked if it was him..he said yes. I cried more remembering how i felt wondering if he felt that way. I apologized for being weak in a moment i was suppose to be strong for him.sean laughed as if it was okay. We did have time. Sean said we didnt need to rush it. Hours later i convinced him to call and make sure we didnt need to come home and ofcourse we did. I packed immediately forgetting we were no longer a short drive away. I kept praying for his grandma. Yes i wrote that right. I prayed for her to have the strength to bare this pain. I prayed for her health through this. I prayed for her sanity. After what felt like eternity we were home in kansas the day after thanksgiving. We were rushed through the elevator into his room to say our goodbyes. We waited for his last breath. All i could think about was what wonderful people his grandfather and grandmother were. I kept looking at her and him. Inlove through the pain. You see up until the oast two years i never had a grandmother or grandfather i was close to. I could talk to and go see and felt a part of. My mom's parents didnt speak english; my real fathers parents were mot around; my dad's parents lived too far. Over the past two 1/2 years i grew closer to my grandma and grandpa robinson and seans grandparents. I only recently had that love of a grandparent. Losing one was heart breaking. I regreted not saying my thankful comments,not appreciating the holiday, not being closer to home. Well Through the process we were able to spend time with Seans great uncle and aunt. We feel like we gained another set of grandparents and so do our kids. Grandpa pulled through and is the miracle man. He is such a strong man. Its unbelieveable. We were given a million and one reasons to be thankful on thanksgiving and every day. We felt closer and more inlove watching his grandmothers love and commitment to his grandfather. We felt a million things through the emotional roller coaster. Most of all coming home we felt love. We were able to see all of his family, my mom, sister, nephew, and brother. We are blessed.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Germany..we made it!
Hello friends and family. I apologize for not writing in awhile. We havent had internet in quite some time. We are in Germany and love it.We went to an Irish pub our first night in Germany. The people are so friendly. They said if ever we wanted to see a friendly face to go to an irish pub lol.
We moved into our house two weeks ago and received our house hold goods last week. Our house is nice. It is a town home. Kaydence calls it home sweet home. It is...We love it here. Since we have been in Germany Sean has stopped sleep talking; Aubrie is walking everywhere; and Kay seems happy with all of her new friends. Our neighbors are pretty great so far. We are all new. Our traveling has yet to begin but we will start soon! We apply for passports next week so we can see other countries. Yesterday we went to our first Bazaar. Wow, in our heads we spent thousands of dollars lol. We wanted everything. Cant wait until the next one. Sean bought a $25 bottle of beer hhaha. I told him it better have gold in it. I bought two wine bottles and Kay left with lots of chocolate and a little wooden doll. I will be updating this more now that we have the internet. We love you all.
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