Remember Those Shoes?

Last night I was getting my work out stuff ready for my morning workout. I do this every morning with the Army ROTC, so on a daily basis I don't want to be looking for my clothes at 5:20 in the morning.
So I got done watching the Sharks man handle the Oilers, so it was about 11:30pm my time and I went to get my stuff together and couldn't find my shoes anywhere. I knew I put them in my closet, but they weren't there. So I grabbed a flashlight and checked the kids room just in case DJ decided to wear them. I couldn't find them there either.
I was getting desperate, I had to run 5 miles this morning and I wanted my technologically advanced, no knee pain shoes.
I checked behind my door and Jenn looked down and saw the box that they came in and asked if it had put them in the box. I never store shoes in their original box, but picked it up anyway. As it turned out, my shoes were stored in the box. I found out after interrogation this morning, that Michael "did me a favor".
Anyway, I ran 5 miles in just under 52:00, which is down from last semester. Last semester however it wasn't 22 degrees.
There is a lot of stupidity that's prevalent in the Army and it's "leadership". They decided that we didn't need to run with our workout pants on, shorts were sufficient. By the time I got back from the run, my inner thighs were blotchy red, which is the first stage before frost bite. Needless to say, I don't believe in making decisons that effect other people just so I can show how tough I am.
Let's be really tough and get frost bite, that will make you an effective leader.

Baby Blues or Pinks???

As those of you gathered, who read our Christmas letter closely, we are expecting a fifth baby. Janina is dead set on getting a sister and has convinced her brothers that they want one, too. We have explained again and again that Heavenly Father chooses what he will send to our family and we don't know which we will get. She has responded again and again that He wants to send us a girl.

Well, tonight we were making a Family Home Evening chart and the kids wanted to add the baby -- not just any baby, though, Naomi. I asked what we should put on in case it was a boy baby. Michael said, "Mom, Naomi is a girl baby." I don't really feel like I'm getting through to them at all.

They did finally tell me we could have a girl baby and a boy baby. So then they started choosing boy names. Jon suggested Jeremy. Michael suggested Uncle Roy -- not Roy -- Uncle Roy...

Fun

It's been cold the last few weeks, so we haven't been able to get out of the house. Our kids that are in school have had to deal with recess in the classroom due to below freezing temperatures and low wind chill's.
Yesterday it finally warmed up enough that we could go outside, so we went to the park. It was great to let the kids run and play. Hopefully it stays warm for a while so they can get out and run more often.
DJ must have lost some endurance; this picture is what he looked like by the time we got home. He must have gone down the slide 30 times, he was so happy to be outside.