It`s Always okay to not send me an email, because I understand

Dear Mommy,
I did get the pictures you sent me on that email. My field trip is about going to this kind of farm. I’ve never heard of this kind of farm before. This farm is called Living History Farm. It sounds fun. They tell you how things are made and how they used to take care of their animals in the olden days. Like when the Pilgrims and Indians were alive. But Balen hasn’t really been saying my name. But my daddy, earlier, when he was on the office computer, he tried to get Balen to say my name, but Balen just didn’t want to say my name. He was too distracted so Daddy gave up. I didn’t want to give up, but I just didn’t say anything. That farm sounds really fun to me; doesn’t it sound fun to you?

Well, my day was good. I don’t have to say the things we do in the morning, because you know the things we do in the morning now. Do you? Well, after we do the morning stuff, like the pledges and stuff, we do the seatwork and stuff. After we do our seatwork, we have lunch. After lunch we go back to the classroom and do our seatwork for a while. After we do our seatwork for a while, we do math, language, and letters and sounds. Those three books are what we do in the afternoon. Sometimes we have sparkle and this kind of game where we line up and sit on the floor. After that we work on our seatwork for a while again. After that we go home, or to afternoon extended.

The field trip is going to happen very soon I bet, because the field trip is going to happen this Friday; which is two days from now. Tomorrow it’s going to be one day from that day, and then after that it will be field trip day, and a non-uniform day, too! It’s going to be quite a fun day on Friday.

My week has been going very well. Balen’s been doing a lot of cool things. He’s been standing up on his own a lot. Well, anyways, my week was very good. My week was good because of all the fun times at school, and at Gabriella’s house in the afternoon and morning. Well, I gotta go, sorry, though. I wish I could make this email longer. Ai yi yi yi yi!

Love,
Abigail

RE: Why are you not sending me emails?

tI thought I sent you and Daddy both an email...my apologies, my dear little girl! Did you see the pictures I sent when I sent that email?

What is your field trip about? I have a sort of field trip coming up too - I'm going to visit the [removed for security]. It's very old, and it's very big. I will take pictures and send you some. I won't be going there for a couple of weeks, but after I go I'll send you some pictures.

I'm glad things seem to be going well for you and Daddy and Balen! It makes me feel so happy knowing that my family is getting along and getting things done (like cleaning up the house and paying the bills and getting homework done and still being able to play). Has Balen started calling for you by name yet?

I'm playing my guitar and learning more about it, and I'm singing for the Chapel on Sundays. I'm playing card games with Steve and Camilo and another guy, and I'm working out with some other people. I'm also playing a computer game (Myst) and reading some books. I've hardly played my DS at all since I've gotten here, becuase I've been doing other things. My work days are very long, but because I'm so busy, they go by pretty quickly. That's a good thing - the faster time seems to go by, the closer I get to coming home to all of you!

I can't wait to get the package you guys sent to me. I want to put more pictures up on my wall at work. I can't wait to see what craft you did for me! I'm so excited about it!

I love you lots, Little Punk! You keep those boys in line for me!

Love,
Mommy

Why are you not sending me emails?

I wonder why you are not sending me emails. I don’t get why you’re not sending me emails, because it’s hard to understand why.

The morning was the same as yesterday morning. Today we did prayers. Then we stood up for our pledges, and then when we were done with our pledges we sang a few songs. One was called “This is the day” and the other was “My Country Tis of Thee”. After we finished our pledges and those two songs we did our Bible verse. After our Bible verse we continued with our journal. After that we did spelling, then after that we did something on the chalkboard, but I forget what. After chalkboard #2 we have #3 and usually we have journal through 6 things, but today we had 8 things. I got up to #3.

Tomorrow is show and tell for me. Tomorrow is also a fun day for me because on show and tell day (which is Wednesday) we get to bring in our toys into class and put them on our desks. Tomorrow is going to be so fun. I’m bringing Pink Stripes, the doggie I got from Victoria’s Secret. Man, I wish you could be there with me. Plus, this Friday is going to be so much fun because I am going to go on a field trip.

Right now Balen is crying, I have no idea why. Right now I’m in my room on my floor next to my bed. Right now Balen is supposed to go to sleep, but he just won’t go to sleep. Right now he is rubbing his face on Daddy’s arm, well he was anyway. Balen is trying to type on the computer. I have no idea why he likes computers so much. But he likes ‘em. I bet computers will be one of his favorite things when he grows up.

My week is going to be fun, I think. But you never know because the future will happen. The future might be bad, the future might be good, you never know. Well, I gotta go because my time is up. It is 8:09pm. And in one minute I’m going to have to stop this email. That’s why I’m out of time. Well, I wish I could make this email longer, but now it’s 8:10 pm. Oh well. Bye! :):):):):)

Love,
Abigail

How it's been for me at my house

Well, I’ve been having a good time at my house. It’s been so good that I’ve been having such a good day. Every single day it’s been like that. I think that it’s becoming a little bit too much. It’s becoming a little bit too much fun because now I always have to chose, “let’s do this” then I change my mind. I think that it’s too hard for me to decide. That’s why it’s becoming too much fun.

First of all, we always do our journal in the morning, then, of course, we do our pledges. Then after that we do seatwork. Then at 10:00 we have breaktime until 10:30. And then we do more seatwork, and then when it’s 11:30 we have lunch. Of course, you know that after lunch we have recess. I had a really good lunch. And a really good playtime, too, except for a couple wrong things. Then after lunch we go back to class and do more seatwork, and then we have language and phonics games on the board.

My daddy said that this Friday, maybe Gabriella could have a sleep over with me at my house!! It’s gonna be so fun if Gabriella does get to sleep over at my house. Right now I’m in my room. Balen’s on my bed playing around with jacks and his little rattle. His little rattle is one of my pink cups that has beads in it. The beads inside of the cup make a rattling noise, that’s why we call it a rattle. It’s getting pretty late, so I might as well go. Sorry that I didn’t get to write so much :(. Good bye! :) :)

Super duper auper love,

Abigail

A few pics

Here are a few pictures of where I work and some of the people I work with. [note: some images not shown for security reasons]


The first one is a gecko that was in my office. The next couple are of the windy (sandy!) day outside. It was very 'blurry' out and hard to see because the wind kicked up so much sand that the air was full of it. It was like it was foggy, only it was dirt, not fog, that was in the air. The last picture is of me - and it looks like the windows are in sepia tone, but it's just because its so windy outside.

There guys in the pictures are Camilo, Steve, Julie, Chad, and Jacob. Can you tell which one is which? If not, just let me know and I can tell you.

I love you, family.

Love,
Mommy

RE: Why didn't you send me an email tonight?

I'm sorry I didn't send you an email last night. I figured that since we talked, we were ok. I'll make sure not to forget ever again!

I hope the tooth fairy brings you a dollar! Your smile will look a little different when I come home, won't it? Can you send me a picture of your smile with your tooth missing? Also, is the other tooth already growing in? I remember you were having some problems with it before...I just want to check on my little girl and make sure she's doing ok.

I hope you have (or had, if you read this in the evening) a good Monday! We did PT this morning, and now I'm starting my work day. I went to church yesterday, and they need people to sing and play guitar, so I'm going to help out. I'm going to sing at the chapel for worship service every Sunday. Isn't that neat?

Well, Little Punk, I've got a lot of work to get to. It was great to talk to you! I think it's really special that Balen's first word is Abigail. That means that he thinks very highly of you, and you are an especially important person to him.

I love you. Give the boys a hug for me, and make sure you get one too!

Love,
Mommy

Why didn't you send me an email tonight?

Why didn’t you send me an email tonight? I didn’t find any email. Daddy told me I didn’t get any email from you. But why? I don’t get it. I think you didn’t get to do it tonight because you forgot. But I’m not sure. My tooth is going well. After I’m done sending you this email, I’m going to get my tooth and put it in a bag and put it under my pillow. Then the tooth fairy will come. Hooray! Well, I gotta get going. It’s more than one hour past my bedtime. Right now it’s 9:17 for us. I know it’s 8 hours ahead of our time at your time. Now I gotta get going. Bye.

Love,
Abigail

How brave I was with pulling out My tooth!

(Note: This was originally sent in size 72 font)

Guess what?!!! I pulled out my tooth without any help!!!!! AlthoUGH I haD a LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE, I STILL GOT IT OUT! Amazing, AIn’t it? Well,I gotta go, so bye!!!! Love,lady of the houuuuuuuuuse!!!!! :) :) :) :)

Hi!

Hi there, Little Punk!

I love your emails! Keep 'em coming!

I hope you have a great Saturday. I hope that you get to have a good time with the rest of the family. I've got to go to a meeting right now…

I'll talk to you tomorrow!!

Love,
Mommy

I wish you could have a smell like I have in my school

Man, why do they take such bad care of a building?! That doesn’t seem so right to me. In fact, it’s actually kind of weird. It’s hard to understand why they do that. Oh well, I wish they could’ve done better.

My day was really good. I got a half-day today at school! It was really fun! Plus, me, Gabriella, Zahra, Hailee, and Mikayla only had extra play-time at break-time at 10am. My day was sooo good. My day was so good, that I was so happy! I played a game of Battleship with Daddy, plus a few games of Connect-Four! I kept losing every single game. Daddy kept winning every single game. Today for lunch I had McDonald’s. And a little bit of my school lunch. Dinner was really good. I had a sandwich, and me and Daddy switched sandwiches. We went to Quizno’s! It was my first time going to Quizno’s. The one that I had was too spicy. It was a good thing me and Daddy switched sandwiches. Although it took me 2 hours to eat, I was at least finished before bedtime. Phew, that was a close one! Me and Daddy were watching Dakar, but first we watched the movie A Bug’s Life. That movie is actually funnier than I thought it was. I laughed at a few parts in it. As you know, I made a card for you, and now I’m sending it. But with that card comes a note.

The week coming up is going to be good, I bet. I’m learning my poem at school in my spelling book. It’s called The Sugar Plum Tree. Here’s a little part of it:

Have you ever heard of the Sugar Plum Tree?
Tis a marvel of great reknown.
It blooms on the shore of the Lollipop Sea,
In the garden of Shuteye Town.

That’s the part of it. Doesn’t it sound fun to read? I betcha you’ll say yes to that question. Because I like it a lot. Man, I wish I could send you a copy of it. Ooo, Daddy just told me I can. Well, I gotta get going, sorry. It’s already 11pm at my house. Well, catch ya later. Bye, Hot Momma!

Love,
Chica (Abigail)

Friday

Well, I hope you have a good Friday. My day is very busy with lots of work. We work from early in the morning until it's time to go to dinner. Can you imagine being in school from as soon as your breakfast is done until it's time for dinner? We do get breaks - like lunch, and sometimes Steve and Camilo (they work for me) will take a ball outside and play catch for a few minutes to get a break from work. But mostly, it’s a lot of work.

I'll send you a picture of my office soon, so you know what it looks like. I can you this - there is a funny (yucky!) smell in the offices in this building. These buildings haven't been taken care of very well, so there are some problems. At least you don't have to live or go to school where its stinky!

Take good care of Daddy and Balen. Give both of my men a big hug and kiss for me, and make sure you get one as well!

I love you,
Mommy

It's too hard to stop saying I love you

I love you I love you I love you! It’s too hard to stop saying I love you! You know what, if I could only stop doing that, even though it’s okay to do it, I just say it so much! So I think it’s going to be hard to stop saying I love you. Eek, I just said it in my mind! :-)

Well, anyways, my day was really good. I did not get my name on the board for the first time in 200777777! Balen isn’t really trying to say my name very much anymore, but like I said, he was close to saying it.

Yeah, abs is cool! I guess my name is going to be Balen’s first word. A day is always how a day goes. My week was very good. Plus, today at chapel, it was really fun! Guess what! My sticker bus only has 3 days and 2 weeks to go and then I’ll go to the treasure chest! (Well, the toy one, anyway) Well, I might as well get going, because it is already 8:25pm! :-)

You’ll always be the one who’s in my heart, most of the time anyway; you’re not the only one. :-) :-)

Love,
Abigail

Today

Today I was again very busy. I got lots of people working together on an important job, I directed some people (who I'm the boss of) on what they needed to do next, and I worked on some paperwork for someone at home. I went to a couple of meetings too. Things are starting to settle down a little bit, so I will be able to email you a little more soon. And even send you some pictures.

I need to get going though. I need to get dinner, then I'll go to an abs class. Abs - cool, huh? Your abs are your tummy muscles, if you didn't know. But whenever anyone says Abs, I think of you.

I have your picture up in my office, and everyone that sees it says "what a pretty girl" or "how beautiful!" I also keep a picture of you with me everywhere I go. It’s the picture of you and me from Christmastime. I also have the picture of Daddy and Balen that I keep with me.

Is Balen still trying to say your name? I really think that you will be his first word - he loves you a lot. And so do I!

I love you! Be a good girl - it is very important that you behave well. And it needs to come from within yourself.

You are in my heart,
Mommy

What I think of your tent and your room

Hello, Mommy!

Yeah, I did get the pictures of your tent. They’re beautiful! Man, I wish I could go there with you, but I know it’s not safe for children.

Even though it’s hard for me to stay away from you for 6 months, I can still handle it. Daddy’s been telling me that it’s okay to cry, but I’m still not very much into crying. Well, today when Balen got his diaper changed, he tried to say, “Abigail”, and he said something very close.

My motherboard got damaged because the card socket wasn’t working. It failed. Somehow, but I don’t know how. Daddy found it out first. He told me. Then I said, “Man, now we have to buy a new one.” But Daddy said, “No, we don’t.” I trusted him because I know he’s more trustworthy than me.

Well, my day was really good. I had a super duper auper good day. Of course, you know that I had lunch. Lunch was really, really good. I wish you could send an email back immediately when I’m done with this message. But I know you can’t do that.

My week was good, too. Well, I have to go now. It’s past my bedtime. Bye :-(

Love you lots, remember that you’ll always be in my heart and you’ll always be my bestest bestest love.
Abigail

My day

Hello Daughter,
I had another busy day today. So far, I have been given lots of work to get done and I haven't had a chance to actually get anything finished yet…things should start slowing down for me really soon, so I'll be able to get some work done then.

The weather right now is a little cool, but kind of nice. Did you get the pictures of my room in my tent? What do you think of it?

I'm going to send Daddy a quick email right now, then I'm out for the night!
Have a nice day, and I'll write you tomorrow!

Love,
Mommy

Life without you is tough.

Without you it is hard for me,becuase you are better than me at telling DADDY what to do. Like,telling Him to clean up. It's easer for you to tell Him what to do, isn't it?


Now, I think it's getting late for my bedtime, so I think I should go soon. What are you doing tonight? Well, in your time it's morning, so I should have said morning, but your tonight.

My day has been good, but there are a couple parts that are bad, but I don't really want to talk about the parts that are bad. My dinner was good, my lunch was good, and my breakfast was yummy. Oh I can't wait until tomorrow because tomorrow is show and tell for me, and tomorrow is Wednesday for my time. Little Balen is growing very much. He's continuing to grow his teeth. His teeth are growing really well. He's starting to eat little soft cheese bits. Balen's really really good at standing up on his own. He's doing it right now.

Daddy's doing very well with cleaning now, because he just told me that I shouldn't have said what I said at the beginning of my first sentence. Daddy's hair is growing longer, and his beard is growing longer, too. Well, not a beard, but a short beard, and I don't know what it's called.

Now I should leave. Bye, Mommy. I hope I get a message from you soon.

Love,
Abigail

RE: How hard it is without you.

Oh, Sweetie. Please behave well! I want you to be able to enjoy the nice things you have instead of have them taken away.

I've got a meeting to go to right now. I'll email you again later!

Love,
Mommy

How hard it is without you.

I've lost my wood from my bed and I sleep on my mattress on the floor now because tonight I had bad behavior. I wish I could have been better tonight (I was crying earlier and I feel like crying right now) but right now I'm not crying. Tomorrow my room will be totally empty except my desk, computer, mattress, covers, pillow, and sheets.

Love you lots, remember you're my best mother ever,
Love,
Abigail

A few pictures of where I live

Abigial, Here are a few pictures of where I live. I share a tent with 4 other women. We have a little living room and we each have our own bedroom.
I hope you can make sense of what you are seeing…please let me know if something doesn't make sense to you, and I can try to explain it.
I had a very busy day today, and I will be very busy for the next few days at least. There is a lot of stuff for me to learn here right now.
I'll have Julie take a picture of me to send to you soon, okay? Would you like that? I definitley like getting new pictures of you and Balen and Daddy. I want to see Daddy's hair grow longer, and I want to see you guys grow. Can you take a picture of Daddy for me? He will take pictures of you guys, but maybe you could take a picture of Daddy for me. Maybe Daddy can even tech you how to send me a picture - but I don't know, that might be too hard!
I love you and I miss you! Remember - you will always be in my heart! Mommy
(Sent 22 Jan 07)

How Much I Love You.

I love you very much,

MOTHER!
Your my best love ever!

Hello Abigail!

Hi Abigail!
I got your emails! I really miss you too, but don't you worry about me. Daddy needs your help around the house, and I want you to focus on being a good girl and being helpful, okay? I know that you can do it!
I've been very busy meeting new people and learning my around the place. There are other Armies and Air Forces here from other countries, and I'll be working with some of them - like the Romanians and the Australians. Ask Daddy to show you where these countries are on our globe downstairs. I'll start taking lots of pictures soon and send some to you guys, too.
I live in a tent with 4 other girls. There are wood walls set up inside the tent, so each girl has her own room. We've even got a little living room, with a TV and DVD player! Cool, huh? You know what we really need for our tent? We need some posters to put up on the walls so that they look decorated. Maybe one of these days you and Daddy and Balen can go out and buy a few posters that you'd think I'd like - I want some for my room and for our living room.
I need to get to other things now. I'm going to try to call you guys later today…hopefully I'll be able to get through. Talk to you soon, Sweetheart! Give Daddy and Balen a hug and a kiss from me. And here's one for you: X----O (that's a kiss, and a big hug).
Love you lots, Mommy

One of the best days I ever had. By,Abigail

Mommy, here's a story I made up for you: One day,at school,My friend Gabriella said: were gonna play nothin but horses. I was amazed! We played horses all day.Of course we did seatwork. (sigh) And of course we had lunch.Mm...yummy! At the end of the day,it was time for me to go home. [me]By Gabriella! [Gab]By!

Well, I have been having a good time at Gabriella's house at the sleepover. I just got home a few hours ago. It was so much fun that I wanted to stay there forever, but visit you, too. I wish I could have the best day ever with you. I'm sad you're leaving for 6 months. Oh well. (sigh) I wish you could stay here forever. And never die, too.

School has been good for me and my friends are being so nice to me. Well, kind of, Mikayla's been kind of rude. But I'm getting used to her. I hope I do get used to her, because she seems so nice. But it's hard to get used to her. I wish I could get used to her. At school every day I feel like I'm getting along better with Mikayla. I'm used to Zahra, Gabriella, and Hailee.

My week was very good. I'm starting to get used to you away from me. I'm starting to feel happier and happier as days pass by. Sometimes I feel like I wanna cry because I miss you. But I am too brave to cry. I auper,buper,cuper,duper,euper,fuper,guper,huper,iuper,juper,kuper,luper,muper,nuper,ouper,
puper,quper,ruper,super,tuper,uper,vuper,wuper,xuper,yuper,zuper love you. I wish you could be here forever. You are the best mother I could ever have. I hope you get back soon.

love,
Abigail

How special you are to me

You are one of the most special-est people I have ever met. I wish you could stay home longer. Now, I hope you get home soon.

Love,
Abigail
(originally sent 18 Jan, but email issues cropped up)

I Wish You Were Here

I wish you were here because you're so special to me. I'm sad that you are not with us. I wish you were here. I love you too much for you to be away from me. You are one of the best mommies I have ever had. (What I mean is that I don't want a different mommy.)

Love,
Abigail