A tearful goodbye

Tom left for Ireland at 3:30pm this afternoon. We all remember how horrible it was without him last time he went and we have been dreading it since we found out he had to go again. Well when the time came for him to kiss us all goodbye, Katie lost it. She hugged him, kissed him, and went running off crying to her room to cry in her bed. It was heartbreaking! I started crying when I kissed him goodbye. He couldn't stand leaving with Katie crying like that. So he went in her room and told her that he will be home in 9 days and will watch the video of her Christmas program with her when he gets home. That calmed her down and he left. A minute after he walked out the door, he came back in. He forgot his jacket. She got another hug and kiss from Daddy and when he left, she started crying again. It was horrible! Brittanie made peanut butter cookies with her and that took her mind off of how much she was hurting. Tom is the center of our family. We are lost without him. We will definitely be counting down the days till he gets home!

Yall please pray that he has a good trip there and back and doesn't get sick. He was sick earlier in the week. He was fine when he left today but it is cold and rainy in Ireland. It is miserable to be sick when you are away from home.

Now on to a funny story. Saturday, Brittanie had to work at Sonic....a 9 hour shift. Well they told her earlier in the week that everyone wears a Santa hat for the month of December. She went out and bought a Santa hat. She put it on before leaving for work and was not happy at having to wear it. She said she looks like a dork. I told her that Santa hats are cute and that she would only look like a dork if she were the only one wearing one but since everyone would be wearing their Santa hats, it will be cute. She still wasn't happy about it (as you can tell in the picture below).Well when she went on break she called me half mad and half laughing. When Brittanie walked into work, everyone turned and saw her in the Santa hat and started laughing. Seems that is a joke they play on the new employees. So she was the only one wearing the Santa hat. They told her in the summer they tell the new employees that they have to wear sunglasses during the whole month of June and laugh when they come to work wearing them. So she got pranked. She thought it was funny but wasn't happy because that hat messed up her hair. hahaha