Our life has seemed crazy busy lately, each day filled with various fun activities. Cedar’s swimming lessons happened every morning for 2 weeks, we’ve visited with friends and family, gone swimming at the pool and lakes, walked in…
One recent day– after a rainy, dreary day, plans falling through, and an afternoon spent moping around feeling sad– the sun finally emerged from behind the clouds. The evening was lovely and cool, the sky had a pre-…
I got a hankering to climb a mountain one day recently, so I made it happen. It was tough, and even though I consider myself in fairly good condition, I got frustrated with how difficult it was and…
They planted a lilac tree, Ashton and her grandpa. Having these grandparents around is making this deployment experience so much richer and happier than, I am guessing, it would have been had we stayed in Florida. Here we…
The kids and I enjoyed some camping company last weekend, and although I do like camping even with just the three of us, I really like sharing the experience with others. We camped overnight with Matt’s mom and…
We are now one day past our first month of Matt’s deployment. The kids and I have enjoyed, and sometimes been challenged by, the past month of what’s felt like a long vacation. We’ve spent lots of time…
Sorry to take so long to post about our recent adventures, but things have been in a state of change for about a month. Matt and I packed up and loaded our household goods into a storage container,…
I have had a severe case of photo-block for several weeks, so I apologize for the lack of photos. With the stress of Matt about to deploy for 9 months on his Navy ship, packing up our house…
