One of the things I got to come home to was my new espresso maker- there was an ‘oops we forgot to ship it’ snafu so it wasn’t here before I left.. You may recall that it was my anniversary present this year. PC did a great job of not only setting it up but [...]

Filed under: The Captain, Things I like

1) Waking up to the sound of a baby babbling and squealing in her crib.
2) Having Nathan insist I get him ready for bed and practically clinging to me, telling me how much he loves me and Im the greatest.
3) Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. Laugh if you will- it gets results.
4) Planning a birthday [...]

Filed under: Grace in Small Things

Here’s the short version: what do you do when you are at a crossroads in life. Two totally different paths, both with great pro’s and con’s, but you have to pick one or the other?
And forgive me in advance- I haven’t had time to proofread this. Children can’t be ignored any longer.
Lets start back at [...]

Filed under: Colorado and Mountains Make Me Happy, Military Life, This Is My Life

In order to calculate the number of miles traveled this summer I needed the assistance of Google maps. I was only focused on the total miles listed at the top of the page without paying much attention to the “directions.” PC about fell out of his chair laughing when he looked at the directions from [...]

Filed under: The Whole Wide World

Well. Here we are, home again. 24,817 is roughly the number of miles we have traveled in the last 50 days. The house looks like a bomb went off. No seriously. I’ve been gearing up for the last month or so thinking about how we need to live more simply and all the CRAP I [...]

Filed under: Colorado and Mountains Make Me Happy, The Whole Wide World, This Is My Life, Travel

Headed home. Anticipating a long day which may be mitigated somewhat by the fact that we’ve been upgraded. PC and I have that is. Seriously. The kids- evidently are to fend for themselves. If they don’t make the cut I’ve opted to take Nathan up to business class with me (hey- PC got to fly [...]

Filed under: Travel

The air conditioning was broken at the Exchange (which, btw- is AMAZING. It makes the Kadena BX look suckier than it already is). I told Nathan I couldn’t handle it and we weren’t going to stay long because it was SO HOT. To which he responded, very matter of fact, “yes, it is hot, I [...]

Filed under: yes he said that- and no I didn't teach him

So….Virginia. I can’t believe how much I’ve missed this place. All sorts of memories are coming back to me as we go from here to there. And, for a girl like me, who has no sense of direction, you have no idea how comforting it is to be able to drive around the DC area [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life, Travel

1) Yesterday Nathan was helping my brother cut his hair in the backyard. Occasionally he would hold the clippers and run them through my brothers hair. And then he turned them on himself. That little cowlick that would spike up in the front? Gone. Not entirely a bad thing I guess.
2)  Mackenzie has just started [...]

Filed under: McSassy, Nate the Great

Dear Mac,
Lets get right down to business. First and foremost you started crawling 3 days ago. Im not sure how I feel about this. Maybe its because I haven’t had a chance to actually stop and think about it, since Im so busy making sure your brother hasn’t left a lego piece in your path [...]

Filed under: McSassy