This past Friday was PC’s change of command ceremony. He’s now head honcho for the 3rd largest company in the Marine Corps. For you non-military folks, I’ll humbly tell you this is kind of a big deal.  Im really proud of him and all his hard work. Two of the units that fall under him [...]

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*This post contains graphic images*
This afternoon was not one of our better days. The straw that broke the camel’s back was catching Nathan stand on my laptop (it survived). That was followed by an entire batch of burnt pancakes for dinner (“mom whats for dinner?” me: “burnt pancakes” Nathan: “but I don’t want burnt ones.” [...]

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Mackenzie is sort of like a little mini baby (sniff) toddler sized King Kong. She has that teetering stance and those big claw hands just waiting to snatch up a piece of carefully placed runway, lineup of fighter jets, Little People or the latest- Playmobil piece. Case in point?
Exhibit A:

Subsequently Nathan’s play area has been [...]

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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 [...]

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