when east meets south
Being a military family has its share of challenges. One of them was that we had to move every two to three years, no matter what. Most of the time we were able to sell our homes, God just always seemed to work it out. But when we moved away from Maine the market was soft. And we loved our… Read More
Thank you for your sacrificial courage to make this country the home of the brave. And the land of the free. May we not forget. “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. ‘He that will lose his life, the same shall save it,’ is not… Read More
I missed those big feet. And everything that’s connected to ’em. He got home late last night. After being away for 28 days. 28 loooong days that he’s been in Birmingham, at his new job at Lifeline. Yeah, he’s been gone for all the sickness, craziness, and heartbreak of the last few weeks. I didn’t say anything here because, well…… Read More
My man likes a lot of things. But he loves only a few. First of all he loves the Lord. He loves me. He loves his family. And he loves to fly. He will be the first to tell you, he’s been infinitely blessed to be able to do something he loves for a… Read More
I love this. A Story Before Bed is giving away 100,000 free online recordings to deployed parents in the US Armed Forces. For their littlest loved ones to listen to back home. Just click on the image or visit here for more details. I know if Chris were away, our crew sure would love to hear him read them a… Read More
Finally, Chris is home to stay. At least until he has to deploy for his new job. But that’s a worry for another day. Right now we are all celebrating his return. The kids are so excited to have 2 parents now, not to mention that having daddy home makes mommy a much better mom. We ate lunch at the… Read More
Some of our wonderful friends from our last two assignments (both Illinois and Oklahoma) were able to come by yesterday to visit. They were on their way home from vacation and had the afternoon to come by and visit with us all for a while. The boys loved having Brian here to wrestle with, they’ve missed that rough housing they… Read More
It’s hard to even start this post because so much has happened since the last time I updated the blog. On Wednesday Chris and I decided we are going to move ourselves instead of having the military move us. Because of the rising cost of gas and claims against the movers, the military is offering us enough $ to move… Read More
It was a long week househunting. We spent the first day looking at 15 houses and only one of them was on our list at the end of the day. The next day we found a few more that we were interested in, but they backed up to a 2 lane highway and we came to the conclusion that our… Read More
Our house is now on the market. We spent the last few weeks doing all those things we should have done in the last six months. Honestly, since Isabelle has come home, there is no time for such trivial things as home improvement. Chris took a week off and between the two of us, we got the house ready enough… Read More