It’s still just the kids and me, finding all kinds of adventures to fill our days. We had Grandma Jean here for a good while and, with the warm and sunny weather she brought with her, we did…
I realize I haven’t updated you all on our recent happenings, so here it is. Matt is at the Navy School of Music in Virginia now, doing almost nothing but practicing the piano for 14 hours a day.…
The kids and I joined our friends at one of the most beautiful Jacksonville woods, Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park, one bright and gorgeous Sunday. We walked and chatted while kids ran and played– and a couple of…
We have a pretty awesome thing happening right now: A group of homeschooling families here on base found one another and formed a formal homeschool group. What this means is that we no longer have to drive hours…
2013 came and went in a whirlwind of moving back to Florida, waiting for Matt to come home and then getting him back, visits from Grandmas, and lots of family togetherness. I see that these are the times…
I got to be a photographer for a homecoming recently, and it was truly an amazing experience. Having been on the line of people waiting for my husband to get the heck off that ship, I knew I…
When people around me start catching on to the fact that I am often toting around my big camera and snapping photos of all the kids running around… and then when I post pretty photos of their babies…
For 2 weeks, Matt was gone on his ship. It not being a deployment and knowing he would be home soon, I did my best to enjoy it and connect with my kids and community more deeply. One…
Our princess really is a princess now. Well, almost– she still needs a canopy first, which we are thinking of getting her for Christmas, and then she will be a true princess. The reason I know she is a…
Since we returned to Florida after our time in Montana while Matt was deployed, we’ve had the amazing opportunity to be part of a homeschool co-op here in Jacksonville. Some really smart and nice ladies thought it up…
