On December 31, 2019, Curtis and I watched the last sunset of the year on Haleakala. Making it through 2019 felt like a huge accomplishment. We had survived our last full year attached to an active duty submarine, and would be moving away in just a few months. 2020 was the year we had been…
We’re so excited to share that we are moving back to the Midwest, to the closest we’ve been to ‘home’ in the past 7 years! This summer, we are saying goodbye to Hawaii and aloha to Omaha, Nebraska, and believe it or not, we are thrilled! As most of you know, we’ve been living on…
To say I knew nothing about what military life was like before becoming a Navy wife is an understatement. I grew up in Eastern Iowa, where there are no military bases, and therefore had no exposure to people in the military. In my mind, being military meant going to war or being overseas, and that…
We love to share our Year in Review posts every year, and since we’re coming to the end of a decade, we thought it’d be fun to summarize the last 10 years together. This is a look back into all that happened and changed in our lives over this last decade. There were a lot…
As I look back over the events of 2019, the word that comes to mind is Overcome. I see the trials that came in the form of being apart, and I think about how Curtis advanced in his career during that time and how I held down the fort at home and filled each day…
Reflecting on 2018, it’s harder to see change in our lives than it was in the past few years. Throughout our marriage, each year had been filled with big, obvious changes — moving to a new state, traveling to new places, and Curtis working or going to school somewhere new. Until this year: 2018 was…