relishing the life God has given us
2017 was filled with challenges — both ones we had been expecting for a long time, and ones that took us by surprise. It was filled with trials and uncertainty, with waiting and praying. It consisted of more big decisions, more complications, and more experiences that required us being way outside our comfort zone. It put us in circumstances where… Read More
Our PCS to Hawaii • May – November 2017 After we received our orders to Hawaii (read about how we found out here), we were very overwhelmed by all the different details we had to work out. One thing that was helpful to me was reading other blogs written by military wives about their experience. This post will outline our experience,… Read More
There is no brief way to explain how this whole situation came about, so if you’re interested in knowing all the details and complications of our PCS to Hawaii, I’ll probably write about the entire thing once it’s all over. To give a little more backstory, check out my post about receiving our orders to Hawaii. Basically, the earliest we could… Read More
I’ve been hesitant to share updates on what’s coming next in our military journey because of how uncertain these things are. But now that we actually have orders in hand, I guess it’s as good a time as any to spill the beans! Since Summer 2015, Curtis has been going through the Navy’s training pipeline. We thought we knew where… Read More
Graduation Day | Friday, August 12, 2016 Not to be overshadowed by all the other crazy events of our last week in SC, this one will get its own post. Curtis graduated on Friday morning — the day after moving out of our house and mere hours before hitting the road for good! Curtis graduated with distinction, in the top… Read More
Last Week in Charleston || August 5-12, 2016 We’re back! And by back, I mean back on the blog, back on the internet, and getting back to “normal”, whatever that is! We are now 1000 miles North of where we were in our last post, so obviously I have some catching up to do. Over the next week we’ll go… Read More