Category: military life

Road Trip to the University Of Alabama

military life, moving, vacation
University of Alabama campus tour

We are well into our very first cross country road trip tonight, currently staying in Amarillo. “Amarillo by Morning” is now stuck in my head. It’s 12 am central time, and we are pretty sleepy. Unfortunately, we put clothes in the hotel washing machine downstairs. That means we have another hour and fifteen minutes, at best, before we can go to bed. Now I wish we’d packed ourselves more clothing. Drat. It was a long day of driving, driving, and […]

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Cross Country Road Trip of a Lifetime: First Stop: Alabama

art, babies, baby milestones, books, brothers, family, genealogy, military life, moving, vacation

JD’s first move— He seems to be having a pretty good time.  Today Alan and I kissed our children good-bye and set back out–alone this time–on our big cross-country road trip. It’s really been fun so far.  Over the last few days I have gotten to visit both sides of our families, swim in the backyard pool with my two oldest boys, celebrate JD’s first birthday, visit a Pioneer Museum in Alabama, and even revisit the University of Alabama campus, […]

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Cross Country Road Trip: Days 2 &3

military life, moving, road trip, vacation

Day 2 Day Two was off to a smashing start. We loaded up the van, got cozy in our seats, turned the key……..and nothing. That was the 3rd dead battery in a week, so there was no escaping the fact that we needed a new battery. We got jumped off from a kind stranger: a sweet little lady with a Christian fish on her van. You know, you have to really know you’re a good Christian to put one of […]

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Road Trip Day 1: First stop, Knoxville

attitude, babies, friends, grandparents, military life, moving

Our move-out inspection was at 9am this morning. I think they actually all got started around 8:30 am, which was a good thing because it took a while. John David has proved to be quite the handful this week, all by himself, so I decided to take him for a walk and keep him out of the way, at the park, during the big inspection. I’m really glad I did because it was over two hours before Alan was done. […]

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wrapping up and moving out

military life, moving

Right now I am sitting in my car so that John David can nap.  His crib is on a humongous,  seriously full,  moving van headed west.  That’s right.  All of our stuff is gone.  Our house is empty. His play pen is at our hotel room. Yesterday sweet little JD actually took one of his naps in the guest room floor of my friend Stacie ‘ s house.  JD and I hung out there while they emptied our house because […]

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Military Kids and Moving

friends, grandparents, hard times, military life, moving, parenting

  My kids are the classic military kids. They have weathered years of deployments. They have said good-bye to so many friends, and they have moved several times in their short lives. This particular move is bigger for the boys, though. This is the first move that Joshua and Caleb will remember for the rest of their lives. Saying good-bye to people that you are close to, people that are like family, is hard. It’s also hard to watch your […]

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Breathe, breathe, breathe…..Moving time is here!!!

kid quotes, military life, moving

Prepping for the big cross-country move…..it’s exhausting! If you come to our house this week, it will look like we plan to stay another year. There are no boxes to be seen, and all of our stuff is still sitting in its regular old place. That’s the beauty of a military move. They actually send a team of “packers” to your house, and in 2 or 3 days every single item we own–minus candles and cleaning products–will be boxed up. […]

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On the Outside Looking In

4 kids, babies, baby, blessings, hard times, military life, moving, three year old, video, videos

On the outside looking in, we have had an amazing week: That’s us at a Washington Nationals game on Memorial Day. We love baseball games, and that was really fun. Plus, we’ve gotten to see some wonderful friends this week. Thanks for having us over, Pastor and Terri!!! Their dog is probably still recovering from what Daniel seemed to think was their ‘play date.’ Poor Annie. So good things have happened, and a few crummy things have happened, but nothing […]

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Date Night Tonight!!!

baby, baby milestones, military life, moving

Well, it finally happened. JD is crawling. And as promised, here are two photos of the event. In other news, at this moment Alan just came downstairs with ideas for things I need to do to prepare for the move.  Ugh. ugh. ugh. Did I mention moving is not fun at all??? Also, why does it require so much ‘calling people’. I live in dread of having to call people. Bleh. But here’s the good news: Date night tonight!!  Yep, […]

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Living Everywhere, We Have Learned that the People Make the Place

attitude, friends, God, military life, moving, parenting, washington dc

I thought this picture was perfect for that nervous, excited but sad, feeling that you get, just as you are about to move. We are four weeks out from the longest distance, most emotional move we’ve ever made.   This will be our eighth move. However, this is the very first move where our little boys are old enough to understand it.  We’ve been in the area for five years and in this house for three.  We have never lived […]

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