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Birthday. Or as I like to call it, Birthmonth.
Why not have the whole month instead of just a day to celebrate how awesome you are?! Birthdays are just fun. I love birthdays, and have since I was a kid. As an adult, it’s usually not as acceptable to run around telling everyone, “Hey! It’s my birthday!!!!” as you would when you are 5.… Continue reading
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Hannah’s Celebration Festivities and a Weekend Away
On Hannah’s birthday, we attended Eric’s work picnic. There was a cool rock wall to climb. Hannah loved it, but liked the swinging back down more than the climbing up. Eric got into it too, and made it to the top to ring the bell! Of course he made it look effortless. And Jake climbed… Continue reading
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Tomorrow You Are Three!
Hannah is three?! Wowee! How in the world can that be!? Weren’t you just added to our family? My the time it really does go so quickly! Growing up so fast into such a ‘lil lady No longer my squishy little baby. You crawled, walked, played and more, Living in our paradise out by the… Continue reading
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I Tri’d
Whew. I did the dang thing! Here’s the milage breakdown: 7 mile warm up from T2/Finish line to Goss Lake/Start line 800 yd swim in Goss Lake (warmer than I thought, thank goodness!) 19.5 mile bike ride 3.8 mile run When I signed up for this race, I misread the distances and thought it was a… Continue reading
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Should I Marry Military?
I get asked this question from time to time. It’s also phrased by non-military friends as statements: “I just don’t know how you do it. How do you go for months and months (and years!) without being together? Isn’t it hard?” Well, yes. (Duh.) It’s extremely hard. Could you do it? Sure. You can do… Continue reading
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The Post I Wish I’d Written…
My good friend Katy Chaffin wrote this piece. As a vet and a proud military spouse, I feel she is qualified in a very unique way to express what so many of us feel. Katy’s family is currently serving our country overseas. “Each time my family is separated in defense of this “Great Nation” I… Continue reading
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Let Them Be the Hero
So often, I rush in as the mom to “help” my husband with the kids. Regardless of whether or not he asks for my help. Especially after a deployment, it is so incredibly easy to just jump in and handle any situation with the kids. I’ve been doing it the whole deployment anyway, so why… Continue reading
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Arriving
July makes me reflective. July 2011, I joined a “little workout class”, that forever changed the trajectory of my (and my family’s) life. The left side of this image is what I looked like at that time: (Note the TWO pieces of cake! Gross!) I was in a size 16 (barely), should have been a… Continue reading
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