The Marine Wife

Give me greatness of heart to see, the difference between duty and his love for me.Give me understanding so that I may know,when duty calls him, he must go.Give me a task to do each day,to fill the time when he’s away.When he’s in a foreign land,keep him safe in your loving hand.And when duty is in the field,please protect him and be his shield.And Lord, when his deployment seems so long,please stay with me and keep me strong.

A Marine Wife has so much to bear, She's everything at once, no one could compare,When God made her, he had perfection in mind, For nowhere on Earth is another of her kind. She leads a life not many would choose, For her job is the hardest in the military to do, She is courageous and strong, one would say made of steel, But way deep down is a heart that can feel. She stands by her husband, so proud and so tall, And waits many night by the phone for a call, She's Mommy and Daddy all rolled into one, She'll never rest easy until her job's done. She sits all alone and in silence she cries, Did I do a good job, is my family alright? But deep in her heart she knows that it's true, God is right beside her helping her through.
Marine Wife


M any would not choose it

A lways faithful

R ight by her husband's side

I n moments of sadness she stands strong

N ever an easy job

E verything at home rests on her shoulders


W aits by the phone for a call

I pray for my husband's safe return

F ears for her husband's safety

E ndures long separations

See you later Alligator

This morning Pete left for deployment. We dropped him off last night and said our goodbyes.Very emotional for us all. Well except for Mason, he is too young. We are all sad but doing well. Please keep us and Pete in your thoughts and prayers.

CONGRATS!

Congratulations to my cousin Lucas and his wife Jen,on the birth of their little bundle of joy.

In the dog house

Mason found Ginger's kennel to be very cozy!

Fast Friends

Mason and Nicholas having fun together.

Smores with the Headleys

Yummy!

The Marine Corp Museum

The Headley's were gracious enough to take us to the Marine Corp Museum, even though they have been there about 100 times. It's a phenomenal museum. We really enjoyed it. Pete said it was like going to a revival. There were defiantly times were we were in awe of all the history.

The Nelson's went a visiting

We are home after a great weekend trip to see the Headley crew. We roasted marshmallows and had smores. The kids played great together, even Maggie got along with their two dogs. I have a lot of pictures to share but I haven't got them from the camera to the computer yet. We have been having computer trouble. As soon as it's straightened out I'll post pictures.

kids riding bikes

Emily is wearing flip flops to ride her bike. Where's the safety patrol?

Spirit Cruise

We celebrated our anniversary by going on a dinner cruise, on the Spirit of Norfolk.It was a beautiful day for it. We cruised down the Elizabeth River for 3 hours. There was dinner and dancing. Although we didn't dance. There was a half dozen roses and champagne on the table for us. We ventured out to the observation deck to see the pod of dolphins swimming by. It was the first time we have celebrated our anniversary, the right way,without the kids.

12 YEARS

August 10, 1996Today

Pete and I will have been married for 12 years this Sunday. In the twelve years,we have had three children and lived in numerous homes. Some of which were in another country. I can honestly say I love him more today than the day I married him.

Pete I'm so proud to be your wife and I can't wait to see what another 12 years bring us.

I LOVE YOU!

CW03 in the house!

Pete was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 3 this morning. There was an informal ceremony in the wardroom of the ship. Not what we're used to. What can I say it's the Navy. I'm so proud of him!

The Brown's came to visit

I'm so thankful for good friends.The kind who would drive 3 hours to see you. We had a great visit from the Brown family. They were our neighbors in Okinawa. Our kids played together just about everyday. It has been a year since we have seen them and in that year they haven't changed a bit. Mason really took to Ryan. It could be that he misses male attention,since Pete is gone. Emily and Jacob were very sad to se them go. We'll see you all again.

Coming Along

Painting the undercoat. Gluing the tissue paper.

Crafts

This is our summer art project. Pinatas. Today was the messy paper mache' part. In a few days they will dry and we can begin to decorate. Emily is making a pig and Jacob is making a dog.

I'll post pictures of the finished pinatas before they get wacked.

Blah

Summer just isn't as fun when your husband is deployed. All the family activities are missing one main component,Daddy. Although I try to keep the kids entertained and having fun. It just isn't the same when Pete is gone.
I sometimes get overwhelmed at all the responsibility of being a temporary singe parent.

Funny Things

Mason and I were sitting on the couch reading books and looking through Parents magazine. I was asking him to point out things like trees and babies. When we came to this ad in the mag Mason points and says"Dada" I said "no, that's a soccer player". He just kept pointing and saying Dada.
Funny part 2
Jacob is playing legos and brings me the latest thing he built. "Look mom it's the Yahtzee thing from the Indiana Jones movie"
Kids!

HA!

I was just surfing the net and found this cute saying on a t-shirt site. Ladies we all know it true.

Had to do it

Before
After


Today was the last straw for Pete. We were shopping and a lady said how cute "she" was with "her" flip hairdo. So we took Mason for a hair cut. I'm not used to it. It's shorter than I had envisioned. I liked his long locks,but it's just hair it will grow back.

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