Saying Good bye to Friends

Part of what was so hard about living in Virginia was having to say good bye to so many friends.

Two of my best buddies Liz and Melissa. Liz is now in Georgia waiting for new orders and Melissa is in Washington reunited with her family.


Lindsay, Amanda, Corrine and I enjoying a Sunday brunch. Lindsay is now in Georgia, Amanda is in Oklahoma and Corrine is now in Texas.


This is at a going away party for Ainy who moved to Texas. I love all of these ladies and had a hard time saying goodbye to every one of them.


Ladies who were/are such a blessing and encouragment!


...and more then I have pictures of. Love and miss my VA bff's

Playing Catch up...starting with Disneyworld!

It has been a long time coming, but I am finally going to try and update my blog. A lot has happened in the 7 months since my last one...so here we go.

The fam standing in line for Small World.


My parents joined us on our trip...and thank God they did!


Ry and Connor on the Dumbo ride.


At Epcot!


Mutti and Papa Bob pausing to take a pic and trying to stay cool!


We had an amazing time. We stayed at a time share resort that had a kids water feature and a gradual walk in pool. It was so hot a humid there, but we toughed it out.

Vacation!

I'm going to DISNEYWORLD! WOO HOO!!! :)

...Asking...Seeking...and Knocking!

At our Wednesday night lifegroup during prayer request time I asked for prayer for Ryan and his job search from leaving the military and entering back into the civilian job market.  When we stopped and started seeking the Lord in that time a prayer was prayed for Ryan saying, "God directs the steps of the righteous man."  And that stayed with me.  Like God was saying pay attention to that because that is what he needs to hear from Me and you will have to say that to him again and again until I have answered your prayer.  And of course a few nights later I had to remind Ryan of prayer.

At church on Sat night...Vannessa started to speak before worship of  something someone shared with her about faith, and how we seem to ask God for more faith for this, or more faith for that.  What we should be doing instead is seeking after the Lord to help us perfect the faith that we have.  After all, all God said was that we need to have faith the size of a mustard seed.  

And again I got a reminder tonight of how God is trying to speak to me...and that I need to just stop and listen...(thanks Candie for posting that clip).  

...So, if you read this and you pray...pray for Ryan's steps to be guided by God, who is the righteous one.  And for our faith to be used to it's capacity...sold out to the God who never fails or waivers.  And for us to take the time to listen now before it's too late and we have to be "spiritually smacked." 

Fun Times with the Kiddos

Since I just learned how to put pictures on here...

Brady loving his first bounce house experience

All the kiddos climbing all over eachother

Izzy Bizzy

Silly Face Connor

Brady Boy

Princess Zoey

Izzy and Amanda about to go down the slide

Me and my silly boys who can't smile normal or look at the camera

Princess and Nichole posing for a pic...so cute

See what I mean about the silly smile!!!  Goofy

The next day I had all the kids over to help out their mommies and I just had to document my insanity.

We had a blast at Jumping Joeys.  The kids get to run around and be kids and I get to act like one too.  Is there anything better!

My First Triathlon!!!

Here are some pics of a sprint triathlon that I did at the beginning of April...it was a lot of fun!

Connor cheering me on!

focused on the next leg of the race...the bike!

Sweet Friend Ivette (aka Betty) came to help Ry out with the kiddos.

Izzy and Connor cheering on Amanda and I

Amanda and Scott waiting for her to start the race.

I survived...all smiles at the end :)

I found a new hobby!  Definitely want to do another one...hopefully in July if I can get my rear end to the gym again. 

Bragging about my Hubby!

Since we moved to Virginia 3 years ago Ryan has been taking classes to get his Masters in Public Administration.  And just recently he completed his final research paper, which is a well written 40 page paper that I think is exceptional.  We just found out that he got an A on his research paper and an A for his final class, which in and of itself is a huge accomplishment and something to be proud of.  But that final A was the icing on the cake.  My Ryan is graduating with a Masters in Public Administration with a 4.0 Grade Point Average.  Yes my friends he got straight A's!!!

Yeah Ryan...I am so proud of you!!!!

Thank you for making our sacrifices mean something, and working so hard for our family!