Gift #628- Finishing

 

Gift #627- Functional and Fashionable Headwear

 

Gift #626- A High School Graduate

 

May 2019

Gift #626- A First Visit to Disney World

 May 2019

Gift #626- Safety

 Hurricane Micheal October 2018.  The category 5 storm packed a powerful punch!  And although things got a little messy, we were safe.  Our families were safe.  Paul and Catherine let us stay at the farm in Troy for weeks while we waited for electricity and water.  It has been 3.5 years since the storm and our community is still recovering.  But we were safe and we are grateful.  

Gift #625- Cousins

 "Cousins are those childhood playmates that grow up to be forever friends"

Gift #624- Braces Off!

 

Check out this Chick Magnet after he just got his braces off!  September 2018

Gift #623- A First Concert

 Niall Horan Concert with my girl!  September 2018

Gift #622- This Big Ol' Softy

Im thankful for this man who has always indulged my crazy love of pets.  Often times, he has been on deployment when these pets have been acquired and he comes home to a new member of the family.  I will admit- the goats were a bit much.  

 

Gift #621- Home

 

We moved home!  Hank got a job at Tyndall Air Force Base and after 20 years away, we moved home!

Gift #620- Siblings

July 2018

 December 2016

"Brothers and sisters together as friends ready to face whatever life sends."  

-Robert Brault

Gift #619- School in My Laundry Room

I started back to school in August of 2016 to obtain my masters degree in social work.  I attended live online courses from the University of Southern California from my "office" in Beaufort, SC.  This was my very first class.  
 

Gift #618- Picking Up Where You Left Off

Nearly 5 years has passed since I posted on this site!  A lot has changed.  A lot has stayed the same.  My goal is to complete my journey to 1000 Gifts!  God is still good and His gifts are still abundant, but I have not been as quick to number these gifts and give thanks for them.   I need to do this.

Gift #617- Old Friends

Look who I ran into at a change of command a few days ago!  Steve and Sandy Brown.  Sandy was the daughter of the pastor at the church where I grew up (Grace Baptist Church).  I loved her and her family so much.  The ministry of her family shaped my childhood and my life.  It had been almost 30 years since our paths had crossed.  Steve is a Navy Chaplain.  We had been stationed at many of the same places, but not at the same time.  Sandy had two boys first- just like me.  Her second son is Joshua- just like my Josh.  Her third and fourth are boy and girl twins- just like mine!  Her fifth was adopted from Asia- just like mine!  She has rabbits and chickens- just like me!  (Except hers don't live on her porch).  She has lived in Iwakuni and VA and South Carolina. We never imagined that at a change of command on a sticky July night in Beaufort, SC we would meet once again.  I smiled all the way home!

Gift #616- Passport Kids Camp

It looks like they are having fun!  See you in a few days Sam and Macy!

Gift #615- BCoB Youth Group

I love these BCoB Kids!

Passport Summer Camp 2017

Gift #614- VMFA-312's CO

 March 2017

Congratulations Hank on a job VERY well done.  You should be so very proud of yourself.  I sure am.  Thanks for taking me along with you on this crazy ride.  It has been a fantastic adventure.  

Thanks Thomas family (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins for shaping Hank into the man that he is today. He is a good one!

Thanks for being there for him on this very special occasion and for his whole life! 

Gift #613- Being 7 years old!

Happy Birthday Bo!  7 years old!  We love you!

Gift #612- Cousins!

Cousins who were patient with their littlest cousins and their dog cousin!  We had so much fun with you Ella and Riley!  When are you coming back?

Gift #611- A Dad Like This

This was Father's day.  I remember in this moment thinking how grateful I am for a husband who leads by example and places a high priority on sharing his faith with his children.  

Happy Father's Day Hank.  

I am also extremely proud to be the daughter of a truly amazing father and the daughter-in-law of my husbands wonderful father!  Blessed beyond measure!