Thanks!

Wow, what a week it has been.  Last Wednesday my folks came into town for the very first time since we moved back to Havelock! Adam also came down Wednesday afternoon and Jessica, Jason, Landon, and Bella (just a couple of months away) came into town Thanksgiving day!  Emily made one HECK of a Thanksgiving meal and was quite the hostess as we had a full house for the first time! 

After everyone got some much needed rest Friday morning, Emily and I took the family to Minnesot Beach and Oriental by way of the NC Ferry system!  Although it was overcast and VERY windy, it seems as though everyone had a good time and Landon got to enjoy his first ferry ride!

 

It's been a few months since all of us have been together under one roof and hopefully it won't be that long again.  We had a great time hosting and it was really good being able to spend Thanksgiving together again!

Getting ready...

So in this past week we've celebrated the 235th Marine Corps Birthday, Veteran's Day, and even South Carolina winning their very first South Eastern Conference East Division title! Now it's time to get ready for the holidays...

Thanksgiving will bring in my folks to see the new house for the first time!  Jessica, Jason, Landon, and Bella (soon) will be here to visit as we host a holiday for the first time in our house.  It's pretty exciting to finally be "grown up!"

Blessings

Doesn't it just feel awesome when someone notices when you pour your heart and soul into something??

This past Sunday our friends Justin and Shara (along with the rest of UTurn) organized a church softball game that would be followed with food and fellowship. The event itself was an absolute blessing as we all played (first time in a long while for me), ate, and eventually started our "Ask the Pastor" service. Granted it was a little chilly but it was awesome looking around our circle and seeing men and women of all ages coming together for our cause...to celebrate all that He has given us!

After our softball game we trekked on over to the church where we held our weekly service. Boy were we in for a nice surprise! One of our regulars brought a professional Japanese singer to sing some of our hymns! This woman was AMAZING and it turns out that she's a pastor in Japan. It's pretty cool that while she's visiting, she wanted to come by a see how we worship.

The best thing? At the end of our service, she came up to me and told me that she plans on going back to her church and changing the way they worship!

I don't care who you are, that's pretty cool!

"You can cling to your fears if you want to. To your heart and your soul you must be true..."
- Edwin McCain

Well here we are...

I'll give you two guesses as to what my costume is all about!  That's right, this year we decided (last minute) to go to a Halloween party to celebrate! Emily came up with these amazing costume ideas and we had a complete blast at the party!  Where was it, you may want to know...

We aren't really sure (weird I know). We were invited by some friends of ours to go to a party that they were invited to (yes, they were told to bring friends) by a client of hers (she's a hair styler). So since we really haven't been able to celebrate much in the past, we figured that this was our year!  And boy was it ever!  When we got there, we pulled up to a field where some 200 cars were parked.  There were people dressed as devils, referees, chickens, breathalyzers (one of my favorite), and all sorts of crazy things.  This was a BIG deal!

We walked up to this HUGE house on the Trent River (literally...RIGHT ON the river) and there were 3 open bars, an oyster bar, a buffet table, a dessert table, it was truly ridiculous!  I won't bored you with all of the night's specifics but let's just say it was one of the coolest parties I've ever been to and it was definitely the biggest!

Hope everyone had a happy (and safe) Halloween and bring on Thanksgiving and Christmas!!

P.S.  Figure it out yet??

I'm going to go back and think about all that has happened over the past few weeks and talk about it one day...today is just not that day...

It's 0630c on 12 May 2010. I pick up my Separations Orders at 0800...out of town by 0830. What a long journey this has been and what an exciting road ahead of me...!

"I have nothing left to give, I have found the perfect end."
- Breaking Benjamin

I know I need to update this thing but I don't really want to sit down and think of all the craziness right now...


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30 days...

There's just 30 days left...wow.

Since the last post, things have gotten even more hectic (I'd that's possible)! With the purchase of the new house, the 10 days of "Housing hunting" leave was definitely put to good use!

Originally we laughed at the realization of having 10 days off. There was NO way we'd need all those days in Havelock (since we'd already found of perfect house). But alas come the last day in town, we were still meeting with painters and carpeters and to this day we're still working on paint colors...

It's just amazing how much work is put into a house to make it a home. We're excited as anything to get to the final product but there's still 30 more days of work to be done. 30 days...

I'm not gonna lie and say that I'm ready to get out of the Marine Corp. How could I? Thanks to the world's finest I have a skill, a job (hopefully), and a TON of memories! I remember my times as a young Marine in the "LCU" with J, Kyle, Fred, Drew, 'Ski, and Michele. I remember the amazing memories of finding "the church" and finally realizing who I wanted to become. And then there's my BEAUTIFUL wife! I couldn't have done all of these things had it not been for the United States Marine Corps...

All of that comes to an end in 30 days...wow...

"Times like these
And times like those
What will be, will be
And so it goes..."
- Jack Johnson