4.30.2008
impending doom
Okay, not really, but today I found out I have to have surgery. Cue butterflies. I've never had surgery before and I'm pretty sure they're putting me out for this one. I know I'm going to be fine, but tell that to my nervous tummy. I'm having it done on Friday at 8am. It's going to be a quick outpatient procedure so at least I don't have to stay in the hospital! And I have an excuse to lay around and demand things of everyone who comes to my house. Now I'm sure that no one is going to come see me having read that! Anyhow, no worries, it will be a minor surgery and I'm not worried, just nervous. Please remember me in your prayers on Friday morning! I'll update you on how it goes!
4.24.2008
Korean Baby Singing Hey Jude
If you don't enjoy this you have issues! Oh my!!! I want my babies to be this cute!!!
the day he came home
I just thought I would share these pictures that I finally got a hold of with whomever may be reading this blog.
Periodically throughout the year Derek lives on a submarine. There is no way of calling him, no way or hearing his voice for months at a time. Our only contact is email, and that's sporatic at best. All that is said so that you can understand the pure excitement and joy when I see this:
Periodically throughout the year Derek lives on a submarine. There is no way of calling him, no way or hearing his voice for months at a time. Our only contact is email, and that's sporatic at best. All that is said so that you can understand the pure excitement and joy when I see this:
Now these are not zoomed in at all. My friends and I were standing on the beach at Ft. Clinch where the sub passes through. All I could think that day was "My husband is in there! I wonder what he's doing right now?!" Once he made it home and I asked, all he was doing was packing. Man, you think of you husband as a superhero saving the world, and all he's doing is packing, ready to get home to me!
Normally there are men in green vests on top of the boat from what I hear, but if you notice, the water was really choppy that day. It was windy beyond all and if anyone was standing on top because if they were, they wouldn't have been for long! :)
4.21.2008
My First Ball :)
Alright alright Rita! :) Here are your pictures!
Friday night Derek and I attended the Navy Submarine 108th Birthday Ball.
Our friend Jill said she takes awesome pictures! :)
(minus the red eye, it was the best of the night!)
Our friends Eric and Kristy
Tom and Emily Buckles
Captain and Mrs. Isom
Our table ladies Me, Emily, Tiffany, and Kristy
I just realized that all our names end in Y thats fun!
The ladies from our Bible Study
Me, Amy, Jill, Kristy, and Skylar
My amazing dinner
Could someone please tell me what that green thing is? I ate it and it was yum!
It was no New York Cheesecake, but the fruit was yummy!
The melting ice sculpture
Amy and Mike
She's due on June 1st! :)
Jon figured out why he doesn't like Guiness...lol
I made thie stuff for Jon and Jill...it was a surprise for Jon
He got home at the beginning of last week, so Jill wanted to surprise him
I think it turned out pretty nice!
Our room. We stayed at the Hyatt that night just for fun!
The morning after
I'm trying to show off my cute shirt but you cant really see it! :)
Over all my first ball went well. My friend Pam did my hair and did a great job! I had curls and for the first time ever, they didn't fall out! The food was great! The drunk men all around were disgustingly hilarious! The company was wonderful. And really, it was awesome to be able to toast our comander and chief together. You don't see much respect for him anymore! :) So yeah, this will likely be the only ball I ever attend...but I will say, it was one experience I won't forget for a while! :)
4.16.2008
my superhero husband
So my husband is a submariner in the Navy and I can't begin to describe how proud I am of him. I just can't imagine living for months at a time in a huge enclosed metal "whale" without seeing the sun! Being in those things for so long takes a special man. And Derek is just that!
Derek and I have talked several times about whether we want to stay in the Navy or get out after a 2 year shore tour. After he got home from his most recent deployment, I really thought that we would be getting out. At least that's what I thought, until Sunday. Apparently Derek is really praying about the possibility of re-signing. He said that for some reason last week he just felt like God was really telling him that we should stay in. Now we don't have to commit to anything yet, so we're praying, a lot.
I like the idea of staying in the Navy, mostly because of the security that it provides. I also like thinking of my husband as a super hero! :) But I know that God has been preparing me for this life for a long time. I can handle it, so I'm not afraid thinking of the future. I get excited thinking of the challenges that I'll face! I don't know. We'll see what happens in the future, but until then, pray with us about what God wants us to do! I can't wait to see what's in our future!
4.14.2008
Visitors from afar
Tonight at dinner my husband had a fortune cookie and it read something like this: "An unexpected visitor will bring you a blessing" but whats crazy about the fortune is, this time, it was true!
Yesterday after church Derek and I were wasting time in Brunswick waiting for the evening service when I received a call from my Aunt Barbara. She tried to be sneaky and figure out where we were, but since we were 45 minutes away she had to fess up and let me know that they were in Saint Marys for a surprise visit! I can honestly say that I haven't been THAT excited in a long time! It was a short visit, but so refreshing! Derek and I had just been talking the night before about how much I was missing family in general, so it was a complete God visit! They brought their camper and stayed a Crooked Creek State Park which is GORGEOUS! Last night Derek and I spent several hours out their with them grilling steaks and looking at pictures. It really may not seem like much in just reading this, but it was quite possibly the most amazing surprise I've ever had.
If there was one thing I hope was acheived in the short visit though, I hope that Derek and I were able to encourage them. They have been through so much in the past and just get so discouraged, so I hope that the trip was as refreshing and encouraging as it was for us!
I love family and surprises, so this makes the past weekend the best I've had in a while! :)
Yesterday after church Derek and I were wasting time in Brunswick waiting for the evening service when I received a call from my Aunt Barbara. She tried to be sneaky and figure out where we were, but since we were 45 minutes away she had to fess up and let me know that they were in Saint Marys for a surprise visit! I can honestly say that I haven't been THAT excited in a long time! It was a short visit, but so refreshing! Derek and I had just been talking the night before about how much I was missing family in general, so it was a complete God visit! They brought their camper and stayed a Crooked Creek State Park which is GORGEOUS! Last night Derek and I spent several hours out their with them grilling steaks and looking at pictures. It really may not seem like much in just reading this, but it was quite possibly the most amazing surprise I've ever had.
If there was one thing I hope was acheived in the short visit though, I hope that Derek and I were able to encourage them. They have been through so much in the past and just get so discouraged, so I hope that the trip was as refreshing and encouraging as it was for us!
I love family and surprises, so this makes the past weekend the best I've had in a while! :)
4.09.2008
Here we go again!
I started physical therapy again yesterday for my leg. Its getting a little frustrating, but in one day, I understand more of what is going on than I have since I first fell in November! After about 20 to 30 minutes of checking out what was going on with my knee, I found out that I have a small meniscal tear that wasn't picked up on the MRI. The good news is that something like that doesn't need surgery, the bad news....lots of discomfort and soreness are in my future!
I'm excited about my new physical therapist also. Not only does she seem to be incredibly knowledgable, she's a christian who's husband just got transferred down here. He is an officer on the Georgia, which is a sub that just recently got moved back down here. While he is out to sea she's looking for a church to go to, and I took the opportunity to invite her to my small group. It's been such a HUGE help to me in my new life and I hope that maybe we can be a help to Bre in the days to come!
Oh yeah, and since I don't think I've mentioned it, we're going to a ball next weekend! Thanks to my friend Jill who GAVE me an amazing dress I don't have to fork out a ton of money! I'm so excited about getting all dolled up and going out for an incredible night! I promise to post pictures eventually! :)
I'm excited about my new physical therapist also. Not only does she seem to be incredibly knowledgable, she's a christian who's husband just got transferred down here. He is an officer on the Georgia, which is a sub that just recently got moved back down here. While he is out to sea she's looking for a church to go to, and I took the opportunity to invite her to my small group. It's been such a HUGE help to me in my new life and I hope that maybe we can be a help to Bre in the days to come!
Oh yeah, and since I don't think I've mentioned it, we're going to a ball next weekend! Thanks to my friend Jill who GAVE me an amazing dress I don't have to fork out a ton of money! I'm so excited about getting all dolled up and going out for an incredible night! I promise to post pictures eventually! :)
4.03.2008
Everyone else is doing it!
It seems like almost everyone I know has a blogspot. Some for keeping friends in touch. Some for posting pictures and videos of their adorable children. Some just for journaling purposes. But all, for my viewing pleasure! Haha. So, here I am, blogging again.
Today, just in case I don't blog tomorrow, is one day before my eight month anniversary! No, we don't celebrate monthly! Don't worry! Its hard to believe that its been eight months already! All Derek and I have heard is how hard the first year or marriage is, and now that we're on the second half of our first year, I can now share my opinion.
To understand parts of my opinion you should also see a letter that my sister blogged for me just before I got married. Rita has very strong, but very good opinions in most situations, and though I haven't always appreciated them, I'm growing more and more to look up to her. The part that I want you to really see in that letter is this:
Communicate, communicate, communicate. They say the first year is hardest. Near the end of the first year, you begin to hear that the second is hardest. And, as I enter my fourth, The Experts are promising that the hard years stop coming after five … or maybe seven.Honestly, we haven’t had “a hard year”. We have difficult weeks, bad days, tough spells. But we talk it out, work it out together, and are better for the communication it takes to work those issues out. And, to be truthful, if “the hard years stop coming” means that you learn to tolerate one another while you each do your own thing and merely coexist, personally I’d rather have bad times.
Now, my opinion. Much like Rita and Kyle, this hasn't been a hard YEAR for Derek and I. We've had our fights, our misunderstandings, and our disagreements, but they pass quickly. Sometimes it bugs me how quickly they pass because being the female that I am, I want to stay mad for a while. If you haven't met Derek you may not understand, but if you have, then you know how impossible it is to stay mad at him! Disagreements included, the past 8 months have been the most amazing months of my life!
Just after Derek and I were engaged, I remember talking to my best friend Rachel and telling her that there is no one else in this world that I trusted enough to allow him to take me away from living close to my family, only Derek. On August 4th, 2007 my life changed, completely. I was no longer a single woman living in South Carolina, only taking care of myself. I was a wife of a Submarine officer, living in Georgia, 3 hours away from everything familiar. And sitting here, 8 months later, I can honestly tell you, I'm right where God want me to be, without a doubt! I miss my family on a daily basis, but I feel closer to some of them than ever!
I am completely amazed knowing where I've come from and where I am. It makes me excited for the future and where I'm going! Life is exciting! And now you get to read about it!! How excited does that make you?!
Today, just in case I don't blog tomorrow, is one day before my eight month anniversary! No, we don't celebrate monthly! Don't worry! Its hard to believe that its been eight months already! All Derek and I have heard is how hard the first year or marriage is, and now that we're on the second half of our first year, I can now share my opinion.
To understand parts of my opinion you should also see a letter that my sister blogged for me just before I got married. Rita has very strong, but very good opinions in most situations, and though I haven't always appreciated them, I'm growing more and more to look up to her. The part that I want you to really see in that letter is this:
Communicate, communicate, communicate. They say the first year is hardest. Near the end of the first year, you begin to hear that the second is hardest. And, as I enter my fourth, The Experts are promising that the hard years stop coming after five … or maybe seven.Honestly, we haven’t had “a hard year”. We have difficult weeks, bad days, tough spells. But we talk it out, work it out together, and are better for the communication it takes to work those issues out. And, to be truthful, if “the hard years stop coming” means that you learn to tolerate one another while you each do your own thing and merely coexist, personally I’d rather have bad times.
Now, my opinion. Much like Rita and Kyle, this hasn't been a hard YEAR for Derek and I. We've had our fights, our misunderstandings, and our disagreements, but they pass quickly. Sometimes it bugs me how quickly they pass because being the female that I am, I want to stay mad for a while. If you haven't met Derek you may not understand, but if you have, then you know how impossible it is to stay mad at him! Disagreements included, the past 8 months have been the most amazing months of my life!
Just after Derek and I were engaged, I remember talking to my best friend Rachel and telling her that there is no one else in this world that I trusted enough to allow him to take me away from living close to my family, only Derek. On August 4th, 2007 my life changed, completely. I was no longer a single woman living in South Carolina, only taking care of myself. I was a wife of a Submarine officer, living in Georgia, 3 hours away from everything familiar. And sitting here, 8 months later, I can honestly tell you, I'm right where God want me to be, without a doubt! I miss my family on a daily basis, but I feel closer to some of them than ever!
I am completely amazed knowing where I've come from and where I am. It makes me excited for the future and where I'm going! Life is exciting! And now you get to read about it!! How excited does that make you?!
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