Time is flying by!

It's been forever since I've updated... But I finally had two seconds to pause and figure out how to blog from my iPad. Charlie took the laptop to Afghanistan with him and so I'm now an Apple girl... although I prefer berries!

I'm 1/6th of the way through my deployment marathon. Most days pass by with a blink of my eyes because I'm constantly working hard to keep up with our busy life. But, I do have to say... I am not a whiner in the sense of "poor me, my life is so terrible because my best friend is gone for a year." But somehow people find it necessary to remind me that, "this is what we signed up for." I've gotten a little snarky in my sole, physical parenting lifestyle and started responding with, "Got it. But did you know that if my husband and every other soldier didn't volunteer, there would be a draft and it would be you or your own husband."

But seriously, we are doing great. It started out a bit tougher than I expected for our kids. But they are on cruise control now and are doing great. Ava and Beckett had their tonsils and adenoids removed on June 7th and three weeks later they are all recovered. On our worst days I remind myself that conditions are so much worse for Charlie and he is most likely missing us too.

On the Charlie note... He is doing great. Working ultra-long days and living in a tent with one semi- " real" meal a day. He doesn't have much time to communicate with us because they don't have phones where they are and Internet connections are spotty at best. When we do hear from him it is a real treat.

Next up is a a post with pictures. I've got quite a few photos from our summer fun!


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