Honey it was a great ride... But its over.

Shore Duty that is!!

It feels like a lifetime ago that we were a Sub family. I almost forget what its like to say goodbye on the pier even before the sun rises... or what a submariner smells like after even just an hour on the boat. Waaait... No I don't ... I remember that smell!! Its like a skunk rolling in the La Brea Tar Pits and sun bathing on a dairy farm. All that aside, I can still remember what its like to smell that smell and be so happy because it meant my man was home.

In the last three years we have...

• Moved from a one story two bedroom house off of Nimitz Hwy, into a two story three bedroom on the Historic Ford Island.
• Sold the Dodge Neon we brought a baby Jordie home in, it was our first car together.
• Had our second daughter, our "baby Gogo"
• Became unexpected foster parents for six months, and saw the insides of a real life courtroom more times than I'd like to recall.
• Moved from our Ford Island house into a four bedroom house just feet from the now demolished house where we first met.
• I turned a little crunchy... or hippy like Dusty says!
• Hailey got Henry.
• Our son Johey was born...
• And We both lost our maternal grandmothers...

It seems like an eternity and a blink of an eye all at once! I've already convinced Dusty that we just might need a fourth bebe next shore duty and my odds are good... boys talk about babies when they're home sick!

So here's to the next five years...