Reunited!

Well six weeks isn't as long as some deployments but when Daddy is gone nothing seems right. Finally Vince is back home and it is so nice having our family whole again. It's always a funny car ride home as the kids scramble to tell them everything that's been going on for the last month and tell him all the things they have to immediately show him when they get in the house. Even Axle is excited and whines with joy when Vince walks through the door.

Once we're home there is always a short awkward time where everyone is figuring out their duties again, but since this is our eighth go at it and we are improving on our transition time :) Fun snuggling and relaxing tonight and then back to the day to day routine, but so much better now that he is home.

Each time he leaves I learn how to do something else I never thought I'd need to know and this time I hooked up the Wii to the living room TV and mowed the lawn all by my self (well with a little help from the neighbor who came and started it for me). I feel good knowing that even when he isn't here I can be independent and self sufficient. As soon as he's home, however, I realize that he is the half to my whole, and when he is gone I always feel like something is missing. Being apart just makes us appreciate each other more and makes the hugs and kisses that much sweeter when we are back together.

So glad he's back home safe and sound!

New Job Description;)

So every year I sit down and think up all these crazy things I'd like to do and try to do them all at once( lose 50 pounds, learn a new language, learn to play an instrument) I jump in head first and a few days later I've fallen off the wagon again. This year I am trying things one at a time, and trying not to look at them as resolutions. I am trying to look at it like I just got hired at a new job and this is my new job description. So far so good!

We have been reading books and the Bible every day, only watching an hour of TV, not eating fast food, but healthy, veggie filled, home cooked meals. We are also taking walks, laughing, playing and really enjoying our time together. This year is going to be filled with transitions for the Myers. I will be graduating school and starting a new career field, we are moving across the country, Vince is taking on more responsibility with his promotion, and the kids are nearing the end of elementary school. I really want to make 2012 a year of rebuilding our family's foundation.

What's important to us? We are coming back to the Rock and trusting Him to hold our family secure in His arms. We are learning to love one another as we grow and mature in our own ways. We are starting to master Navy living and looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and ministering to new ones.

I can't wait to see what else God has in store for us. This year I think my new resolution can be summed up in three words: Faith, Hope, and Love, but the greatest of these is Love :)