{home sweet home}

Well, I'm sure you've all been wondering...life is GREAT!  My husband is home and life feels better.  I don't even know where to begin with what has happened over the past week, so I've decided to add photos of the past events.


11 AM Easter Morning -- David and his Company return to Camp Lejeune...

A couple days later -- David's parents come to town to see him and we had his platoon over for an afternoon cookout....

That first weekend -- David has to say goodbye to his new family.  The men and women of 1st Platoon.  They have been his best friends and family for the past 7 months, they were his everything.  He learned so much from these Marines and wouldn't change them for anything.  As David would say, "Gone but never forgotten". 

After a few days of having my husband back, my fellow Supp BN wives got their husbands back too!  David and I helped with some homecoming prep at 1 AM then headed back to Camp Lejeune to welcome more Marines home!

Sofia & Brian :: David & Myself :: Joe & Angela :: Teri & Michael :: Corrina & Dan

WELCOME HOME!

{HAPPY EASTER!}

Happy Easter everyone!  I love all of you and hope that you have a beautiful day, whether you celebrate Easter or not!!

I love you David.  

{NC}

Can I just say again that I have made some great friends here in the good 'ol NC and that I kind of like it here?  I just had a great time tonight with even greater friends!  Thanks for everything that you have done and do for me. I can't imagine being here and having better friends.

This guy, yea, he lives on my porch with his 10 brothers and sisters.

Yupp, this is the back of my neighborhood.

I also find this on daily walks.

**David Update**

Life is good for David.  I got a brief e-mail from him this morning, but it sounded like all is well!

David, I beyond ready for you to come home.  So many things to show you, to tell you, to do with you, just so much!  Hurry it up and get you butt back to the States!

I'm here, bored without you, waiting for you to come home.

I love you David.  

{remember}

I can't but want to remember what life is like with David.  I have made my life here, without him.  I have to fit him back in.  I have no fear that David will fit in and we will be fine.  I just want to know what it's like.  What it's like to be held, to be kissed, to be loved, to be taken care of, to be protected.  I need all of that again.  I don't want to be married to myself anyone.  I got married so that I would have a partner, not to live life alone.  My partner is coming back and I can't wait.  It's more like a feeling of relief more than anything.  Relief that I don't have to do this all by myself anymore.  I'm ready for this to be over.

**David Update**

He is still working hard!  I wouldn't expect much less from him!

David, enough said.  We wives miss our husbands and think it's time to come home. 

I'm here, eating Goldfish, waiting for you to come home to me. 

I love you David.

{miss him}

I miss my husband...

{good men}

When was the last time that you helped someone on purpose?  When was the last time you did something for the common good of humanity?  When was the last time that you did good?

I think that sometimes life can be hard on us and we don't want to give but would rather receive.  We want the handouts, we want to be helped, for someone to hold our hand along the way, but do we always know when to give?  Whether we want to or not?  It's hard to always be willing and able to give to others, to do good.  We can't sit back and let the craziness that society teaches us and let it rule our world.  We know the difference between right and wrong and good and evil, so let's practice it.  One day at a time.  Ward off the enemies and do what's right.  We want to live in a world that is peaceful and happy, so let's make it that way.  Start small and don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't make a difference.

I just wanted to also send a little special thank you to the Marines and their families that are deployed right now, you have no idea how much good you are doing, home and away.  I love you and am proud of you all.  You are the good men trying to ensure that evil doesn't triumph.

**David Update**

I only received a brief e-mail from David today that said he loves me!  I'm assuming he is busy with more paperwork and working out.  Also the lack of internet in his new sleeping quarters doesn't seem to help matters any.  

A few of those Good Men.

David, I think the house is getting cleaner.  My to-do list gets longer and longer by the day, but when Tina and I are done at the gym, we always seem to talk ourselves into doing something unproductive!  Love Her!  :)

I'm here, sunburned, waiting for you to come home to me.

I love you David.  

{laugh}

Since you all know that I enjoy laughing, I thought I would share some funny things that I found on the internet thanks to Pinterest!!

Well, I hope that made you at least smile!!

**David Update**

I have no update as I have not talked to him yet today!  I hope all is well and life is treating those Marines alright!  

David, I can't wait till you come home and every time I find something hilarious on the internet I can show you!  I know that you are excited for it too!!

I'm here, loving the internet, waiting for you to come home.

I love you David.  

{annoyed}

I think I'm tired of being tired.  I'm not sure why I always want to run my body into the ground; and in all honesty, I'm really not that busy.  I just think that my body hates me, I have always been quick to be exhausted, I'm not sure why I thought it would ever change.  Then, just when I think I will lay down to sleep, or worse, go to bed, I get an urge to do something, something that I obviously need to do right then.  So stupid.  My brain and my body don't ever seem to work in conjunction with each other.  I'm so annoyed with myself...

**David Update**

David is finished with all of his missions (that I know of) in The 'Stan.  He and his Marines are coming home safely.  Here are some photos that I have received recently!  Enjoy!

David at his promotion ceremony.

Mom and Dad.

With the Big Dog.

Thumbs up for a good job!

Man love.

David, I can't wait for you to be home sometime this month.  It's getting so close to having you home and your Marines being home with their families too.  Ah!  So exciting!

I'm here, so exhausted, waiting for you to come home.

I love you David. 

PS -- Ugh, I just love that smile.  (Go ahead, scroll back up and check it out, it will make you melt!)