My Family

So this is my first time blogging or doing anything of the sort.  This all came about because my husband Chris, who is in the US Navy just deployed for the first time since we have been together.  I wanted to start a journal for him of the daily things that me ad our children do.  Just so that he knows how the kids are doing and growing, what they are learning and everything else he misses out on.  I have seen many other blogs and thought this would be a good idea and an easier way to kept track of what is going on in our lives.
I am Jennifer but I go by Jenn.  I have bee married to Chris for almost 4 years.  We have three children Donavyn (9), Meadow (5), and C.J. (2).  We live in Washington state and are loving it up here.  I am a stay at home mom and I am also going to college online to get my BS in Criminal Justice.  Chris has been in the Navy for almost 10 years and is an electrician.  He loves his job and takes pride in everything he has done within his career.  He is what most people would consider a lifer (someone who plans on retiring with Navy).  The ship he is on now is the second ship he has been stationed on.  He loves being on a ship and seeing different countries.  It is very excited for him. 
When we first got married he was stationed in Oakland, California and I was living in Medford, Oregon.  It was a 6 hour drive just to see each other. But he would make the trip at least twice a month.  A few months after we were married I was finally able to move to California with him.  And we lived there for three years.  In that time we had our youngest son C.J. 
In June of 2010 we got transferred to Bremerton, Washington.  Oh my what a change.  But it was a great change. I love it up here and my kids love it too.  Since we have come to Washington Chris has had to leave several times for anywhere from two weeks to two months.  Yesterday my husband departed on a seven month deployment.  This is not his first long deployment but it will be the first one I have dealt with since we have been married.  I have so many mixed emotions on it and I am hoping that this blog might not only help me deal with these emotions but that it might help other women going through the same thing. 

My Sailor

That is it for now but during the next several months I will talk more about my family and the things going on during deployment.
Loving and missing my Sailor