Day 16...I think

Well I have lost track of what day we are on.  No big deal it is probably better that way.  Today was a good day.  Went to the store with my friend and she got stuff for her care package.  Then we did some scrap booking and made a big link chain for the kids so that they can take one off each day.  To help them see the days going by.  We also went for a long walk this evening.  The walk was great because I don't do it enough.
I have received so many emails from my husband lately and it is great.  He has written me some very sweet emails that just make my heart melt.  He can be the sweetest most loving man in the world.  There has been a lot going on with the other wives here and it seems like in the hard times a lot of the wives rally together.  It is really refreshing to see.  I am so glad that people are pulling together.  It gives me new hope that I can make really good friends here.
Well time to relax before I go to bed.

Two weeks down

I have been gone the last few days.  Me and the boys went on a camping trip with my friend Justine.  And we celebrated Donavyn's ninth birthday.  We had a really good time and it made the last week go by so fast.  I am glad to have a friend that I am so close with that I would consider her family.  She will do anything to help me and my family and I would do anything for her.  She is just a great person and an even better friend.
I have received many emails from Chris the last few days and he always has something funny to say.  I think he just likes to know that I will smile when I read his emails. He is an amazing man and I love him to death.  I am looking forward to sending out his care package.  He always loves getting them. 
C.J. has been trying to get his molars in the last few days so he is very upset.  All of my kids are growing up way to fast.  Donavyn is 9, Meadow starts school this year, and C.J is potty training.  I don't know where the time has gone.  I miss when they were little and loved being held but I also love the age they are at now.

Days Seven, Eight, and Nine

Well the last few days have been busy.  I helped my friend move and I've been doing homework and running from here to there.  Life seems to be getting into a more normal routine since Chris left.  This is such a blessing it makes the days go by so much faster.  We are a week into this deployment and it doesn't seem like he has been gone that long.  I have slowly started picking things up for his first care package.  I ordered a ship to shore phone card so that he can call me while he is gone. 
My husband is a big banana freak not bananas but any banana flavored candy. lol  Today I want to the commissary and found a big bucket full of banana flavored laffy taffy.  I bought two of them to send to Chris.  He is gonna be so excited when he gets them.  Finding stuff like this that I know will make him excited really makes my day.  It helps ease the loneliness I feel when he is gone.
The kids are starting to get better about their Dad being gone.  Last night the baby told me "Daddy on boat in water, working".  It was so cute to finally have him realize why Daddy was gone.  Everyday is getting easier for all of us.


 Now matter how far he sails, we know he will always sail right back to us.  And he will always sail in our hearts.