like a deep blue sea on a blue blue day

"Blue eyes

baby's got blue eyes

like a clear blue sky

watching over me

blue eyes

I love blue eyes

When I'm by her side

where I long to be

I will see

Blue eyes laughing in the sun

laughing in the rain

Baby's got blue eyes

And I am home, I am home again"

~elton john

Tuesday 11:07am Serenity Farm

The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land....

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

I blinked. What did I miss?

My kid is wicked smaht.

P.S. Happy Thanksgiving Canada!
P.P.S.  Happy Columbus Day America!

Saturday, 10am, Huntingtown VFD

Being as it's Fire Prevention week and I'm a totally conscientious never too early to teach fire safety kind of parent, we spent our morning at 2 TWO! Volunteer Fire Departments.  Our first stop was a FD parking lot with a community wide yard sale.  So we scored some sweet items for the little guy. Including this:

I've seen this priced as high as $90!! I scored for it for $20.  Yeah Baby.

And then we went to the next town over where a "Fun Day" was being had.  Milo didn't get the "fun" part at first...

But I totally understood...

Milo is behind me in the bounce house.  Still confused...

This girl knows how to have fun.  On an ambulance. Holla.

 

Then Milo got the FUN bug!



In the Fire Pants!

Milo: Noooo!

Me: Look at Daddy!  Smile! I said SMILE GODDAMIT!!

Milo preferred a piece of wood with a hole in it to sitting in a fer reals Fire truck.  Go Figure. Kids.

 In this little Winnebago type thing they simulated a fire. We were crawling around in smoke and Milo just sits on the mini couch eatting his cheese doodles.  At least he stays calm during a crisis.

Hey buddy, put on this neck brace!  It's so Fun!!

See Mama thinks it's cool!  Where are you going...?

Whoa!  This hose is much more fun than the one at home!

We are a fire safety kind of family. 

that's a whole lotta green: Nature on the inside



We are never ceased to be Amazed-Balls...

at the Botanical Gardens, Washington, D.C., rainy September afternoon.

County Fair, Friday, 6:30pm

Sunset of Ferris wheel Fun



WEE time with daddy




MIL +  Harley = true love



up with the painted ponies



HOLD ON -go 'round



"...and the seasons

they go 'round and 'round

and the painted ponies go up and down

we're captive on the carousel of time

we can't return we can only look behind

from where we came

and go 'round and 'round and 'round

in the circle game..."

~joni mitchell

October 1, 2010: Reenlistment, Annapolis

 On November 18, 1999 my future husband joined the Navy. He flew to Chicago where he spent 9 weeks in boot camp. Upon completion, his parents drove from Georgia, through a blizzard, to see their middle child graduate.  Shortly thereafter, Justin spent a year in Pensacola, FL going to A and C school.  After a 2 week reprieve, Justin was sent to Hawaii for 3 years. The next duty station was in Connecticut (where we met).  When we got orders to move to D.C., we quickly agreed this would be our last stop. 

But, as usual-all-ways, things changed... 

                                                     June, 2008, Navy Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Because after 9 years, 3 duty stations, 1 wife, 1 baby on the way, and a bad economy...my husband decided to reenlist for 3 more years...

And then suddenly?  It's that time again.  To this date, my husband has served close to 11 years.  Safe to say the odds of staying active duty for the full 20 are in sight...

Here are some shots of the ceremoney...and an added bonus?  My in-laws, who drove up from Georgia, got to witness their first, albeit brief, reenlistment ceremony.