I haven't been a very good blogger lately...

Howdy Howdy!

I haven't been on top of my game lately with the whole blogging thing, but I do have a good excuse! Ever since Rush has gotten home, he seems to get all of my attention! Which he rightfully deserves. :) Anyways, here is what has been going on on our side of the nation...

Rush has started to have to go on field ops where he is gone for a few days at a time camping out somewhere on Camp Lejeune! He is actually gone right now (hence me getting a chance to blog!) And the sad thing is that it seems like every time he has to go out, it rains! Poor guys. Well the main reason they are going out, is to actually fire the artillery guns (Rush like to call them God's Guns!) As for word of another deployment, we haven't heard anything. I personally am crossing my fingers that he won't have to go back over to "Hell on Earth" anytime soon.

As for me, I've been training for the Marine Corp Marathon 10K since January and I am slowly coming around. I am glad I gave myself 10 months to prepare for this! But it gives me something to work towards and I'm excited about running it with Robin and Jessica. And anyone else that wants to sign up and run with us is very welcome! Registration is not until May...something to think about. I've also started working. After not having any success in finding a job here, I went to a temp agency that one of the other wives went through and had success with. They started me working at Jackson-Hewitt as one of two receptionist. It was okay but the hours weren't that great, and I had to work some weekends. But that is over now and I had an interview last week with a temp to hire position! Yay! Those are where I work for them under the temp agency for 400 hours and then the company can fully hire me on to their payroll. Then I can get raises and employee discounts. :) Tomorrow I go in for a few hours to shadow his current admin. assistant to make sure this is a good fit for me and to see if he wants to hire me or the girl that went in today to shadow. Say a prayer for me! :)

As for us still being newly weds we try to spend as much time as we can together. We love taking the dogs out to the dog beach on base. :) I haven't remembered to take the camera when we go, but one of these days I will remember. Anyways they LOVE being able to run along the beach chasing birds and running in the surf! We are working on Ruff coming back to us when we call him...he pretends he's deaf. I'm hoping that treats will fix his hearing. ;) We've also decided to apply for base housing. Don't get me wrong, I love the house I am in now, but we think we could SAVE so much more money living on base. So we are excited about that because I'll be near my friends and our commute will be much, much shorter.

So far that's all for now. We are just getting into a rhythm of living together and being the kind of spouse God would want us to be! We are loving it and each other!

Happy Birthday Ethan!

I've been pretty bad about updating lately, but I had to make sure that today was noted. Today Garrett and Liesl welcomed Ethan Garrett Moring into the world! He was born this morning (Jan. 12, 2010) at 10:30 weighing 7 lbs. and 13 ozs. and 20 inches long. I'll update with pictures if I can get my hands on some. Yay for another bundle of joy!

A romantic surprise!

So I finally got some more of my pictures off of my camera and on to the computer. And these are my Anniversary flowers from RUSH! He is such a sweet heart. They were in Somerset waiting for me when I got to my parent's house, the weekend we had my brother and sister-in-laws' baby shower. Pretty sure it made my mom slightly jealous. Anyways, aren't they just so pretty! I love, love, love my Hubby! :)

The Downhill Slide!

Well I'm not sure how many people actually follow this blog, but I felt just in case I should keep updating.

For those of you who don't know, we are on the downhill slide of this deployment! I see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is BEAUTIFUL! Our Advon (Advance Party: the guys who come home early to get ready for the Main Body) are home and hard at work. We don't have dates yet for many reasons: one being the uppers honestly don't know when they might be getting home, flights are not easy to secure in advance, and because of OPSEC. We want our guys to make it home safely so if I don't know until the day before he gets home, that's fine with me. I just want him home safe.

All I know is that he should be home sometime in November! Once he is home I am sure he will make some calls to family and friends. And over the Christmas holidays we are hoping to see everyone. Of course it will all depend on how much leave time we get, and we won't know that until we know when he is going to be home. :)

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Finally a picture of Rush!

So I got an email from Rush, and there is (was) a NPR guy embedded with their unit for a little while and I found one fairly good picture of RUSH! Finally. Not seeing your husband for seven straight months is really weird (and difficult.) Anyways if you want to read up on the NPR guy's blog it is http://the-athenian.blogspot.com/ . I found Rush's picture from the October 19th post. Hope y'all are doing well, we are hoping to get a homecoming date soon!

Esther: It's Tough Being A Woman

A few weeks ago I started my first ever bible study with a group of women here in Jacksonville. Most of them are also military wives and it is the Chaplain's wife that is running the show. Well if you have never done a bible study, I totally recommend it! Beth Moore is a wonderful God fearing woman who knows how to send a message. She makes the books of the Bible come to life in a way that is easily understood. Now Esther (the book we are studying) is for women, but I believe that her other bible studies are for everyone. And ladies, if you are anything like me and wondering what your purpose in life is, or if you can make a difference, this book and bible study are for you. Wow, is the only way I know how to describe it. It may even bring you to tears. You were made for a reason and God has a plan for you, don't miss your destiny.

"...And who knows, you may have been chosen queen for just such a time as this." Esther 4:14