Marine Wives Prayer

Give me greatness of heart to see,
The difference between duty and his love for me.

Give me understanding so that I may know,
When duty calls him, he must go.

Give me a task to do each day,
To fill the time when he's away.

When he's in a foreign land,
Keep him safe in your loving hand.

And Lord, when duty is in the field,
Please protect him and be his shield.

And Lord, when deployment is so long,
Please stay with me and keep me strong.


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Operation: Love Reunited

I stumbled across this organization on a Marine wife site.  I'm so thankful I did!

They give you the opportunity for service members and family to have 2 photoshoots around your husbands deployment...and the best part, it's for free!

You go to their website, (http://www.oplove.org/) to find the nearest photographer that provides these services.  You can choose between a pre-deployment shoot with the whole family, and already deployed shoot where pictures are taken of the remaining family, and a return shoot where the photographer meets you at his base and takes pictures of all the moments of being reunited.  A super sweet part of this amazing deal is that the photographer sends the deployed service member a book of all the photos that were taken so he has a really nice reminder of home.

I found a few photographers in our area that participated in OpLove and we went with Courtney McManaway,  http://courtney-mcmanaway.com/.  She's amazing!  She was so sweet and even took the time to take a couple anniversary pictures for Caleb and I....as the shoot was on our 2 years.  It was so fun and Casen loved doing it.

 I love all of our pictures so far and am excited to see the rest!

2 Years

Two years ago today I married my best friend and love of my life.  What a crazy day our wedding was, but I couldn't have asked for it to be more perfect.  And that's how our lives have been since.  Three moves, a coast change, and an amazing little man later...we're the happiest we've ever been together (I can't believe it's been almost 5 years!)


I'm beyond thankful to have Caleb in my life as my husband by my side.

Too Long

I miss seeing this sooo much...
                         
                                Over 30 days since we've had husband/dada time...

  ......And we're not enjoying it