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Since I just started this blog, and some may not know our story......

I figured I would fill you in with our

journey

It definately has not been easy{that is an understatement}

If I were to type our story which started when I was 14 it would

take hundreds of pages and you would definately stop reading
by paragraph two. Instead, I will save you the boredom and your time.

I shall do a little summary for ya, and a little fast forwarding.

Even better I will make one of my favorite things.....a

LIST:

1. The end of my freshman year of college

We find out we are pregnant with Tay {unexpected blessing}

One month later Thomas's dad was in a diabetic coma

5 months into pregnancy he passed away=(

2. New beginnings came in April 2006 with the birth of our daughter Taylor.

3. Me and Thomas Henry both continued our

college careers....commuting

him 2 hrs me 1hr.

4. We both graduated college in June 2008 {YAY} and

announced we were preggers with baby #2 {expected blessing}

5. Thomas applied for teaching jobs that summer, but with the

recession on the horizon no such luck.....he resorted to another

year as a substitute teacher and I statyed home.

6. Janurary 2009 we welcomed our son Theodore into

the world.

7. With the money being tight and recession well in bloom I

decided to apply for jobs

{plus we desperately wanted to move}

8. Got the job! But it was 2 hrs away

easy solution: Thomas would get a job there

and we would move.

9. Thomas didn't get a teaching job, so no moving

for us I continued commuting to my far away job.

10. In the summer Thomas tells me he wants to apply to be

a Naval officer......and not just that but a Pilot.

July 4th, 2009 he proposes to me!

11. September 27th, 2009 we get married!!! {finally}

12. November 2009 he gets the acceptance letter!!

13. Feburary 2010 Thomas gets the call he is leaving late March

for Officer Candidate School{hooray}....all the while I am still commuting

mommy guilt has deeply set in.

then....

14. two weeks later my dad finds out he has terminal lung cancer

who lives in Virginia....we are in Cali.

15. Two weeks after Thomas leaves me, our dog, and the kids pack

all {most} of our clothes, and fly to Virginia to spend time,

try to relief stress, help out my mom

and dad with everything.

16. June 2010 Thomas graduates....so proud of him!!!

and next week we will be moving to Florida

to begin a new road in our journey.

So, there is us hopefully I was able to keep you during that long list!!! It has definately been a challenging, extremely difficult, but a wonderful journey. Somehow we celebrated being together for 8 years this year {almost married for one}, graduated college, and have two beautiful children. The powers that be {for me that's God} were definately watching out for us. When times began to get unbearable hopeless even.....somehow we got through them, and I managed to stay positive knowing we would eventually get a break. We finally did. But, not without some really hard work and dedication. My mom always says the best things in life are usually the ones you have to work for the most for.....words to live by in my book I have experienced it first hand.

Staying positive its a challenging thing......how do you do it???

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