My Beautiful Wife

A beautiful woman who has held me down from day one....I know this tour is harder on her but she tries her best not to show it but I know....I just cannot wait to hold that woman, to let her know that everything will be alright and that I'm in a safe place.....

Love you Babe

Terry

The Greatest gift

My Madelyn is one of my many great gifts that really makes me feel like this tour gets longer everyday. When I see her face on skype, it helps me understand how my Love for my oldest baby grows everyday....She is definitely a daddies girl and I enjoy every day of that....To know that I'm doing 10 times better then my dad....there is no feeling like it......

Daddy

8 Weeks

Cannot wait until I get home to see my babies...Japan is a little overwhelming because of the change in the culture and just the pure boredom....but with the love of my family, they help relieve me of some of the pain from this tour.....September is almost around the corner and I can't wait..

Running on the seawall

Today was such a great day weather wise that I decided to go running on the sea wall and that was a different experience to say the least...I have not ran outside in so long that I felt out of shape all over again....It was somewhat funny but the big man got through it......

Missing my Babies

I've been in Iwakuni for about 4 months now and this tour is not getting any easier but my family is really showing a lot of support while I'm here. I cannot wait until September, when I go home for a visit.

Tough Day...

Today has been a tough one.  Terry and I spent the day trying to make it seem like any other day but we both knew that his departure and travel to Japan was going to begin this evening.  It was tough but it was nice not to spend the whole day focused on the sad moments to come.  So, we did normal stuff like out for breakfast, a quick pit stop at the library, and Madelyn's softball practice.
I am not sure if taking Madelyn to the airport was a good idea.  I think it really hit her what "my dad going to Japan" means...and it overwhelmed her.  This made the send off a little more difficult than I thought it would be but I was able to calm her down and get her back into her normal routine when we got home.
Terry will first head to Seattle (he should almost be there) and then from there he will take  military flight to Iwakuni Japan.  He should touch down there tomorrow mid day for most of us.  It'll be Saturday in Japan.  They are about 17 hours ahead of us.

Terry's new home...MCAS Iwakuni

It's been a sad day but we are finally able to put it to bed and deal with tomorrow has to bring.
Love you and be well.

  Iwakuni Time

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Love my Girls

Even though Daddy will be gone on his journey, he will still think about his girls back in San Diego, so don't you girls forget that.....

Love

Daddy

Crazy Saturday

Man, it was a crazy day today.  The weather was so crazy.  Here in Southern California you expect rain during the winter, but I never expected hail.  It was absolutely unbelievable to see hail in San Diego.  Now, before anyone goes getting too excited in was only pea sized, but it's San Diego, CA a place it barely ever even rains.  


We braved the rain for Madelyn's softball opening ceremony.  Madelyn and her fellow Blue Dragons had such a great time today with pictures, opening ceremony and the banner contest. 
As you can see from the photo Madelyn had a great time!  Check out that sweet uniform.  I just love the colors... they remind me a lot of Michigan colors. :)  Go Blue!  


Tomorrow's agenda is our final family picture for the next few months. :(  We wanted to be sure we got some great family photos for Terry before he leaves for Japan this week.


We are really going to miss him, but duty calls. Love you!


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It's Softball Time

This week marks the official start of Madelyn's softball season.  Opening Day activities including pictures will be this weekend (I sure hope the weather holds up).  Games will begin next week.

Madelyn is playing on an 8 & Under team with many of the girls from last year.  To the best of our knowledge she is the youngest on her team at 6. :)  Go Madelyn!

I think Madelyn's team, the Blue Dragons, are ready to play and compete with the other teams in Valley Mesa as well as the other leagues.

Go Blue Dragons!!
Blue Dragon Game Schedule 

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