Been meaning to...

I've been meaning to start a blog for a really long time. Sometimes I have so much to say, but never the time to sit down to write it out. By the time I do sit down, I've forgotten what was so important. At any rate, I figured now is as good of a time as any. Ava's starting kindergarten in 13 days...but who's counting...and I should have a little bit more free time during the day to write or post pictures.

We just spent several days in New England visiting Nathan's family and attending a memorial service for his grandmother, who died last year. It was a great time in Maine - raspberry picking, canoeing, a couple morning runs with temps hovering around 60, some really awesome Maine lobster, a couple extra sets of hands (grandparent hands, and aren't those the best?!) to hold Anna, picking salad fixings from my in-law's awesome garden, Ava staying overnight at Aunt Kim's house a couple times - a really great time. Then we drove down to Massachusetts to see more family and attend the memorial service. Another great time seeing the rest of the Ferguson/Moreshead/Post/Annon/Wuyscik clan. Anna and I then had a quick plane ride home, while Nathan and Ava are making the long trek by car and should be home this evening. I think sometimes the hazard of being a military family - or just a family who lives away from parents and grandparents - is that "vacations" tend to be about visiting extended family and not about going to places that we want to go and spending time together as a core family unit. Nathan and I have vowed our next vacation will not be to visit extended family, but to do something we want to do...starting with a very long overdue honeymoon this October. As in 7.5 years overdue! We're going on a cruise, or should I say we're planning to go on a cruise? Hopefully the Air Force doesn't change that for us.

I hope you all enjoy reading my blog. My goal is to post a few times a week, so we'll see how that goes.

Oh and P.S. I have many opinions and beliefs, and I intend to write about them on my blog. You are free to agree or disagree, but please be nice when stating your opinions. I promise to delete mean posts, but not posts that disagree with me and are stated nicely. :)