Jamestown Settlement

Our good friends from Hawaii drove 8 hours to come and visit us before we leave for Okinawa. If we leave for Okinawa (as of Friday the good Ole' Army is considering keeping us here until November, we should know for sure this week - or let's hope!!) Anyways, Susan and the girls are good friends we made it through our husbands deployment together in 2004. It was great to see them and we really enjoyed seeing old friends. Jamestown was exciting for the kiddos and a great hands-on history lesson. It is time to get back to reality, school, selling our house and downsizing. If you were here please let me know by leaving me a message. That way I know I am not just posting to myself!!

Easter Sunday

We have been enjoying some beautiful Spring weather. Easter Morning it just happened to be kind of cool but just warm enough to get some great pictures. I really enjoy taking pictures around the house, in our yard and community. These pictures in our backyard show the beautiful spring blossoms we are having here in Virginia. To me these pictures will mean so much in the future as we move on and we can look back at what we once enjoyed!! God definitely shows us so much beauty in His creation everywhere we go.

Spring is here!

The warmer weather has brought more outside playtime and fun without freezing.
"Crabby" or as Katie would say "Buggy" was Samantha's pet Hemit crab we lost him this week, we will miss our cute little family crab. We had big plans to smuggle hime to Japan this summer. Samantha was really bummed out by him dying. If you know Samantha , you know she has a big heart and cares for even the smallest of creatures. Buggy will be missed by all of us..
What can I say- leave Jason home with the kids for an hour and I come home to

Taylor taking a warm cooler bath in the fron yard. Warm weather is starting

to peak in and when it does we are rite there to enjoy it!

With the warmer days coming, that also means less days to enjoy fires and smores. We love roasting marshmallows and playing games when it is chilly outside. When we leave Virginia we will have to go back to the tropical Migliore tradition of raosting marshmallows over a grill.

Cheese or should I say Marshmallows !!!

A New Week

I has been a long week with one sick kiddo and ending with myself getting sick. Today has been a true day of rest, because my body won't let me do otherwise. I believe God sometimes slows us down when we have too much going on and don't take the time to slow down ourselves. It is a great attention getter. God saying "focus" up here, not all around down there. I am listening and will "focus" more of my time and attention in the upward direction this week. I would like to think I am not so side tracked that my focus is on everything else. But it is easy to get distracted at this point in our life.
We will be meeting with our potential home buyers this week to start the negotiations. Pray for wisdom and guidance, this is truly a blessing to have buyers so quickly. Pray that everyone in our home stays healthy and whole this week! Jason's new job is going well, with the addition of new civilians in the office it looks like his hours will not be quite so terrible. Another praise!!

Horseback Riding

The girls love to go and ride. Mrs. Theresa has the best little farm around. Samantha rides every week and the little ones hop on the ponies for fun. There are tons of horses, ponies, donkeys, llamas, a few pigs, tons of goats and sheep. Lets not forget the multiplying rabbits. It seems each week there is a new baby of some sort.

Homeschool

The Trojan Horse

We were studying the Trojan Horse and so we decided that we needed to make one- and of course that led to shields and daggers that the girls each colored. When Jason came home they went under the horse and waited to surprise him. He never saw the attack coming !!

Kiddos

We had a great week. The girls and I headed to "The Greatest Show on Earth" I felt like a kid again. I think I enjoyed the circus just as much as the girls did. Jason was not able to slip away from work. But as crazy as his schedule is here we are grateful for this assignment, and the fact that he is not deployed!!