FRIENDS

I am so proud of the fact that I have kept in touch with so many beautiful people in our 20 years with the USN. Of course advanced technology has helped my process....YOU GOTTA LOVE THE INTERNET. I went from hand written letters to over 200 friends yearly to Email and now Email AND Facebook. It makes keeping in touch, sharing our daily stories and struggles so easy. Fun happy moments, sharing videos, pictures and watching our children grow along the way. Friendships I am so happy to still have and really cherish. I just love our friends. This weekend we had a small reunion with friends from Sigonella Italy. We were stationed overseas and that really is a special time. Your friends become the family you leave behind stateside. When you return...its a bit sad and bittersweet. Your happy to be back but a part of you stayed behind on the island of SICILY, GUAM or wherever the USN sends you. We had a great time with our friends from Sig. They are beautiful people. We are happy that our friendships have withstood the hands of time.

The Rodriquez & Haffner Family

Rodriquez, Beltran & Haffner Family @ Our house

Luis and Alexandra Paredes, Luis wife,  our dear friend Adriana Paredes died 4 years ago when she returned to the US. It was a deep sadness and loss for us all. Adriana was an amazing person and friend. Our time in Sig together was very special in deed. We cherish her memory and are so happy her husband and kids still keep in touch with all of us.

These are the kids, James jr.  had to work and he missed most of the weekend.

 They are all growing up so fast.

Marin and Kris hit it off. They are the same kinds of kid thats why. Its nice to have a friend from childhood and still think they are pretty cool. I hope their friendship continues...I hope OUR FRIENDSHIPS STAY STRONGER THRU THE YEARS

Its July already??

Truthfully...who am I kidding ?? Its MID JULY already !! Not sure where our summer is going but its on the fast track to "OUTTA HERE" UUgghhh....Time is flying by us and I dislike when that happens.
The 4th of July wasn't a great big deal at our house this year. Jimmy had duty. The kids and I were alone. So I attempted to grill and burned everything to a nice charcoal crisp. In my defense...its a new grill and I haven't gotten the hang of this one yet. So dinner was burned dogs and burgers. I tried...I just failed doing it. LOL
Jonathon's afraid of fireworks so we hid indoors and just watched movies and chit chatted. My nephew JD was still here from Puerto Rico so we enjoyed any and all time spent with him. We miss him dearly when he is gone. I dropped him off back to my mom's house already. We got to spend 2 weeks with him. Here are some pics of his visit.

While JD was visiting us...Marin got her braces off. Now all 3 of the kids have no braces and just beautiful smiles. I love it. James got his off about 2 years ago, JD treatment finished last summer and now this summer was Marin's turn. We were all happy for her, especially JD...Take a look...

We just love having him with us. We bowled, went to the pool, beach, St, Mary's Aquatic Center and enjoyed our JD time.

Not sure whats in store for the rest of the month. We will just take each day as it comes and celebrate summer.