Can't wait for Thanksgiving!!

So we have been super super busy and I haven't had/made the time to update but here is an update!!

Nothing new has happened between the last post and well now.  I went to St. Thomas with my mom, aunt, sister, and her boyfriend in the beginning of November.  It was beautiful!! We had a memorial at one of the oldest temples, and there was sand on the floor!! It stormed at night, knocking out the power at times, but even the storms were amazing!! I wish Corey had gotten to see it!! Hopefully soon we will get to enjoy a vacation together.

Now they have thrown Corey on nights for this week into next week.  That is a monkey wrench into life because I could use his help around the house, however that is the job description of a military wife.  I am the wife and husband at times because the military comes first.  Once we get through this rough patch we will get to spend some time together!

I'm so thankful this year I am able to have Thanksgiving at my house and both our families can join us! I am also very excited to make my very first Thanksgiving dinner!! I have purchased my Turkey and almost all of the sides and I'm ready to go.  I even made a schedule so everything is done and ready around the same time!! If your super organized it should run smoothly..so I hope. But I have made a feast or two before and I've done my research so I think scratch that I know I will succeed!! I am excited to see my family again!! It gets rough not seeing them so often.  However I am blessed to have a supportive husband who when he deploys will allow me to move back home with Ellie.  That will make everything so much easier.  Now we just need the military to make up their minds on a deployment!

Corey has been volunteering with Smithfield's volunteer fire department and making some new friends out here.  They don't run as many calls as he would like but hopefully that will change soon!!

I have been volunteering with the Peninsula Humane Foundation and helping with cat adoptions out of Petco and it has been great!! I also have been, finally, making some new friends!! I also am going to be volunteering with the USO at this years holiday party, so hopefully that goes well too!!

I'm sure I'll have a huge update after my Thanksgiving experience!!

Love,
C&L