Happy Verteran's Day! #ThankaVet

This year for Veteran's Day I want to

celebrate and thank all the Veteran's from our family

as well as the many friends we know.

Not to forget the many we do not know

and those that gave the ultimate sacrifice. 

Take a minute out of your day today to 

Thank a Veteran for all they do 

to keep the United States the greatest country

in the world! 

I want to start off with my husband
who is not only self sacrificing but is one heck of a Marine!
Just being at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball
with him last night hearing his
junior Marines talk about him shows that.

I as well as my hubby come from a long line of

military members.

Michael Hammond II USAF

Christopher Hammond US Marine Corps

Harold Hammond US Air Force Vietnam War

Michael Hammond US Army

Pam Hammond US Army Desert Storm

Marshall Hodges- Navy Seabee World War II served from Sept.1942 discharged Nov 5, 1945.

Marvin Hodges- Air Force World War II, Korean War, discharged Nov 5, 1945

Thomas Hodges, US Navy WWII, Korean, Vietnam. Retired 1966.

Willie Carl Jones, WWII, Korean, Vietnam.

Nathan Hodges served short time in WWI

Haywood Hodges WWI

Daniel Matthew Hodges WWI

Robert Eugene Hodges US Navy WWII

James "Jim" Calhoun Hodges Served WWII

Sam Barton US Army Korean War

My grandfather John Nealon Feazell

United States Army Korean War Vet

C.H. Enfinger US Army
Donald Enfinger US Army
Leon Enfinger  US Army
Rhannon Elise Enfinger  Air Force
Jake Welch  Vietnam war
Henry Welch  US Marines Corps Desert Storm
J.B. Infinger  US Army
 Warren Desso White- Army WW II

Roy White  US Army

 Harry White  US Army

 Bobby White US Army

Along with the long list of family above we have numerous friends

and like family around many different branches 

of the Armed Forces. 

A huge thank you to all of them as well

as the EVERY Veteran.

Our country is the best country in the world

because of the sacrifices of these men and women.

 Image via Google

Who gets emotional over toys? This girl does!

Being in the military means we move 

often. 

Which thankfully means that it is

almost impossible to be a hoarder.

Every 2-3 years like clockwork we get 

those moving orders and then I begin the 

cleaning out process. 

I almost always start with the easy things

clothes, toys, shoes, jackets.

Seasonal and holiday items are almost always next. 

I'll donate, sell or just plain throw away

bags and bags of items. 

Sitting here now beginning the get rid of

process, little Hulk asks to watch

Toy Story 3. 

Sweet deal I think, 

he can watch the movie while I go

 through his 'baby' toys without the

"I want to keep that toy"

fight. 

Radio City Rockettes

Ever since I was a little girl I have loved

the Rockettes.

I am not sure what it is about them

since I am not a dancer.

I watch them every Christmas season on television and have tried 

for years to excite my daughters with them.

At the beginning of the month the hubby text 

me to see if I wanted to go hang out with the

'rockets' that Friday.

After some confusion I figured out he really meant 

the Radio City Rockettes.

Of course I jumped at the chance. 

A date night with the hubby and the Rockettes.

Could life get any better?

Come to find out it kind of could. 

Not only could I go with my Marine husband 

who was going to escort the Rockettes in for their first

show in Boston but I could bring my daughters as well.

Needless to say Rosie was not having it since she wanted to

stay with our babysitter instead.

I really thought about getting her head checked. 

LOL

Carter went with us though and is now a Rockette fan!

I could not take pictures during the show or in the theater at all 

since the usher by us was nuts about

policy. 

However, if you are ever in Boston the Wang Theater is a must visit place.

It is just gorgeous. 

Here are some of the pictures from our night

with the Rockettes.

Marine Corps Ball 2012

The Hubby and I at the 

Marine Corps Ball 

Happy 236th Birthday Marine Corps

Today is a special day in our family

besides the birthdays of baby hulk and my FIL.

(Happy Birthday Mr Joe)

Today is also the birthday of the 

Marine Corps.

As a Marine Corps family it is a special day.

Next Saturday we will get all dressed up for

the birthday ball and enjoy the very old

traditions of the Marine Corps.

Today I am celebrating more than just 

a Thursday.

Happy 236th Marines!

  

July 4th Recap (picture overlaod)

Let me start out this post by saying how 

wonderful the city of Boston is!

I knew when we moved here I would fall in love with

the city but yesterday was above and beyond!

My hubby was on the joint services color guard for the 

annual Boston Pops 4th of July event

which meant he was downtown both 

Sunday and Monday nights.

I went with him last night and am SO glad I did.

We began our night at the USS Constitution where 

all the branches practiced the color guard

performance.

Watching these men and women made me quite teary eyed.

There were lots of spectators around taking pictures of them

practicing and I felt very proud of them all 

mostly my husband.

Here are some of the pictures from there...

(I warned you picture overload)

From there we had a police escort to the Esplanade

along the Charles river.

Can I tell you that if you have never had a police escort you are missing out!

The power of a finger pointing at you and police screaming at you to

MOVE gets things moved!

I have never in my life seen traffic part like that before.

It was awesome!

Once we got to the Esplanade the hubby had to leave us

to get prepared.

Our seats while waiting for the LIVE National broadcast were not too

shabby considering all the people there...

 Michael Chiklis

 Martina McBride

My wonderful hubby and the other wonderful 

men and women of the joint services

color guard.

After the color guard my hubby ran into and got a 

picture and autograph of the lovely

Martina McBride

Once it was almost time to go LIVE nationally

we were moved to the "mosh pit" as they called it.

I do not think we could have been any closer 

other than being on stage...

 Do you see that Marine that is MY hubby on TV!

Of course the 4th of July is nowhere near complete 

without fireworks and Boston

knows how to put on a show!

If you were watching and saw them shoot a Marine and his wife watching the 

fireworks that was US!

I hope everyone had as great a 4th of July as we did!

If you didn't notice we were sans kids last night.

Many Many thanks to my wonderful friend 

Amanda for watching them for us while hosting

her BBQ. You are amazing!

Next year we are taking the kids with us!

It was nice to have some "grown up" time though.

Happy Memorial Day

I hope you and yours are 

having a wonderful 

Memorial Day.

Here is MY hero

yesterday getting ready for

a Memorial Day parade...

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Take a minute to remember our men and women

in the armed forces!

The Rocker

It has been a great day

for us.

My hubby was promoted this morning.

I am so very proud

of all his accomplishments

and this promotion.

Here are a few pictures 

from this morning.

His parents flew in to Pin him

 All 8 of us

 With his parents

 Our 'little' family

Congrats to my hubby!

I love you babe!

Mil Spouse Survey

I saw this floating around, so I thought I would join in!

1. How long have you been a military wife?
8 years

2. What branch of service is your husband?
Marine Corps

3. Active/Reserve?
Active Duty

4. What is his job?
Admin

5. How many deployments have you gone through?
Only 1 and it was a tiny one.

6. Camo or Dress uniforms on your man?
Dress Blues. They are just so sexy, I mean professional.

7. What do you like about being a military wife?
I love watching my hubby get ready for work (when I'm up)

and knowing how proud I am of him and the many others serving.

8. Do you live on base?
Yes, Hanscom AFB

9. What is your favorite base so far?
Base wise Kansas City

10. What is the hardest part of the military life?
Making friends and then moving away.

But I have been doing it my entire life.

11. Do you go to the grocery store or Commissary?
Commissary now

12. Do you work or stay at home?
SAHM mom of 4 kids

13. Do you have a lot of military wife friends?
Yes, I only have a handful that are not and even most of them are prior service wives

14. Do you prefer Walmart or the BX/PX/NEX/MCX?
Wal-Mart or Target

15. How did your husband propose?
Basically by being deployed.

We are one of those...

Deployment wedding

16. Did you marry him after he joined or before?
After

18. Any kids?
4

19. Any kids yet to come?
No more for us

20. Is your husband one of those "I am soldier hear me "OORAH" kind of guys?
No, not at all. But he does take a lot of pride in his work

21. Have you ever done combatives with your husband?
Oh heck no. I'd be in SO much pain

22. How many bases have you lived at?
This is our 5th.

23. If you could change one thing about the military?
I wont even go there.

24. Do you like military balls?
LOVE them. 

It's the only time I get to dress up.

25. Where does your family live?
Georgia.

Although both my brothers are military and live in Japan (Marine) and Korea (Air Force)

26. What do you do for a job?
I am a SAHM

27. Have you ever gotten in a fight with an NCO's wife?
No, and I think it is tacky

28. Name one thing you do when your husband is gone.
Read a lot.

29. Do you think other wives do that too?
Probably

Blizzard Bloghop

Welcome to my blog.

I started this blog almost a year ago so that family members could keep up with us

wherever we were stationed. 

I am the wife of a US Marine and the mother of 4 children. 

Lets just start out with me shall we...

I grew up a military brat myself and love the moving around and meeting new people.

It is very exciting to me to do all these things on the governments dime. :)

My hubby and I have been married for 8 years in March.

 (I tend to make a lot of that face in pics)

We have 4 kiddos...

Carter who is 10 (fake names btw)

Rosie who is 6

Ninja who is almost 4

Hulk who is 1

Our life is busy crazy but we love it.

Most days we love it.

We just moved to Massachusetts from Florida. 

Which is fun.

I love all the snow and cold. 

Anyway, welcome to my blog. 

Look around and make sure to come back by every so often.