Home Sweet Home
January 29, 2007
It was wonderful, cold yet wonderful. I haven’t seen many of Marks side of the family in such a long time! My brother in law is now a Chief Warrant Officer (2) in the Navy, which I have been told is a huge deal. The ceremony was wonderful, Mark did a wonderful job officiating it- and of course we all cried through the majority of it. Did I mention it was wonderful?
Let me start by introducing you to everyone:
Left to Right: Jeff, Mark and Jim. Jeff and Jim are Marks older brothers (and they are twins). Jeff lives in Missouri with his wife Cathy and 3 boys, Greg, Matt and Brandon. Jim lives in Chicago (for the next week) with is wife Cindy and their 2 girls Emily and Taylor. He has been in the Navy 22+ years and was just promoted to Officer. His entire family made the trip to Chicago to support him in this HUGE event.
Left to Right: Heather, Cindy and Cathy. Us girls had such a blast! Cindy and I got to know eachother so much more over this trip, and I cant wait to build a stronger relationship with her. Cathy, well- Cathy and I are like sisters. I am an only child, so it is so wonderful to have her in my life. Do you notice that I am wearing 72 layers in that picture? (And I still came home sick!)
Marks Mom and Dad. 2 of the funniest people I have ever met. Marks dad rarely speaks, but when he does it is important (just like his son). Usually he resorts to grunting, which we all make fun of him for. Marks mom is a hoot and usually has everyone laughing, she has helped us out tremendously both time Emma spent an extended time in ICU.
Emily and Taylor. These are Jim and Cindy’s daughters. Emily is 19, and a spitting image of her father. She is expecting her first child in May (we loved rubbing on her 5 month belly!) and such a great girl. Taylor is such a sweet girl, she is very quiet and her sister is her best friend. Jim and Cindy did a wonderful job with them! Emily is having a baby boy (whom she is naming Heath, after me of course) and is very excited about this next chapter in her life. Taylor has been homeschooled up until this next year, and will be going to public school for the first time. She is very excited!
We all had a blast together- I will spare you the boring details of yet another family reunion and just leave it at saying I am so very blessed to have such great relationships on both sides of my family. My parents did a wonderful job watching the kids and I am so thankful they were gracious enough to take on the responsibility of Emma Grace’s long medicine routine while Mark and I got a much needed vacation. It was wonderful to see their smiling faces when we returned home (Emma said “Look! Its the mommy!”)
Here are the rest of the pictures, the ceremony was one of the most amazing things I have ever been apart of- ever.
And now I am off to do laundry and watch last weeks American Idol episodes. I hope you guys had a wonderful weekend, I will catch up on your blogs later today!
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13 Responses to “Home Sweet Home”
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See sis, you did a much nicer post than I did. I am just too tired to think. LOL
Ohh and that pic of Mark and Jeff being silly… Thats Jim, not Jeff! LOL
Glad to see that you are home safely and that you had such a wonderful time.
ok, I don’t even know your family but I cry everytime I see someone in uniform being honored.
Thanks for sharing them with us.
I loved looking at all your family pictures and reading about your loved ones.
I’m like you, when I go back to NE for a visit, I’m excited when it snows. Go figure. :)
Looks like you had fun! And I am so jealous you got to go somewhere and wear WINTER clothes!! Lucky girl!
Welcome back!! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Thanks for sharing the pictures - they are great!
I am glad that you had a good time. I read Emma’s story the other night and was struck by how graceful you are handling it. I am praying for her and for all of you. Blessings!
Looks like you had a wonderful time! My brother is in the Navy, so seeing those pictures brought back memories!
Glad to have you back!
Bec
I am so glad to see you are home, and had such a great time! What a beautiful family!
Lovely that you were able to see family and have a rest…a breath of fresh air that we all need from time to time! :)
Love and prayers…
Ah Heather…sounds wonderfully spirit-warming. Glad to have ya back though… :)
So glad the trip was wonderfully blessed! Thanks for sharing…you’ve been on my heart and it is good to see the update!
I love military promotion ceremonies. My husband is a Marine and though his last promotion was done on Jan. 2 ‘06 and thus the normal formations that would be there were all on leave, it was still just he neatest thing to watch. As his wife, they asked me to come up and pin on one of his new chevrons while his captain did the other, then thanked me for my service… it was all just so… inspiring.
It looks like you had a great trip! Time with family is always the best.