Long Time Since I Last Posted!!! Family Update!!

So, it has been a really long time since I have blogged. I am really going to try to start blogging more, just because there is always so much going on and so much I want to say. Now, where do I start. I guess I will start with school. Kaylin did great in school. She got A's and B's all year again. I am so proud of her and working so hard. She loved the third grade and we both really love her school. The teachers, principal, and students are amazing. All of the staff is great. I finished my first year at Chowan. I got straight A's for both fall and spring semesters. I am so proud of myself and I know that I am where I belong. I love the school and all of the people that I have met. The holidays were good, except for Pete not being here. We had Christmas here at the house with just us, which was great. Then Kaylin and I went to Pennsylvania and Delaware to see Pete's family. I am so lucky to have such a great relationship with his family. It is good for Kaylin to be able to see them and if I didn't have a good relationship, then I would probably not go without Pete. We missed Pete so much. The beginning of this year, I joined the local fire department. I am now a volunteer fire-fighter with the Colerain Volunteer Fire Department. It feels great to be doing something like this. I haven't had many calls, but the ones that I have gone on were not too bad. I was sized for new turnout gear, which I should get soon. I know, it is hard to picture me in a fire fighters uniform, but I like it. Now, updates on Kaylin. She started taking Martial Arts last year and she loves it. She is really growing and becoming a strong person. She has her yellow belt and next week she will start a 4-week camp. It is going to be a hard camp, but I know she will do great. She should have her orange belt by the time the camp is over. She looks so cute in her uniform. So, now about Pete. He is doing good. He made it home safe from Afghanistan and back in Alaska. He was home for the whole month of June, which was absolutely great. We were pretty much on the go the entire time he was home, but it was the best. We took our first real family vacation. We went to Massanutten, which is in the Virginia Shenandoah mountains. We had a blast there. We did so much, we went to the caverns, hiked up a 2,970 foot mountain (not all the way, we took a chairlift most of the way), we did a bunch of crafts, went swimming, and we all did the zip-line. Kaylin loved the zip-line and can't wait till she can do it again. After our vacation in the mountains, we went to see Pete's mom and family, then to see his dad in Delaware. It was a lot of traveling, but worth it. Pete had to leave June 23rd, which was hard and stunk. We miss him so much. It is so hard to not have him here. I miss him so much. I am very thankful that I have a great support system here. Here are some pictures from our vacation.

Well, that is about it for now, but I will update more often. I will also post more pictures soon from the past few months. Goodbye for now.