Tis the Season

It has been way to long since I have written one of these, and I told a good friend that I would be writing one so here it is. Sorry it took so long. To start heres a little update. Me and Trevor are in fact married, we got married by the jp back in September, that was probably the happiest day. Since then Trevor got his duty station in Alaska, and then shortly before his birthday he got sent overseas on his first deployment.

Well I love this time of year, I love the holidays and I love the getting together. This past thanksgiving I got to go up to Alaska and spend a week in a half with my husband, it was the last time i got to see him before the deployment. I enjoyed alaska so much that i am willing to move up there if we are allowed. It is beautiful country and it was a new experience that we got to share together. We considered that trip our honey moon, it was great to be alone and to have the time to share together. We could sleep in if we wanted or we could go out if we wanted.

This is our nighttime view from the front of the hotel... and by night time i do mean 5:30 pm it is as beautiful at night as it is during the day.

This is my view in the morning from our window in our room, i looked at this every morning i was there.

This is the view that we got to look at every time that we left the building to get to the car.

This thanksgiving was different for me, there were new experiences for me and there were new friends. One thing that was different for me was being away from family, it wasnt the first that i didnt share with my parents but it was the first that i didnt share with my kids, that was hard for me, but at the same time I spent it with my husband. That was a new experience for me and it was our first thanksgiving not as a couple but as husband and wife. We got to spend it with great friends and we had a great meal even though neither one of our mothers made it, it still felt like home. (Here we are before Thanksgiving Dinner)
When it came time to leave i was torn, I didnt want to leave new found friends, and i really didnt want to leave this new place that i had fallen in love with. but at the same time i missed my children and i just wanted to share my new love for this magical place. It was so magical that when i got to meet Santa and his reindeer i had to send a picture to the boys.


When i left, i admit i cried cause i was sad but when i came home after a long trip between airports and planes i saw my boys and i cried again cause no matter where i was if they werent there then there is a piece of me missing.

Now Christmas is fast approaching and all i can think of is that i want to make this a good one for my family, Trevors gifts have been sent and he got them early, the boys have been bought for and i hope that this is a good holiday for them. When i do gifts i try to keep the person i am buying for in mind, i put my heart into the gifts i give whether i spend alot of time picking out the perfect gift or whether i end up making it, a piece of me goes into the gift.

This is the time of year that people are reminded to think of others and not themselves. I learned this lesson young and i hope that i can pass it on to the boys, it is so important to think of other people every day of the year, but it is this time of year that most people remember that lesson. It is this time of year that i will listen to music and know the true meaning of christmas and that is Christ. Its not about the presents under the tree, or about the lights on the house, or even about what you are hoping to get from santa. It is about christ and the love that he had for us and the love that we should have for everyone...... Think about the way that you treat others this holiday season and really think about how you treat everyone year round, this is how it should be, i hope everyone has a safe holiday this year.