So.Cal. Ya'll!!!!!

We'll be heading to Camp Pendleton in April. Kevin will be serving as Chaplain with the 1st Marine Corps Division. Never in my life did I think that we would be doing this. It's going to be serious business but hopefully that laid back Southern California charm will rub off on us. Plus we'll be so close to Legoland. What could be wrong with that?

Welcome to the Boat Club!

As of Friday night we are officially in the Navy. Kevin took his oath and it's official. He's now Lt. J.G. Kevin Wilkinson. It's a little strange that he can be an officer before he goes to Officer Development School or has a uniform but, hey, we'll take it. We should find out this week where we will end up. Exciting times in the Wilkinson house!

November It List

Owen: making duck noises, Scooby Doo, starting every sentence with "I'm gonna tell you...." and bananas.

Lucy: hairstyles, saying the word 'hairstyles', drawing pictures for her friends, following the rules at school, Taylor Swift and playing in her room with the door closed "no boys allowed" style.

Jenny: getting ready for my final Abilene yard sale, learning Navy lingo, NCIS (we are finally on season 6) and Sookie.

Kevin: running, Wii Sports Resort, Chaplain books, Bobby Bowden debates and dreaming of living on a beach soon.

*This is for journaling purposes and is not intended for punctuation scrutiny.

Kevin's Patriotic Birthday

We've been trying to get our kids excited about the upcoming changes by talking more about the military and what soldiers do. We have also spent some time talking about important people and buildings of our country after Kevin made a trip to the Pentagon. All that talk must have made an impact because the kids chose to make Daddy a flag cake topped with army men and Lucy insisted on buying him a Commemorative Barack Obama puzzle that says "Yes We Can". Just listening to her try and say his name was worth buying the puzzle. After our cake we played our new Wii Sports Resort game. Lucy really got into canoeing because she fell off of the chair trying to get around a corner. I was sore for two days after from frisbee and basketball. I always forget to stretch before playing fake games. Lesson learned.

We're Back.....and we're in the Navy!

After a nice long break from blogging, I am back with some big news. Kevin is now officially going to be a Chaplain in the Navy. He will be starting his Officer Development/Chaplain school in January. He'll be gone for 12 weeks so during that time we will be staying with my parents in Oregon. We have no idea where we are heading to in April but hopefully we'll know by December. As we said goodbye this weekend to some friends moving to Peru, reality started to sink in a little. So for now I am happy, sad, happy, sad, happy, sad. We are very excited about our upcoming adventure but we really love Abilene. We've had the most amazing group of friends and the best church family ever. I'm not saying goodbye yet. Not just yet.
I'm going to start blogging again because I really liked looking back over my past posts like a journal and figured this would be a better way to record what we are doing. I also think that we might have some interesting stories come up that facebook just wouldn't be able to handle.
That's the quick version.
Here's a treat.