We have had an eventful and full summer with lots of visits from family and friends. We started the summer with Darin heading off to Thailand for two weeks. He enjoyed the time he got to spend with his dad, brother and mom while in Bangkok. He even caught up with some high school friends while there. Later in the summer we had Vangie, Niccola and Mari come for a great visit. We did all kinds of things including touring Williamsburg, Yorktown (okay, to be honest Vangie took Kyle and Niccola and I vegged at home with the girls), Busch Gardens, VA Beach, museums, and the list goes on and on. After that, we went up to Pa for a quick visit and was able to see Erik and Darcie's new house (which was beautiful) and also got to see my sister and her family at Hershey Park for the day! All in all it was a lot of fun. Kind of a let down once all of our activities and visitors left!
We are now gearing up for the beginning of the school year. Kyle will be going into the fifth grade. He is finishing up with his ice hockey class just in time to start fall soccer. Grace will be going to three day a week preschool at a local church near our home. I think she is going to love it and learn a lot. Bethany, I think, is going to enjoy the run of the house while both siblings are at school. Not to mention all of mom's attention.
Darin will be deploying again sometime this winter. Please begin to pray for our family. He is really dreading another deployment and I don't know how to face another six months as a single parent. (we think his float will actually be only 4-5 months which will be a huge answer to prayer if it happens as they say it will) After he returns from his deployment it will be time for us to PCS again (move assignments for all non military readers) so we'll see what the Lord has in store. I'll post more on that later!!! (see the bottom of the blog for more pics of the kids summer outings)
