Easter Bunny & Daddy

Easter Egg Hunt!

Maggie & the Easter Bunny

She was really good at finding all of the eggs!

Push it up!

The boys trying to get their kids to push it up

Maggie Playing Hide & Seek

Can you see where she is hiding?

Happy Easter!

The small world of Secret Sisters

In squadron life the guys go away 'alot'. While they are away, if your spouse is home you 'adopt' another spouse whose husband is away... a secret sister. Picture a grown up version of a sorority. (Side note: This is all very funny, because even though my best friends in college were in a sorority, I refused to join. They are all laughing at me now!!)

Well, when we were in the UK a woman I did not know, Jane, was my secret sister. Her husband was away, she had one boy and was pregnant with her sweet little girl. I sent her a bunch of goodies throughout the deployment and had fun getting to 'know' her. Fast forward to the end of the deployment: her husband got home, she had baby Elizabeth, I got pregnant, had Maggie, Jane PCS-ed (moved for none military types), we PCS-ed, and ... we NEVER met! Since her husband was not in the same circle as mine (he was a flight doc), I figured I would never see her again. I always thought that I failed at the end of my 'secret sisterhood' and that I should haved called and I always wondered if everything was ok with her. Since I never met her, knew her, or even had a conversation with her, a certain spouse of mine would call me the 'secret stalker'! Ha!

We moved to our new squadron, John goes to work, comes home with the name of a flight doc that flew with his new squadron... I almost fell off my chair (I actually got some goosebumps)... it was my secret sister!!

They were here,
in Ohio,

and they lived a few blocks away!

Needless to say I am very grateful to have her so close by and happy to get to know sweet Elizabeth. I am pleasantly surprised by the way that life works.

Here are Maggie & Elizabeth enjoying Easter treats today.

Our yard is blooming!

Monday: Opening Day!

Today was opening day for many teams around the country. That means Spring is here! We were extra excited because we were heading downtown to see the fly-by for the Reds (and to see John as number 2!). First disappointment of the day: It was cold. Really cold, snowing/sleeting type of cold. Second disappointment of the day: They cancelled the fly-by! Apparently snow and sleet is not the ideal weather for them to work their magic.

But, we were not disappointed to be able to spend the entire afternoon at home with daddy.