Military homecomings are crazy. Anyone who’s ever experienced one will tell you that. They are wildly unpredictable– the dates and times are constantly changing, and a bunch of them happen all at the same time but in different locations for different units. You never really know what’s going on until the marines are walking off […]

My husband is home! HOORAY! After being in the desert for a while and then finding out the night before he was supposed to come home that he had to stay an extra week, Frank is back, and we are so, so happy. I made him a little naked cake to celebrate– it’s a white cake with strawberries and […]

A lot of things are taking adjusting to down here. One of them is not the weather. It is SO nice here, but it’s definitely interesting to see just how relative “nice weather” really is. Most of the parks near us are closed for winter, so it’s sometimes hard to find things to do outside– which […]