1. Brent graduated and is now a Doctor and a Lieutenant in the Navy
2. Florida is beautiful
3. Grandparents are great
4. Morgan turned 2
5. We moved across the country and arrived in San Diego
See more info below on each. Sorry this is long but it's been a while.
Brent graduated and is now a Doctor and a Lieutenant in the Navy. After four long years of painful lectures and difficult patients, Brent finally finished optometry school. He says he's not a multi-tasker, and I usually agree but he managed juggling school, being an awesome father, a great husband, and a scout leader amazingly well these last several years while also dealing with and helping me complete my schooling. I am so proud of him and am grateful for all his efforts and sacrifice on our family's behalf.
The commencement speaker at his graduation was an admiral in the Navy. He is the highest ranking optometrist in the Navy. Brent was lucky enough to have him do his promotion ceremony. After graduation, he was promoted from an ENS to a Lieutenant and retook his oath. It is a pretty big deal. Thank you to the family and friends who attended.
Florida is Beautiful
After Brent's graduation and before mine, we took a trip back to Pensacola FL. Both Brent's parents and mine were able to come out for the graduations and so we gave them this trip to FL for their Christmas present. This was our third time to Pensacola and we love it. This time we stayed in the Portofino Resort and it was awesome. If anyone is planning on heading down there, let us know and we'll give you the info.
Grandparents are great
Seeing how we lived in Mississippi and Morgan's grandparents live in California, they didn't get to see each other very often. This trip made up for it. She loved spending time with her grandparents and if I can take the liberty to say it, they loved spending time with her. When the Collins have 30+ grand-kids and the Hunters have 11, it is rare to get one on one time with the grandparents, especially a whole week.
Morgan turned 2
I know it's hard to believe for me too. Morgan flew home with my parents after the graduations so we could pack and drive the moving truck across country and I'm soooo glad they did. After we got unloaded in SD, we drove back up to my parents and stayed for over a week visiting family on both sides. While we were there Morgan turned 2 and we had a little cousin party. My parents have a little farm with cows, a goat, lots of puppies, and a big red barn. Morgan was in heaven and wanted to go see the cows and puppies all the time. We even had two baby cows come while we were there. So we had a barnyard party. We played with bubbles, did the chicken dance, ring around the rosie, had cake and opened presents. We all had a great time.
She got a little princess castle and a darling frilly outfit. So she is in her castle with the outfit on. In case you were wondering about this picture.
We're back in CA
We made the drive in pretty good time. It took about 30 hours and that was in a moving truck pulling a car. We are just now getting fully moved in. Here is a picture of the outside. I'll post inside pictures when I get it decorated. We're in Spring Valley. It's about 15 min East of Downtown San Diego. The weather has been wonderful so far. We do expect visitors.
