The James Family....Our Story in the Making

Sorry it's been a while from my last post. I feel like I'm behind on my updates. Let me start with the biggest one that happened this morning. Ned had today off and for litterally the first time EVER the kids slept in. We were all awoken by the phone that rang at 9 in the morning. It was Ned's cheif. Ned and I have been wrestling with the decision to re-sign with the Navy for about a year now. Ned had a re-enlistment ceremony scheduled for today but decided to cancel it while he was out to sea. We just felt we needed more time to decide what we should do. WEll to make a long story short, ned's cheif called and said that my mistake the ceremony hadn't been canceled. He also informed us of several things that had changed with the re-enlistment protocol and that we would get the best bonus if we did it today. It was the LAST day possible for him to re-sign for this rotation. So we had litterally 10 minutes to talk about it together and decide. That's what I call pressure! But in the end, we both knew what the right thing to do was. Maybe not the most fun thing, but the right thing was to stay in. So we quickly got the kids dressed and we hurried out the door. At 10:15, Ned was honorably discharged from the Navy and re-enlisted. It was a very proud moment for me as I watched him be sworn in. I am very proud to be a military family and I am proud of Ned and all the work he does. I hate the fact that he comes and goes, but life isn't always fair and that's something that I have to live with. I alreceived a letter of recognition for my sacrifice as a Navy wife and that was special to me. Anyway, in a matter of an hour, our lives changed (or rather...stayed the same) but now we are here in beautiful Whidbey Island for another four years. Crazy, but that's the military....the only thing that never changes is that anything could happen at any moment.