Wrapping Up Wainwright

Volunteer Awards - Fort Wainwright, Alaska

In the past couple weeks, there has been tons going on around the Smith home. I received another completely unexpected award. Then I was “farewelled” by our troop. I was presented this lovely bowl. This is the inscription on the base. And my hubby was farewelled as well. And in the meantime…once again, everything we [...]

The Rescue

The Joys of Moving

So, since we are moving many months before we were supposed to, we’ll never get the chance to see the snow melt an reveal our lawn ornaments. That means going in after them. Fun. So I went in…and dug and dug, sticking the shovel down it the snow as though I were a rescuer searching [...]

And the Verdict is… #ArmyWifeLife #PCS

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We found out where we are moving!!! Yes Siree!!! My prayer was answered! We are returning to the land of Grits and Sweet Tea!!!

Making Friends |#MilitaryMonday

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Every couple years on average, army families are faced with new challenges. Lots of challenges all brought on by a simple piece of paper called “PCS Orders.”

Always Looming | #MilitaryMonday June 4, 2012

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One of the things you know as an Army family, is that there is almost always a move looming ahead in your future. While we may still have a year left up here in the Last Frontier of Alaska, we know that a year from now we will be planning our next move. And a [...]

2010–The Year in Review

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The year of 2010 was a very exciting year for our family. I’m going to go through and do a month-by-month replay…… January We went on some local field trips to some beautiful places… We visited a 1700′s church out in the country.

PCS: Day 22 – The Final Portion of our AMAZING Move to Alaska!

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On our first morning in Alaska, we woke up and saw the strangest rainbow-light "thing" over near the horizon. We later learned that it was a “sun dog.’” The first of many,

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