Summer Fun

Solomon enjoying some dinner in Va beach

love this picture of Soli chillin and Izzie huggin her brother watchin some DoraAmanda and Josh (miss them!:() after celebrating Father's day with our dad at Bubba's Seaford on water in Va Beach Happy Father's day Pops! we'll have to go fishing some day!!My dear friend - Nikita - Niki - Nicole - she helped me so much as we prepared to move and actually came down to Savannah, Ga too to help get settled! One of my little angles.

have I mentioned we LOVE the beach! the biggest thing that we miss is the fact that we are no longer 1.1 miles from a beach. thankfully, we are still under an hour:)

Solomon staring at something? We are at lil d's swim lessons.

Lil d getting comfortable in the water...

big 4 year old taking first swim class

one of our old favorite parks - soli mad his brother is pushing him. its just not the same as mom i guess!

lil izzie g and me at the beach

kiddo's enjoying life and the beauty of creation... david isaac on a mom date - we went to beach and ice cream

the beach part :)

The kids at Vacation bible School - their friend Hannah joined them on the last day! :) My friend Julie from northern Va came down with her daughter Hannah for a sweet visit.

Solomon having fun

Grandma's famous wave from Sugar Hill. In this picture, waving good-bye to cousin Jane's family and ours. Their home will be Auctioned on Sept 25th ;(

Cousin Jane saying farewell one last time at this particular location. She has fond memories of trips to visit Aunt Carolyn and Uncle John on Sugar Hill.

Peter drove to northern Virgina with me to help with the kids. It was great - instead of me saying "David ISAAC!!!! please stop talking!!!" Peter was back their..."David Isaac!!!!!!" :) cousins are great!!!

Father's day spending time with my dad at their home in Stafford.

Ventures with Vivian

My cousin is visiting from Ohio and has been in "military wife" boot camp. She's been such a gift and blessing from God. It's so nice to have some extra hands around the house and with the kids. We've had some fun adventures together too...

She is quite the gardner and gave me some good tips with my potted plants and we also planted a couple together. Here are the beautiful gerber daisies

We ran a 8k at First Landing National Park at Va Beach.
Speaking of the beach......I could go there everday!

So Vivian has learned what military wives know - it seems everything breaks when your spouse is deployed. We have had a broken washing machine (in which I got my first traffic ticket driving to meet the repair man at the gate). Currently we have a broken computer, camera, drill, truck, and lawn mower..among other things... Pictured is Ms. Vivian modeling the lovely little over a year and yet broken lawn mower.

We took turns with the weed eater...exciting stuff!

Thankfully, David had a back up drill...it was hard work mounting the flag mount :)

But we did it! It was in a rather awkward spot and pretty hilarious to watch us do this together.

David Isaac came out to help

plants and veggies are blooming

my first tomato (David wanted you to see this! :))

Izzie-Bella-Grace with her pink wings

David Isaac in his element

Solomon James catching a wave

that was tough work...he is ready for a little snoozer

Get that energy out!!!

Bella Grace thanking God for the ocean

She loves her cousin Vivian

Soli getting ready to dig up some lunch

A beautiful day at the beach

And love will hold us together make us a shelter to weather the storm

And I will be my brother's keeper so the whole world will know that we are not alone

lyrics from Matt Maher's "Hold Us Together"

Great song that Vivian and I have been singing this week. :)

I'm thankful that God's love holds us together and that He created family and sisterhood so that we are not alone as we venture through life on earth.

Looking forward to David's return back home! We miss him very much and Lil d pray all the time "Thank you Jesus that you will bring daddy home soon, thank you Jesus for daddy's truck" :) Isabella sang "Amazing Grace" to David on the phone this morning.

Praying for our soldiers, our leaders, and for the follwer's of Christ to shine His Light/Love for the world to see.

Spring update :)

Welcome home daddy! Kids waiting for David at the Airport. He arrived at 11:30am Easter Sunday!

Welcome home!

Chillin in the backyard

Solomon's 1st Birthday

David saying goodbye to kids...my parents and sister came up to help out with kids so David and I could get away for a few days...very nice and needed!!! little david isaac having a blast with daddy

Priscilla's birthday...went to the Melting Pot (a favorite!)

Last Night together

Virginia Beach Sunrise morning of David's departure

Jamie (college roomie and good friend) came to visit us bringing some Cup Cake fun...she has her own cupcake business if you want to check out... www.the-frostedcupcake.blogspot.com

They were YUMMY and we all enjoyed!

Kids working hard and eating lots of topings & icing...:)

The next morning we ran the Wounded Warriors 10K at Ft. Monroe...a great run! Even had some friends there and one waiting at the finish line cheering us on!

VT looks good on you Soli!!!

May 1st - Walk for Life at Norfolk zoo...

The kids and I at the starting line...

Our faithful friend Ms. Sandy supported us and walked with us:) We saw some other friends there too. It was a beautiful day...

Mother Daughter Tea - Snugs Harbor Little Creek Navy base

An early Mother's day celebration for myself, mom, and grandma. As we were enjoying the festivities and talking about "mother's and daughter's" it hit me that we all 3 were wives of military men....all at very different times in history. We have World War 11, Vietnam, and now our present war.

Solomon chillin with Great-Grandma after our ladies lunch/tea

Proud David Isaac doing great riding his bike with no training wheels

Solomon James enjoying the beginging of summer heat and fun

Isabella had to show off her bike too

It's been a little while and it seems a lot has happened the last few months. David Isaac turned 4 in March. Our dear friends - Tanika and kiddos - moved away late March. We both had husbands gone so did A LOT together. We've missed them dearly and the kids still ask to go over to their house. We enjoyed great visit with David and was even harder this time to say goodbye with 6.5 more months to go. We're hoping he will be home for good by early November and look forward to Savannah, GA (though we will miss Va Beach and luxury of being close to family)!!

The kids are growing so fast and I"m constantly reminded of the need to embrace and cherish these days.

Grace & Peace to you and yours!

Love, Priscilla & Arthur family

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