Changes

Its hard to believe how much has changed these past few months. Just as we felt like we were getting settled in and established in Norfolk, it was time to move. Thankfully, we are moving home and upgrading from an apartment to a house! We are so excited for all that Memphis holds. The closer we got to leaving, the more we realized that we really would miss Norfolk. We will miss our wonderful friends and neighbors- Jay and Amanda & Stephen and Melissa. We will really miss our evening walks down to the water and sitting and looking at all the lights and the ships from downtown Norfolk... there aren't many things that are more peaceful that absolute still, glassy water at night. We will miss walking to the numerous restaurants that were only about a 3 minute walk from our apartment. We will probably never have the luxury of living 30 minutes from the beach ever again. We will miss our favorite pizza place that became a staple in our weekly meal planning, Cogans. I will miss being able to ask for a military discount almost anywhere I go. We absolutely loved the festivals that they held at the big park downtown, about a 5 minute walk from our apartment. It took a while to get adjusted to Norfolk... but it was an incredible place to spend our first year and a half of marriage and there are so many things we will miss. It truly was a bittersweet goodbye. We have so many things ahead of us that we are so thankful for and so excited about, but its hard to leave something you have come to call home. Norfolk was our first home together and we have many wonderful, sweet memories there.

Our Street Sign

View from our night walk... Portsmouth Naval Hospital

Another view at night... Pagoda

Town Point Park

Mermaid

Our Apartment

Trevor and Rusty on one of our walks

The Lone Sailor

Early this week I said my last "real" goodbye to Trevor and I can tell you that I am SO excited to be leaving goodbyes behind. We have spent a large portion of this past year and a half apart. For someone who refuses to say goodbye, I have said more goodbyes than I ever dreamed I would in a lifetime. One of the most exciting things about moving to Memphis is that there will be no more goodbyes... at least nothing like we have been doing. I can NOT wait!

Trevor, my amazing mother and I spent the past few weeks working on packing and moving. Its amazing how much stuff can accumulate in a year and a half. It felt like the more we packed, the more stuff that appeared! Thank goodness for my amazing husband who worked so hard to get us out of our apartment on time!! We moved into storage and are waiting for the military to come and move all of our things to Memphis. 

Trevor and I are enduring our last long (but only kinda long compared to all the other deployments) separation. This time apart is giving me lots of time to reminisce and think back to all of our wonderful memories in Norfolk. We are counting down until we can both be in Memphis and start this next stage of life together!

Memphis Bound!!

A few months ago Trevor and I made the decision to sign up for another 2 years with the Navy. We had not originally thought we would stay in the Navy for a shore tour, the Lord made it clear to us that this was the best decision. A day later we submitted our choices for our next set of orders. For those of you who aren't familiar with all this Navy stuff... Trevor is about to complete his second "sea tour." A sea tour literally means you spend your time on a ship and are in and out of port on that ship. On his two sea tours he has already completed two very long deployments and has another short one to go. When you go to your "shore tour" you work more normal business hours in an office and so you are not spending any time at sea(usually). We waited for what felt like an eternity to see where the Lord would send us next. About a month later we learned that we got our first choice and are headed to MEMPHIS!!!!!!!! Trevor broke the news to me by putting Irises in a bouquet of yellow roses. Trevor carries on a tradition started by his mentor of bringing home yellow roses with every new move or change in orders. I was ecstatic to learn that we were moving to Memphis and impressed by Trevor's creativity. I think those flowers were the most meaningful flowers I have ever received. 

  We are so thankful and we are so so excited. Trevor will be working in Millington and I am going to be job hunting soon! As things look now, I will be moving in September and Trevor will join me a few months later after his short deployment! We are so excited to be returning home. While this year(almost) away has been a huge blessing we are eager to be back with our families. We are so thankful for the Lord's provision and for His perfect plan!

Welcome!

Trevor and I have decided to join the blogging world. We are currently living in Norfolk, VA where Trevor is a Naval Officer and I am a nurse. We have enjoyed starting out here and are thankful for the many memories made here. We are excited to share a little bit about our life with you!