Sweet Home...

ALABAMA!!!

That's where we are moving to...YAY!! We are excited and can hardly wait to get there :) We will be so, so, so close to our family: about 2ish hours to Greg's mama and about 4ish to my parents. Greg will be an instructor at ACSC, at Maxwell AFB. We went down a couple of weeks ago to find a house, and we were successful! We make the move in July, this will make my sixth move in 13 years...wowzers! We are already praying that God would lead us as we search for a church home and that the kids would transition well. We have been still for 3 years, and it seems like I might have to dust off my moving/settling in skills as we start over and make Alabama our home :)

In other news, we wrapped up basketball. What a fun season! All three kids played and improved during the season, it was fun!! We took a week to breathe and now the boys are playing soccer, and baseball practice starts this week, too. I love it! My boys enjoy all sports and they are having fun :)

Ready for Soccer!

Jannah took part in an American Girl Fashion Show. It was exciting :) She modeled McKenna, the 2012 doll of the year. We didn't get to choose what doll or outfit she wold model...that being said, we were both a little shocked when we found out she was modeling pajamas!!! She *overcame* and did well; she was not the only one to model pj's...that made us feel better :)

Until next time...we are staying busy and hanging tough!

Oh yeah, we are also working on our tans, it has been unseasonably hot here. I am happy to say that I have a flip flop tan going on!

We are Air force Proud!!!

I am linking up to Kelly's Korner; she's highlighting military families on her blog, and well, we are just that!!

A little bit about us:

My husband has been in the Air Force for over 20 years!!! I have been with him on this adventure for 12 1/2! We met at Moody AFB in Valdosta, GA-my hometown. When we married, I was (and still am) head over heels for Greg! Good thing I love him so, I think that's what has made this AF thing so much fun! We try to look at being in the AF as an adventure, we try to make the best of every move we make, and we do our best to make our house a home...no matter where we are!

We have lived in:

Spokane, Washington (Fairchild AFB)

Tallahassee, Florida (ROTC Instructor @ Florida State)

Cabot, Arkansas (Little Rock AFB)

Osan, South Korea (Osan Air Base)

O'Fallon, Illinois (Scott AFB)

We have loved each of our assignments, for very different reasons. The friends we've made have been incredible and I love that we still keep up with them years later. It's also fun to be stationed with someone a second time, that's when you start to realize it's a "small military world!" Being in the military has also given us opportunities to travel and see many different places. We usually have a "bucket list" for the area we live in, so that we can see and do all there is to offer in that particular state :)

We love you Greg and we are so proud to be supporting you as you serve our country!!!

Grand Slam Vacay Part 3

We went to the Harbor Festival in Norfolk, which hosted many events all weekend. We wanted to see the parade of sails, and it didn't disappoint. There were many large ships, some new, some old. We had fun and even made the local news channel.

We sat along the waters edge and watched the ships sail by. I even lost an earring in that water! I had a hard time relaxing, because I was afraid one of the children might fall right in...thankfully, no one did!

No event is complete without a fly over!

And of course, more beach time...I never get too much of that!

One JGB totally refused to cooperate in this picture. All of my kiddos have the same initials; the first two were unplanned, number three was somewhat planned so that he wouldn't be left out; that has nothing to do with our vacation!

She is her mother's child...

Jannah and Jordan made a kite; it entertained them for a couple of days.

You know what I am going to say, right?

I love him!

Just give Jamison some sand and a shovel, and he is good to go!

Last, but not least, as we headed back to Illinois, we stopped in Kentucky at the Louisville Slugger Bat Company...truly, our little trip to VA ended with a GRAND SLAM!!!

Jannah and Babe Ruth

Greg holding one of Micky Mantle's bats...

team Bailey

And from all of team Bailey...it was fun and it's good to be home!

Grand Slam Vacay Part 2

I'm back and I still have lots more to share from our trip to Virginia! Have I mentioned that we had a blast?! Our second week got even better, when we picked Gamma up from the airport, the kids were surprised!! They had overheard me talking about her coming, but didn't know when or if she really was going to come. After picking her up from the airport, we went out to eat and then headed to the piers; we were just in time to see the sunset behind the massive ships. Norfolk is home to the largest navy base, and it is huuuuge!

Mermaids are all over Norfolk; this was one of our favorites, so we stopped to see it after leaving the beach one day. I tried to tell the kids I used to be a mermaid, they don't believe me!

If ever I'm missing, you can find me where there's sun, sand and waves...just sayin!

We packed up and drove about 35 minutes to Virginia Beach. Jannah is making something for Gamma, she may be 8 years old, but she still loves to play in the sand and pretend to cook things! I think I see culinary school in her future.

Jamison doing a little body surfing

G and Jordan trying to dig to China

...almost there!

We went to the Cape Henry Lighthouse, it's actually located on an army post. This is the old one, built in 1792. It is no longer operating, but a beauty to look at and open for people like us who want to climb up to the top to look out.

Here we go...

And, here's our view from the top. We only had to climb 192 steps to get there! The new lighthouse (the black and white one) was built in 1881. It is operating and the light can be seen from as far as 19 miles off shore, WOW!

Stay tuned...there's more to come!

Grand Slam Vacay Part 1

Well, well, well! It has been a month since I last blogged and I have so much fun stuff to share with yall!

So, Greg was in Norfolk, Virgina for 10 weeks, going to school...an Air Force course, of course! He flew back here over the Memorial Day weekend, so that we could all drive back to VA, and stay with him the last few weeks of his class. We were able to get a furnished apartment on base and I figured we could find some fun while he was in school...I had no idea we would find as much FUN as we did :)

After the 890 mile trip, we passed a Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, which was only about 45 minutes from our final destination. I said, "why not?!" Greg agreed and that was the beginning of our fun! The kids had fun and so did we, it was a nice way to end 890 miles! The best part might have been the fire alarms at 3:00 a.m. and the evacuation, just kidding!

After arriving in Norfolk, Greg went to school and we (me and the kids) played! Greg would come home around 3:00 and we would all play then! It was really a nice break for all of us, and good family time. Here are some of the things we did:

This was a little Korea reunion...one of the great things about the military! Laura (in the middle) was in the area house hunting and Amanda (on the right) had joined her husband at the same course G was at. So we got together at none other than, Chuck E Cheese, because we all love that place so much...actually, we knew we could catch up and the kids could play! I have to give a shout out to Facebook...that's the way we knew about each other being in the area!!

Amanda's boys, my three and one of Laura's three children. Why, oh why are group shots so difficult?!

We were 10 minutes from Oceanview Beach...you know I went there, every day! The water is calm and the waves are like ripples, the kids has so much fun and were able to play in the water without being knocked down, so relaxing and peaceful...I miss it!

My baby J chillaxin

Jordan perfecting his sand castles

While Daddy was at school, he was also enjoying some time on the golf course. Once we got there, he spent time teaching the kiddos some skillz and they now have their own clubs :)

We went to Busch Gardens and had a fun day; we stayed until the park closed!!

Jordan begged for a glow sword, which he was so thrilled to get and Jannah got a light-up pacifier...what a perfect ending to a perfect day!

Oh my! The best Mediterranean/Greek food ever!! Greg and I had a date (thanks to Amanda and then we returned the favor to her and her hubby). We went to Azars, sat on the patio, soaked up some alone time and ate a delicious meal.

My cousin, who is a young 21 is stationed at Norfolk Naval Station. They came over for lunch one day and we hung out. Jannah just loved her little boy, Caleb.

Amanda was my beach buddy. We went several days and we had so much fun, the kids enjoyed each other and played so well together...so glad we were able to spend some time together...miss ya, girl!

Jamison, Parker, Trevor, Jordan and Jannah; from youngest to oldest. Jamison and Parker were babies (like 6 weeks old) when we met in Korea. Man, time is flying!

Stay tuned, I have LOTS more to post, and I will be back before a month!