Our First Deployment

Family time for us is not always on the weekend, we go by the work schedule and take what we can get.  Our first deployment was coming up, so the Pilot gets a couple of days off before leaving.  This happened to fall on a Tuesday while the big girls were in school so it was just a family day for three.  We had a nice lunch out followed by a little park play time. 

Daddy and Little Sis walking to go see the boats go by. 

Mommy and her littlest girl

She loves to be thrown in the air, giggling the entire time.

I wanted to send some homemade goodness with the Pilot, for him and his crew to enjoy while away from home.  This is one of our favorite cookie recipes from Janelle over at Comfy in the Kitchen.  I replaced the regular vanilla pudding mix with french vanilla and skipped putting it in the fridge for an hour because I made them quickly the night before he left, and they turned out just fine. 

 

Well, the Pilot arrived at his deployment destination just fine and we were able to have a morning skype session for a few minutes.  I'm so thankful for technology such as skype to be able to keep in touch with him while he is away!  I'm also counting my blessings that his deployments are just a couple of weeks as opposed to a lot of my friends from the other military branches that have to go without their husbands months at a time.  It's not easy being without your husband but we have to stay focused on all the blessings in our lives and be grateful!