johns journal

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Our Memorial Day in Okinawa Japan

We've been in the Marine Corps for 15 years now and Memorial Day gets harder and harder. Knowing more people who we've loved and lost is painful and using Memorial Day to recognize their memory and sacrifice feels like some relief.

Our Memorial Day Party!

Our Memorial day party was such a special event. We hosted the squadron at our home and what a turn out!! I think Memorial Day is a big deal and since we are in the Military community it truly is a sobering and powerful day. We wanted to honor the fallen and those who gave their all so we did a t…

Aviation egg hunt & Happy Easter!

It's not everyday you get to hunt for eggs among historic aircraft! Such a fun hunt. Happy Easter friends, hope has risen today.









A wedding, our Easter and the White House Easter egg roll

The last 4-5 days have been a whirlwind, we've traveled from Virginia to upstate NY for my dear cousin's wedding and to visit my Mom. Keeping two very active boys strapped in a car for upwards of 8 hours was an interesting challenge. Let's just say I'm only planning on one more trip…

Happy Easter: He is Risen!

We're spending the rest of Holy week and Easter with my Mom! It couldn't be more perfect timing, our whole family is in desperate need of slowing down and reconnecting.  This Easter has echoed even deeper in the corners of my heart due to my Revelation study, so incredibly thankful for the c…

Getting ready for Easter

Slightly buried under Spring session photos, but I'm still here. I'm getting so excited for Easter, hands down its my favorite. Here are some sweet ideas to celebrate Him!
Easter printables for make your table pretty!

Egg confetti party

And my favorite which we will be doing, resurrection roll…

8 months old plus our Spring pictures

This was one of those rare times when the light plus location was just right. I found this little Spring flowering field right beside a busy road, but you would never know it by the looks of these pictures! Ha, fooled ya! Boaz is moving right along at light speed I might add, two more teeth up top a…
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