Our Frausted Life

After what was a long yet short summer, NIK RETURNED HOME. It was a beautiful day, and I didn’t leave with a sunburn! Haha! I was so oddly nervous that morning. Butterflies and all! But once I got to the pier, I didn’t have them anymore. It was just pure anticipation of seeing Nik. I Continue reading

August 7. For years past, that date was pretty popular among friends and acquaintances as it seems so many share that birthday. Our sister Victoria’s birthday is the 6th. Our nephew Nick’s is on the 2nd. It’s just a very busy time in our family, so when we got the due date for Lacie of Continue reading

By Syd Today, I got up like any other Sunday: 6:40a.m. It comes SO fast, especially these days that Nik is away. My sleep schedule is off. I try going to bed early, taking magnesium before bed, drinking cranberry, putting on a show I’ve seen a million times, reading, etc. Nothing really works. (Yes, I Continue reading

(By Syd) How am I already looking at the April calendar? This year is flying by! We are approaching the one-year mark of being here in Guam which means we have just one more year left! We have grown so much in this timeframe. We both have learned so much in regard to our job/role Continue reading

By Syd Or as Nik says, “Happy Quarter Quell!” (Any Hunger Games fans, anyone?) Things have been moving pretty quickly since the new year arrived. Now, don’t come at me saying “January was the longest year ever!” Oh, I get that. It seemed we’d never get out of that month, but our life here has Continue reading

(Trigger Warning: Loss/Miscarriage.) I have struggled to find what to say in this blog over the last couple of months. Many times I’d think “Is anyone reading this? Would anyone really care to hear what I have to say or what’s going on?” Of course, these are lies from the enemy. Plus, writing for me Continue reading

This fall has been a season of intentionally growing our family, whatever way that looks like. Nik and I decided to take a break from “trying” last year after our second IUI failed. It was a much-needed break that was so freeing for us both. It really brought us closer together as a couple, and Continue reading

By Syd Today, I got to experience my very first 5k, but it wasn’t like a typical 5k: this one had MUD (LOTS OF MUD) and 16 obstacles! One of my best friends and I went together. She actually asked me a few months ago before I came back to the states, and without hesitation, Continue reading

By Syd Just so everyone is aware before I begin, this event happened in the past. It’s OVER. While I’m not at liberty to say when any deployment begins or will be ending, or when Nik goes “underway”, I can certainly express my feelings during them AFTER he returns home and give a little glimpse Continue reading

A few weeks ago, we signed up for a “Spiritual Renewal Retreat” that is hosted by CREDO (Chaplains Religious Enrichment Development Operation). Today was THE day we got to experience this trip. We had to muster at the base chapel by 0730 so we were dragging some, but quickly found our energy once we were Continue reading