Friday, March 20, 2015

After Okinawa: The Future is Bright

All these beautiful photos taken by my friend Amanda Marshall who we seem to be following around--first Okinawa and now this beautiful place.

Now that we know what we are actually doing I can announce it, assuming nothing will change. We found out this week that in just a few months we will be heading back to the good ole' U.S.A. More specifically: Monterey California!

Victor will be getting a masters degree there from the Naval Postgraduate School and we are so excited. We are also feeling really grateful that Victor is able to get a masters degree while still being in the Marine Corps. It means that besides our own personal travel, we will not be moving abroad again anytime soon, which is kind of bittersweet. It also means that we are leaving Okinawa more than six months earlier than we planned, which is straight up heartbreaking to me. And we are leaving before I have the chance to climb Mt. Fuji, which was the last thing on my most important bucket list. We had the hotel booked and everything.

But onward and upward! We are counting our blessings. Having babies makes you so much more aware of the distance of being so far from family, so we are so grateful to be going back to the same country and see them more, and so they can see our baby (and future babies) since babies change so quickly. And we are so grateful to be able to continue our educations while staying debt free. When I read back on this paragraph it makes me realize how grateful to God I am for such an outpouring of blessings.

9 comments:

  1. EEEEEE!!!! I'm so excited you guys are coming back to the states!! Even though I'm sure it is so bittersweet. This just means Jar and I need to plan a little trip to California to see you guys and meet baby J :)

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  2. exciting!!! so does that mean you'll be there for 2 years?? i hope we can make it to san diego while you guys are still there!

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  3. Yay! Book me a room at the Hotel Castro in Monterey. I just might end up being one of your frequent fliers. :)

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  4. Looks pretty amazing. And I'm dying to see my bestie again.

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  5. YAY!!!! Congrats on finally getting orders! Love Amanda's pictures and i bet you will capture Monterey so beautifully on this next adventure! <3

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  6. So exciting! I hope you love it as much as you loved Oki!!

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  7. Beautiful location to beautiful location. Not too shabby! Can't wait to have you closer.

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  8. Well, I am excited that you all will be back in states, excited for Victor getting more education, and sorry I won't see all these beautiful pictures anymore! Monterey is so gorgeous though!! You're family is beautiful and amazing- you just keep being so great!! xo

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  9. Yay! I bet you'll love Monterey - I only hear people rave about it! Oki will always be there if you want to go back later - have a great move! :-)

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