THE TRAVELING GARDNERS

We have been married over 5 years. We have lived in 3 different states. And this Saturday will mark the 6th time we have moved together as a married couple. Two times have been due to PCS moves by the Army. Two times are thanks to base housing renovations. And two times in 2008 was due to Dan's deployment. This next move is one of the base renovations move, with a combination of a growing family. We have outgrown our 2 bedroom and 1 1/2 bath. And perfect timing brings new housing offered to us that was just built on our base. New housing that has a backyard twice as big as ours now, a master bath, 2 walk in closets in master, boys will have their own bath to share for bubble bath time, larger garage, and much, much, more. We really enjoy living on base. Even though we are far from close friends who live south of us, we enjoy it here. We love our ward(church congregation). We love the free gyms, movie theatre, commisary, exchange, bank, gas station, playgrounds, and dog park(because...

We had a lovely dinner and night out at PF Changs restaurant in downtown Waikiki. Thanks to our neighbors Ed and Michelle who watched Ben (THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!) we were able to escape for a few hours and have a date night. This night was really needed. Dan had been working 12 - 13 hour days. And he was having to go in on the weekends and extra time. He had been preparing all the paper work for soldiers that are deploying to Texas. As a thank you to Dan and his unit for their hard work - we had a wonderful dinner courtesy of the Army. the food was delicious!! And Dan and I both had "food firsts" on this night including....calamari and scallops. Dessert was the best. It was titled The wall of chocolate! Here are a few pictures of our night out! Leah and Dan stuffed and feeling full from all the yummy food! Hang loose! Sgt Hudson and Kelly sat across from us at our table. Smile! Up close shot...smile! Dan and his work buddies smiling for the camera. Dan and Sgt Jo...