Anniversary Flowers

My wonderful husband sent me flowers for our anniversary not once but twice. Aren't I lucky?

Three Years!

This week Chris and I are celebrating our third wedding anniversary! Our first three years have been a little unconventional because three weeks after our wedding, Chris deployed to Iraq. He came home 15 months later and I moved to North Carolina. 14 months after coming home, Chris deployed to Afghanistan and I moved back to Ohio. We are currently half way through the second deployment and a few short weeks away from R&R! In the spirit of the third year, I’m going to post some “threes” about us.

A lot has changed in the three years of our marriage:
1. We bought a house
2. Max joined us
3. Chris deployed, came home, and deployed again!

While living in NC our three favorite places to visit where:
1. Charleston, SC
2. Savannah, GA
3. Myrtle Beach, SC

Sonya's jobs while being married:
1. Merchant for a jewlery company
2. Cabinent sales
3. Medical supply sales

Three things I love about Chris:
1. We have fun together & he makes me laugh
2. He’s so smart & talented
3. He takes care of me

Places Sonya’s lived while married:
1. Columbus, OH
2. Fayetteville, NC
3. Columbus, OH

Places Chris’s lived while married:
1. Fayetteville, NC
2. Iraq
3. Afghanistan

Things we both enjoy:
1. Spending time with friends and family
2. Reading
3. Traveling

And a few photos of our fun times being married:

Our wedding day

Chris and Sonya skiing in Snowshoe

Chris and Sonya in Myrtle Beach

Chris and Sonya pre-deployment in Charleston, SC

Chris and Sonya hanging out

Can a 7 1/2 foot Christmas Tree Fit into a Jetta?

The answer is yes, IF the trunk is open! Tonight after work, I picked up our very first (and obviously artificial) Christmas tree. I bought it from a woman who is moving to New Mexico next week. I’m happy to be giving her tree a home and I’m sure she’s happy she doesn’t have to move it cross-country. I didn’t even think about how I was going to get it home after I purchased it until I was out to the car with it. I tried putting down the back seat but it STILL didn’t fit. Thankfully, she had a strap I could use to hold the trunk down. Next, I have to get this thing to Columbus and put it together…

Prayers Needed!

As many of you know, it's been a deadly week in Afghanistan with two helicopter crashes. Unfortunately, our friend Brian's team was involved and two soldiers were killed and two were injured. Please keep the families and the troops in your prayers as they go through this difficult time Here is a story about the crash on MSN (Click Here).

Back in Business

My camera has been repaired and returned by Olympus! Thanks to the warranty, the only part that cost us was the shipping. I would love to attach some new photos but I left the cord in Columbus. Maybe one of these days, I'll add some new photos...

And another one bites the dust....

I mean another race, not ME biting the dust! Sunday morning Danielle, Brittany, Angie and I competed and finished in the 30th Anniversary Nationwide Columbus 1/2 Marathon! It was a brisk 34 degrees when we arrived at the starting line but we were dressed in pants, long sleeves, gloves and hats! Our results are as follows:

Danielle 2 Hours 51 Minutes 57 Seconds
Brittany 2 Hours 8 Minutes 38 Seconds
Sonya 2 Hours 3 Minutes 10 Seconds
Angie 1 hour 52 Minutes 56 Seconds

I'm so proud of everyone for the awesome times and the determination to train and complete the event! I was going for under two hours but I'm happy with my time, it's my best race pace yet (9:25 per mile). When I ran my marathon in 2007 my place was 9:54 per mile so I've improved it a bit. I have a little bit of a cold which slowed me down a bit. We were lucky to have lots of wonderful supporters to cheer us on (Mom, Dad, Ryan, Dad K, Tim, Jordan). Thanks to them as well!

Now, what am I going to do with all of my free time?!?!?!

New Address

Just a quick note that Chris has moved to a new base with a new address so if you are planning to send anything going forward, please use the new address! If you need it, either send me an email or write a comment and I'll get it to you.