HE'S HOME!!!

Deployment: Month 6 and Our Deployment Board

Well, this is it folks, March is homecoming month! 

We're almost done. We're on our 6th month.

I can almost feel his arms wrapped around me in a great big squeeze!  

It's been a long LONG road but we've almost come to the end. So close. We can do this!!

I kept forgetting to share with you our deployment board that Ariana and I made. Well 3 year olds (remember she turned three while he was away) don't really get the concept of time and while she understands days she doesn't really get weeks or months. So, I tried to come up with something that could show her how far we were into our deployment. 

I came up with the idea of doing a deployment board that would be like a board game and would mark off the holidays as we passed each one. I printed off coloring pages for each holiday and let her color them and we talked about them. Then, we glued them on our board and of course had little countdowns and things we did when we got close to each holiday. That way, she could see how far we've come, and how far we have left to go (so to speak).  It was the only way I could think to do it. For us this has worked really well.

I only showed part of the board because I don't want to reveal when he's coming home but I think you get the idea. Originally, I had wanted to make an Ariana cutout to move along the board but it didn't happen at first and when we got about half way through I gave up on the idea. 

But, I thought I would share in our excitement that March is finally here!!!

So, send some good vibes, say a little prayer, wish upon a star...whatever it is you do that everything goes smoothly (and safely) this last leg of this deployment. 

Etsy Shop Closing SALE

I've marked everything half off in my biggest Etsy Shop Sale EVER! 

I'm closing my shop and I'm hoping to find good homes for my paintings and prints before then. Please take a second and check out my shop and see if anything catches your eye.

I've already taken the discount off when listing the pieces so there isn't anything extra you need to do.

The shop will close for good on March 9th at 5pm EST so be sure to get your original art or fun prints before then.

GO SHOPPING NOW!

P64: Violet Red

Open wide and say "ahhh"....

Oh wait, it's just my orchid haha!

Such strange and pretty flowers.

Linking up with Project 64

P64: Red Orange

I recently bought a bromelia plant for our living room. This is where I found my red orange color this week. Kinda neat looking colorful plants. I don't know much about them so I hope I can keep it alive.

P64: Orchid

I feel like I've been a bit lost in my own little world. I'm doing okay though, just keep thinking of things to blog each week and then....never do it. I forgot to link up my picture to Project 64 last week. Here it is anyways.

We went to see Cirque Dreams on base and it was amazing the talent these performers have! Ariana and I loved the acrobats the best! This motion shot turned out pretty dreamy and I'm sure there is orchid in there somewhere. This is 2 ladies on a big ring spinning around, if you can't tell.

P64: Sky Blue

Sky Blue

Linking up with Project 64.

P64: Yellow

Yellow

Banana Macro.

Linking up at Project 64.