Drama on the High Seas!

So he WAS gone, but now he's back :)  Due to some complications I am not at liberty to post about, my husband was able to return on Sunday just in time for Independence Day!  What a crazy, emotional week/weekend it was while we were trying to figure out what was going on!  I am happy to report, however, that hubby will be able to be here through the remaining summer and will now only have to go on the Fall & Spring patrols.  So what was supposed to be almost a year-long deployment will now be an 8-month deployment with about a month's break in between around Christmas.  Yay!

I hope you all enjoyed your Independence Day weekends.  Remember my post last year about how it's not the 4th of July?  It's Independence Day for a reason and Independence is the reason for the season!  Just like how you don't go around saying "the 25th of December."  :) 

I took the kids to AmericaFest on Kadena Air Base on Friday with some friends and their kiddos.  I am so upset with myself that I forgot my camera - it was fantastic! This year they moved it to the flightline (which is enormous) and had plenty of space for everyone and everything, a great kiddie land area that the kids thoroughly enjoyed (even Olivia - she rode the Train 5 or 6 consecutive turns! She was thrilled!), listened to awesome entertainment, walked through the Air Force and Marine Corps' aircraft (and got to push all the buttons and drive the 'steering wheel'!), and ate some FANTASTIC grub.  I have never in my life had jerk chicken so amazing.  And my first corn-on-the-cob in nearly 2 years!