First Post!

Well, it's my first ever blog post! Awesome. I'm still trying to get everything set up, so please bare with me. I was thinking that this post I would tell you all a little about myself and my family.

I grew up in Maryville, Tennessee. My husband, Bendigo (or Ben, as he likes to me called) and I dated in high school and got engaged right after graduation. He then joined the Army and got stationed up here in Alaska. Not long afterward, we were married (May 21, 2005) and I joined him up here. I did not know what I was getting myself into. I thought it would be some isolated village in the middle of no where, and boy was I wrong! Believe it or not, there are people here and stores and even a mall! :-) A few months into our marriage, I became pregnant with out first baby, but experienced a miscarriage a few months in. Boy was that devistating! I have never experienced such heartbreak. As soon as we got the ok from the doctor, we became pregnant again and got the news that Ben had to deploy to Iraq and while he was gone, I delivered our son, Elijah (December 27, 2006). After a long 13 month deployment, Ben came home! We decided to buy our home and soon after we were expecting our daughter, Rozalynn. She was born September 21, 2008. But Ben had to deploy again, this time to Afghanistan. He wasn't supposed to go at all, but he got stop-lossed by the Army. (What that means is the Army decided to extend his contract and make him deploy) While he was gone, I decided to open a daycare in my home to help keep me busy. The daycare has been so enjoyable! The kids I have watched have all been sweet hearts! Ben came back from his deployment in January 2010 and was able to finally be out of the Army in March 2010.  So, here we are at the end of October, me doing a daycare in our home and Ben in a new job (pushing paper at the D.A.'s office) and going school at night! Can you say "Crazy busy?" hahaha. I don't think we could have it any other way!

So this blog is going to have a little bit of everything, hence the name F.A.M.I.L.Y. -  Food, Accounting, Mothering, Interests, Learning, and You name it!  And if you ever have any question or requests, please don't hesitate to shoot me a message or post a comment. :-)