The Deckers are back! We all packed up in the car a few weeks ago and headed to Virginia for a two-week vacation. Yes, you heard that right...we travelled by car to Virginia. That includes Timmy and Chance the Dog. While on vacation we were thrilled to have the chance to visit family in West Virginia, friends Ryan and Nancy (and Jillian and newborn Liv) in Maryland and my parents (of course) in Virginia. While on vacation, we we scuba diving at a lake in Virginia. Timmy was thrilled to be able to see right to the bottom of the lake and interact with all of the fish. We did have a small incident with a fish, but with therapy, we think Timmy will be able to recover!
Things have been pretty busy here lately, as evidenced by our complete lack of blogging lately. Tim has been busy with work, as have I. On a good note, we have made some huge decisions lately. We took our family vacation to continue to talk out our career decisions. We have been struggling with what direction to take our careers lately, and how to balance our career goals with our family responsibilities. I was accepted to the Army Baylor Program for a Masters in Healthcare Administration. I was humbled and honored by the opportunity, but it would mean that our family would have greater than 18 months of separation. I will have to leave for San Antonio next spring and Tim will leave for deployment next fall. We will not be able to re-unite until we move to our next duty station and Tim returns from deployment in 2011. This is going to be rough, but we decided to bite the bullet and seize the opportunity. We have made some additional commitments to spending quality family time while we have it. So far, we have been able to stick to those commitments, but sometimes it means a little less blogging. :) At any rate, we are happy to finally have this decision behind us so we can look to the future and start making plans. We have a lot to figure out between now and next spring, but we are confident that we have made the right decision.
So, currently we are here in Kansas gearing up for another winter. We were sad to prepare our boat for the winter a few weekends back. We have been doing some fall planting, re-seeding and other necessary fall chores. I have also been fairly busy with training for the Army Ten Miler, which comes up on October 4th. The practices have really challenged me as a runner, but I have definitely welcomed the opportunity to train with others who love running as much as I do. Having them there to push me has really helped me train. Plus, the real advantage is that we have had a lot of FUN! How often in your adult life do you get to have the opportunity to get an all expenses paid trip to go do a sporting activity that you really enjoy? Gotta love being in the Army....
Things have been pretty busy here lately, as evidenced by our complete lack of blogging lately. Tim has been busy with work, as have I. On a good note, we have made some huge decisions lately. We took our family vacation to continue to talk out our career decisions. We have been struggling with what direction to take our careers lately, and how to balance our career goals with our family responsibilities. I was accepted to the Army Baylor Program for a Masters in Healthcare Administration. I was humbled and honored by the opportunity, but it would mean that our family would have greater than 18 months of separation. I will have to leave for San Antonio next spring and Tim will leave for deployment next fall. We will not be able to re-unite until we move to our next duty station and Tim returns from deployment in 2011. This is going to be rough, but we decided to bite the bullet and seize the opportunity. We have made some additional commitments to spending quality family time while we have it. So far, we have been able to stick to those commitments, but sometimes it means a little less blogging. :) At any rate, we are happy to finally have this decision behind us so we can look to the future and start making plans. We have a lot to figure out between now and next spring, but we are confident that we have made the right decision.
So, currently we are here in Kansas gearing up for another winter. We were sad to prepare our boat for the winter a few weekends back. We have been doing some fall planting, re-seeding and other necessary fall chores. I have also been fairly busy with training for the Army Ten Miler, which comes up on October 4th. The practices have really challenged me as a runner, but I have definitely welcomed the opportunity to train with others who love running as much as I do. Having them there to push me has really helped me train. Plus, the real advantage is that we have had a lot of FUN! How often in your adult life do you get to have the opportunity to get an all expenses paid trip to go do a sporting activity that you really enjoy? Gotta love being in the Army....
