Thoughts on Parenthood from Ones Who Aren’t Parents

I wrote this poem years ago (about 2004) for friends who were having a baby. It’s strange to read this the night before we become parents ourselves. Thoughts on Parenthood from Ones Who Aren’t Parents As if you’d take advice from us What do we know? The only young one in our house is a [...]

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Aslan’s Beach

Here are a few pictures and a short video of Araha Beach, the beach in front of our apartment.

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Aslan’s Home

Today marked the day when Aslan finally arrived home. We moved into a no pet room on September 2, and she's been in the kennel on-base ever since. Her quarantine period was finally up today, so I broke her free from prison, went to the vet, then brought her home. She was so excited to [...]

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Kristie’s First Driving Day

We bought a car yesterday. It's a Toyota Corolla Spacio. We liked it because of its space for Aslan. While it's nice to have wheels, we both are still practicing driving before going off-base. Kristie had never driven on the left side before, so I wanted to capture the moment of her maiden voyage. We [...]

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Quarantine!

We had Aslan’s vet appointment yesterday to see how long her quarantine period will be. Everything went great, and she has only until September 15 for in-home quarantine. This is the best we could have hoped for for her. She is in the hotel with us, and we are supposed to only take her out [...]

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Our Palace

Here is the living area of our hotel room here in Okinawa. Maybe we'll get to see the beach one of these days! At least Aslan as a two-story house.

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Almost There

We are almost in Okinawa. So close. We arrived at the Seattle Airport at 5 am (thanks, Lela!) and waited to get on the military contracted flight to Okinawa. The smiley counter lady at Northwest told us that we had business class tickets. We aren’t sure why, but the seats were great. They were the [...]

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Trip to Cannon Beach with Kim and Susan

This is Aslan right before she vomited two stomachfuls on the patio of this ice cream shop. It was disgusting for all. Looking at this picture, I can see it in her eyes.

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Back in the United States

We left Germany on Saturday, and made it safely to Seattle. We were a bit worried about Aslan in her kennel for 13+ hours, but she made it without incident. We had trouble finding and retrieving her in the Seattle airport, but in the end we reunited. She was bouncy and smiley as ever. I [...]

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Going to the Beach

Friends, We have accepted a transfer to Okinawa, beginning in August. For most of the year, our plan was to return to Portland next year. We felt good about that. Around Christmas, however, we started to get interested in a possibility for one more DoDDS assignment. We decided that we'd try for that, or return [...]

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