My Story

Yes, it's 2008, and I'm FINALLY getting a blog! About time..huh? Well, the last 8 years of my life have been quite the whirlwind. On July 7th, 2001, I married my high school sweetheart, Derek, and I began my adventure as a military wife. Derek's an active duty sailor, but when we were first married, he was stationed with the Marines in 29Palms, CA. It was interesting being sent to the middle of the desert when the Navy needs water! It was definitely an adventure, and we came to love the people in the desert - I can't say the same for the climate, but the people made it all worth the time out there!!

Our one and only son was born in 29 Palms making us proud parents on December 12th, 2002. Just a few months after Josiah was born, we headed down the interstate a bit where Derek was then stationed with the Navy on the USS Nimitz. That began our first deployment as the ship was already out to sea when he reported. We lived in San Diego for 3 years. During that time, we went through 2 deployments and countless sea trials, and we also celebrated the birth of our first daughter, Eliana, on October 24th, 2004. We loved the community of San Diego, but ship life had its ups and downs.

So, once his 3 years on the ship were over, we took a road trip with the 2 kids from southern CA all the way to Eastern North Carolina (I was also pregnant at that time & we were driving a TINY Kia Spectra!!). We took the scenic route and took just over a month to reach our final destination. We were able to see a lot of family on that trip as well as some friends we hadn't seen in quite a while. He is currently stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina again with the Marines. It's the one place in the world I said I didn't want to go, but such is life. We're thankful that Derek has been home & was actually able to experience the entire first year of our 2nd daughter's life - Lydia joined us on September 9th, 2006.

This has been the longest we've lived in 1 house! We've been here almost 2 years (in San Diego we lived in 2 different houses because of our growing family). It's been an adjustment to actually "live" in a house rather than just unpack in time to repack it. While being here Derek's been able to focus on his schooling (only 2 more classes to go until he's done!!). I've also been able to start a business with Heritage Makers!

I LOVE MY JOB!! It is great to share the joy of storybooking with friends and family. It's also an amazing business opportunity. I'm excited where the company is going & can't wait to see what the future of Heritage Makers holds for our family - sounds like it'd be a good book for me to write ;-) You can check out my website at www.story2remember.com and get started on your story.

New products will be available May 12th......I'll fill you in on that soon ;D