Surrogate Family

With all that said yesterday about the loneliness of military life, today was quite full with friends and good times. Church was this morning which is always a great time for us to connect with friends. We usually end up leaving service a little late since we're enjoying time at the cafe' chatting. Then it was off to the parents house of our friend Eric about an hour north into Wisconsin. Navy friends and their family have a way of making us feel more at home even though we're not actually related. They understand we're far away from our biological family so they take us in as one of their own for a day. We had the pleasure of enjoying good company, dealing with, count them. THREE poop explosions in one day, and Josh even learned to swim a little! He was jumping off the diving board into the deep end only an hour or so after very tentatively walking around the shallow end. He said he wants to do it again tomorrow. He also made sure everyone knew how much he liked the pool. Maybe he will learn how to swim after all!
A little something that made us both kinda laugh on the way home...

Oh! And here is a before/after shot of the painting I was able to finish in the basement last night while Phil had duty. Just about done with walls now and still have the rest of the ceiling to go... one step at a time, right??