You're off... again! After we dropped you off, we came home for some lunch and naps. The littles were up around 3 pm so we took off for Port Orchard to find your ship. It was pretty easy to see as soon as we hit the water. The kids were super excited that it was so close. We caught up to it and found a neat little park area to watch it go by. It was really moving at this point. Did you see us waving??
We watched the Nimitz go by and were saying 'hi' to it. After it got past us we started to say 'bye.' Archie got real concerned. When your ship when out of view, he lost it. I think he thought the ship would start heading toward us and you'd get off or something? Anyway, he could not be consoled, poor guy.
A kid who I would guess was about 10 years old came up to me as we were walking away and asked if my kids' dad was on the ship. I said yes and he thanked me for my service. I've never been thanked before so I said I'd pass it along to you and that you'd really appreciate it. His dad chimed in that he wanted to thank me, too, and it was sweet...
At dinner tonight we were talking about you and I said, well, it's pretty cool that Dad gets to sleep on a ship tonight. Everyone else is just in a boring old house. Wilson said, well, Archie gets to sleep in one, too. We all thought that was pretty funny.
Here is Archie in his bed. 'I'm on the Nimitz!' 'Ivy's on the Nimitz, too!' So cute...
Boys were pretty cute in their matching PJs.
Love you, babe.
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