kendahl grace

college student.
wife.
moving.

Are you processing this? This girl is moving in just one month and I am having a problem with this. I am still in denial about her being married. Her dreams are about to come true and we couldn't be more excited for her. Her deployed hubby is about to return, she is about to get her degree and she is finally going to live under the same roof with him. These are a few short term wishes and now new wishes will be added to her list. What is next? Dare I say a job? You know you want one, but what? A new chapter and many pages yet unturned. Looking forward to seeing the plot unfold. So far, what a good read!

update. it's april. yikes.

I am trying to add a post but it's not without complications...I can hardly believe we are well into 2014 and there is only one post. Lots going on...where do we start?
Steve =baseball. Can't find him? He is on a baseball field, somewhere. He juggles work, his high school baseball team and tracks Jordan and his baseball team. When he gets home? He has been known to turn on a MLB game and get on his computer to track the rest. Not to worry he, he fits in time for the wife and dog.
Sydney is busy with school. Graduation is in her sight and so close we can count the days. She is dedicated to Relay For Life coming up mid-May and we couldn't be more proud. This is an event that has consumed many hours and she is managing to stay on top of everything else. Currently that includes three jobs. Yay for her!
Jordan is still miles away but never too far off our radar. His school year is ending soon and home he will be. He thinks he isn't doing the "on his own" thing real well but he is learning every time he has to ask for help.  Growing up doesn't happen over night and maybe he will be ready for the world (and the world ready for him) in a couple of years when he approaches graduation. We can hope anyways!
The momma, still at home with the furry kids. We have to remind ourselves Libby is getting to be quite and old lady. She is still a devil kitty at times but now we cut her some slack because she has many sweet moments with us. Harley...dad says we should have renamed her Eeyore. Playful but so slow and lack luster at other times. Amazes us at how much she sleeps. These two...are loved.
The Mayfield house in a nutshell, for today anyways.

Hello 2014

We welcomed the new year with waffles at midnight...tradition! Good winter break having the kids home. Jordan ate his weight in sugar and Sydney got as much love as possible from the furry kids. We made memories, drank coffee, drank Kona coffee, ate, went to the movies, played games. Had fun.
As we progress into this year, Ellie is making a new home at WOU. Sydney is wrapping up classes for GRADUATION(yes, I said graduation!) and Kendahl is focused on her internship(something to do as she waits on John's return).
Bring on 2014...I think we are ready. Baseball begins soon enough and that will occupy dad and Jordan's time.

Good friends...

What's better than va-cay-shun? Catching up up with old friends...we were able to get time with one of Steve's friends before our cruise. Love, love, love Jon...and his family for having us and showing us his LA life. He is blessed with a beautiful wife and and two girls who will keep their dad on his toes in the upcoming years. Both cute and smart, deadly combination for any dad. Our short visit makes me wish we lived closer so we could visit more often. Guess we should tell em we're coming back!

vacation

Cruisin'! 15 day cruise to Hawaii...four days at sea before you get there, five port of calls(Kona, Maui, Honolulu, Kauai and Hilo), another four days at sea, a day in Ensenada and back to Cali. Unplugged time, well mostly, with the hubby with lots of time for napping and relaxing. So. Good.

Empty nest

Jordan has been gone for a month(actually a few days more...yes, I'm counting) and it makes me crazy he has been sick since he has left . This mama want to hug him and make chicken soup for him and tuck him in at night. Sydney is packing up her stuff to leave me too. She is off for her fourth year at college. Where does the time go! Her company around here will be missed...so many words fill the air when she is here. That girl loves to to talk and she does a great job talkin' sports with the daddy. What will we do without her. The nest is nearly empty but like boomerangs they come back, thank gooodness. Oh how I will miss them! We drive them crazy and vice versa...but what a quiet house this will be. I will be left to watch the dog chase the cat, more sibling rivalry only with less words.

We're getting there

Four weeks and we are cruisin' babe...looking forward to get away and lost at sea(in the non-literal way of course). So glad the day is almost here after talking about and planning for what seems like a long time. Yay!
What's the next adventure? I know, planning baseball season 2014...Let's play ball Coach!