I can't believe how quickly this year went by. So much has happened over the last year and what is even crazier is we leave Okinawa in about 4-5 months. My friend Liz William's had a great idea and I am going to borrow it to recap 2010.
Cesario started out the year with a 3 week TDY to Thailand. The great part was he had our friends Erin and Brad to hang out with. I celebrated my 41st birthday without Cesario but had fantastic friends who allowed me to celebrate all month long. I started a new job as the sexual assault response coordinator/victim advocate at the end of January. After Cesario returned we went home to Tucson, Arizona for 2 weeks. This was a bit difficult as we had never left our girls for more than a few days. We were both ready to come back several days after we got there but ended up enjoying our time home with family and friends. We celebrated our 7th year anniversary in May. We were very lucky in June. Our niece Tyler and her boyfriend Adrian came to visit for 10 days. They even got to go to the Army Birthday Ball with us. We felt extremley fortunate to have family come visit. Aside from my sister coming for the second time last year, no other family has to visit.Cesario had a medical scare so they sent us to Tripler in Hawaii. He was cleared of all medical issues but we it was a nice to get away even if it was for that reason. We volunteered over the summer pouring beer at numerous Army events as well as at Rocktoberfest. Cesario celebrated his 42nd birthday in November. We had a party at the house with all our friends. We spent Thanksgiving in Vietnam and Cambodia which was absolutely fantastic. We traveled with our friends Stephen and Liz. We wrapped up our tour in Cambodia with our friends Zack. We spent Christmas Eve with the Lee's and the Boucher clan. Cesario and I hosted Christmas day.
Our girls have been fantastic!! We were fortunate in the sense that we have our friends the Odette's that take great care of our girls when we are gone. Maggie Mae is showing her age a bit. She developed a cough in late August and we found a small mammary tumor which turned out to be benign. Her cough stems from a slight heart murmur she has. Just recently the vet told us her knees on her back legs are bad. She has what is called patellar luxation (this means her knee caps move around). I admire Maggie for her will and determination. She has not let her ailments bring her down. Granted, she has good and bad days but overall seems to be coping well. Maggie Mae will celebrated her 14th birthday on January 1. McKenzie has not slowed down. She is still feisty as ever. She turned 10 in September. She did great this year as she didn't beat up on Maggie once. Her health has been great and she is so patient with her aging sister.
We wish you all a Happy New Year!!!!
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