Happy Halloween!

Hello! Happy Halloween to all! The Morrill family had a wonderful Halloween experience this year. Mike dressed up as the Milkman and I went as the pregnant/unfaithful housewife. Gracie dressed up as a cute little Pumpkin, and boy was she cute!!! From 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. we were overwhelmed with treat-or-treaters. And when I say overwhelmed, I mean it! I have never seen so many kids in my life! Many of the local nationals (Okinawans) were allowed on base and they sure did take advantage of this opportunity...heck, who wouldn't?! Free candy! Needless to say, we ran out of candy about 20 minutes after it all started! And, we had tons of candy! It was just crazy! So, we spent the rest of the night walking around the neighborhood looking at all the creative costumes, haunted houses, and herds of children coming down the streets. Overall, we had a great time and are definitely going to be better prepared next year!

Welcome to my blog!

Well, I have finally decided to join the blogger world. I think this will be a good way to keep everyone up-to-date with the Morrill family and to see all the fun stuff we are doing in Okinawa, Japan. So, welcome to my blogspot!

As most of you know, Mike is proudly serving in the Marine Corps and we are stationed on Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan. We arrived on March 22, 2007. We are enjoying every minute on the island and spending a lot of quality time together as a family. We are tentatively scheduled to leave in February of 2010, and who really knows where we will end up next!

I am spending most of my days working as a social work case manager at the Counseling and Advocacy Center on Camp Foster. It is a really great job and I work with some awesome people. In my spare time, which is from 3:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. I attend Boot camp. That's right! Boot camp! I joined a boot camp program to finally get some of this baby weight off that I have become quite attached to I might add. :-) Other than that, I spend most of my time with Mike and Gracie touring the island or playing at the park.

Gracie spends most of her days at a Japanese Montessori school out in the local Okinawan community. She loves her teachers and classmates, and really seems to be enjoying herself. Heck, who knows what language she will end up speaking! As of right now, she mostly communicates with her self-developed sign language skills and grunts or squeals. It can be amusing at times; however, it can be unbelievable frustrating figuring out what exactly she is pointing at!

Mike is currently at a wonderful unit and is really enjoying his job....not many people in the Marine Corps can say that! Mike is also working on his second degree in Business and should be finishing up in the next few months. As many already know, Mike enjoys spending his time watching the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics, and any other team from Boston for that matter. Mike has become Super Daddy to Gracie over the past few weeks. Gracie no longer wants Mommy to put her to bed, feed her, dress her, etc. She only wants Daddy! Do I sound a bit jealous? Yes, it is nice to have a few minutes alone, but I definitely don't prefer this new found "daddy is the greatest" attitude. I must admit, it is a little cute though :-) And it is no surprise to me, Mike has managed to rise to the occasion with these new little demands and has proven yet again his superb Daddy Skills.

Well, I suppose that is the best update I can give right now. Not too bad for my first blog comment. Stay tuned for updates!