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!
8 comments:
I'm starting to think you may have more time than you've lead us to believe, haha No this is great, love the Halloween pictures of Gracie
Nicole
It sounds like you and your family are at a happy time in your life. That is awesome to hear and can't wait for more adventures from the Morrill family.
Terri
I am so glad to see this blog. The pictures of Gracie are perfect of course. I look forward to others too. Great Gram and Grampa will really like seeing this too. John loved seeing the pictures of his favorite little Granddaughter. Guess what he is thinking of asking Santa for Christmas. A laptop....He's finally starting to work on the computer with me. Won't be long and we will be setting up another Pogo Account...lol. Give Gracie a big kiss and hugs from us. Love ya,
Awww....too precious! Great idea to do this, Coley!
Love ya guys!
~Riss
Nicole,
Gracie looks so addoroble. She is growing to be a beautiful little girl. We miss her, especially Ari.
Behare
Great Gram says Gracie looks beautiful. We really love this blog. Grampa and I will check each day for comments and more pictures. Keep the videos coming. Love, Gram N Gramp
Such a cute idea :) love the pics!!! LOVE YALL
love
Krista Wilson
looks like you kiddos are doing great! Great to see and hear it! (I tried the perfect family thing a few times, but it never worked for me... ha!!) Keep up all the happiness, and love to all 3 of ya!
tami
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