It’s almost time for Vee’s Notecard Party and I picked a theme so my choices would be easier. All of these photos are from North Carolina on Emerald Isle in early December of 2011.
This trip came about because Katie was moving into Base housing a month before Andrew would be returning from Afghanistan on his first deployment there.
Katie and I traveled together with 11 suitcases right after Thanksgiving of that year and Dear joined us the Saturday after and stayed a week. We got the house all moved in and organized and then had time for some little adventures. Andrew arrived home that year on Christmas Day. A wonderful Christmas gift for Katie and Andrew.
We will have Katie and Andrew visiting most likely the end of August or early September and then Katie will stay on with us as Andrew is deployed again sometime in the Fall. They are moving out of their Base housing before his deployment.
Oops! After visiting many of the Notecard participants I noticed I blew it and posted 5 instead of 4. I’m blaming it on hormonies…
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Lovely photos to remind you of that time. Father-daughter photos are so wonderful. The light is soft and pretty in these images.
There’s always a lot of moving with the military. Katie will become an expert and perhaps she’ll never have the accumulation of “stuff” that she doesn’t want or need. It must be the calming colors and the wearing of jackets, but I feel much cooler than when I arrived.
What special photos and notecards you can enjoy for years to come! How sweet! Hugs!
Two smiling faces in every photo, some treasured note cards to keep.
Lovely memory filled notecards.
I adore these photos of pure love…Great personal note cards….Good Job
O, and meant to say how BEAUTIFUL your header is….*heavy sigh….
xo
So good for you to document these moves and visits … after a while it can all become a blur and there may come a day when it’s so great to go back and see how things have worked out in the past.
Beautiful photos, Ellen. Lovely memories, too. xo
Such beautiful father/daughter notecard pictures! So nice that you can “have” Katie for these times of moving and deployment!
Your header is so beautiful!
I like your theme for the notecards! How special that she will stay with you on his next deployment.
Deanna
Very nice note cards! And I just love that gorgeous header!
There is something so sweet and poignant about father-daughter pictures, and yours are lovely!
I blame the hormones for everything. So far, I’ve been right!
I’m glad you didn’t stop at four because they were all wonderful. I loved the story about him coming home on Christmas day. That was awesome!
Your father-daughter photos are heartwarming…and thank you for providing the background story! So sweet!
(I want to come to the party in your header!) 😀
Lovely cards, and I want to party in your header too.
Lovely photos, memories made that will be cherished for a lifetime. (I want to party in your header too…love that!)
Such sweet pictures!
Dawww I miss my Daddy!
Lovely photos- sweet memories. I too love your header photo- can i come to the party as well? I’ll even bring my own apron!