Introduction

Since I wrote my last blog post we have been busy.

My husband and I surprised our children to a 3 day trip to Disney Land in Tokyo! It was so fun but very tiring. SO. TIRING. All in all we had lots of fun and made many memories. We got back to Iwakuni Monday night and we all went right to sleep. My youngest, Carson, ended up with a stomach bug and has been throwing up for 24 hours. FUN.

Today has been spent homeschooling and catching throw up. But the purpose of this blog post is to start a 31 day challenge that I saw on Pinterest... the mother of all perfect ideas, right?

The first challenge is an introduction post... so I thought, cool, why not? No one reads my blog anyways, lol so it is just fun for me.

I am Katherine. I am a wife of 10 years and a mom to 3 children. I got married young and started having babies at 20. Life has gone by so fast since my first son was born. I can't believe he is almost 9. CRAZY. Getting married young was a blessing not only because it was marriage, but because my husband saw something in me that literally NO ONE saw. Not anyone from his family, at least. But 10 years later, we're here and still crazy about each other.

When we got married I was a high school drop out and always said my wedding was my prom. We right away moved to Virginia Beach, VA because my husband is in the Navy. Yes, I am a PROUD freakin' military wife, but not one of THOSE wives, if you get what I am saying. Anyways.

Being a mom changed me and I immediately straightened up my act. Getting married blessed me and put me on a better path, but when I became a mom, my whole mindset changed. I got my GED and just recently (december 2018) got my bachelors degree. :) I homeschool our two older kids and am just trying to keep my youngest alive. The boy is a wrecking ball. We began homeschooling 1 year ago! It's hard, but very rewarding. I taught my son multiplication, division, taught my daughter to write and read. It's been amazing. My kids are SO smart and I didn't realize HOW smart until I became their teacher. I love it so much and will have a very hard time if we ever decide to go the public school route again.

Clearly, my family is what makes me who I am. I have always dreamed of having a husband and having children. I wanted 5 kids, but my last baby has sealed the deal that he is my last. WHEW! It is a bittersweet feeling knowing that I am DONE. No more babies in my belly, no more deliveries, no more newborn smells.. hmmmm.... it's very nostalgic thinking about it all. I definitely enjoy having babies and giving birth. But, I've got all I can handle right now.

What makes me who I am is my family, but what resides deeper in my heart is what makes me so passionate about being who I am.
1. I go against the grain. I try my hardest to never be a "follower". It is not always a bad thing, but I always find myself being the odd ball because I refuse to conform to society.
2. I am sensitive. I have feelings. I am human. My husband often tells me that I wear my heart on my sleeve. He's right, I do. I don't always see that as a bad thing but when I am hurt or mad or even sad, my face tells is right away.
3. I am a child of God. Remember when I said I go against the grain? Well, yeah... I am very old school and my values and morals are biblical. Today's society does not always reflect biblical or old school values ( and that's okay ) but I try to always make my stand with what the bible says. I have a heart that is on fire for God and it is engraved in my heart to keep him first and to seek him through anything.
4. I am sarcastic, funny, and enjoy laughter. My husband and I are very outgoing lively people. We are loud and enjoy being social! He is more outgoing than I am, and I am thankful because he will talk to anyone. I often give all the hard conversations to him to have with people! hahah!

I can't think of anything else that makes up who I am. My family, God, feelings, morals and values... literally me. Oh, and coffee.

I have a few hobbies:
-I have a weird obsession with cool, cute coffee cups. I wont just buy one any where. It has to have meaning for me. I also have an obsession with coffee.....
-I love to read. I haven't been able to read for 4 years because I was busy getting a degree and the last thing I wanted to do was sit in bed and read MORE. So now that I have my degree I read.. a lot. I read to my kids every day and I read myself to sleep almost every night.
-Being a homeschool mom my hobby is always bettering our homeschool curriculum. Crafts, worksheets, paintings, what ever the case may be.
-Decorating used to be a huge hobby of mine but since living in Japan my options are not like in the states.
-I love to work out. Exercising is so enjoyable to me. It's almost my favorite up there with reading. I enjoy it a lot. Running is my go to. Even though I have to bring 3 kids a long and they whine the whole time.... I still enjoy it.
-Writing is also a hobby. I love to write. I enjoy getting whatever is on my mind on paper (or in this case, blog).

Well, that is all I can think about now. I am currently on a dairy free journey, so that and homeschool may be what make up this page. Oh and of course my heart. lol