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Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 15, 2013 at 7:04pm

Cathymg...you mentioned a website for your sons to join...did you find it? I wasn't sure what you were referring to exactly. Is it the Navy DEP website?

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 15, 2013 at 6:54pm

Cathymg...I think your idea of an open house is GREAT! It makes it more casual and not so stressful. That's so cool that your family does Christmas in July. How nice that all the family will get to be together.

I think we're going to have the grad party and the anchors aweigh party at a park that is just down the street from our house. It has a nice pavilion and it's not too busy. That way the kids can just have fun at the park playing Frisbee etc and chilling out. Also, it cuts down on the traffic in my place and the cleanup will be easy too ;). The boys also want to have a campout/ grad celebration with their best friends at a nearby lake too. So... trying to squeeze it all in is going to be difficult in the two weeks between graduation and when Jonathan leaves for BC. The recruiter mentioned that his date might get moved out by a week because of the way the 4th of July holiday falls next year. It sure would make things easier and we could spend the holiday together. But I'm not going to put any bets on that!

Comment by 3boysmom on July 15, 2013 at 1:12pm

No offense meant to anyone. I am a person of faith as well and sometimes it's appropriate to support each other here in that way.

My comment was really sort of directed towards another mom invited on here who I am sure is a lovely person, but who chooses to post scripture readings daily on other groups that I was/am in. It really discouraged a bunch of people from participating because you couldn't get to the info you needed easily.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 15, 2013 at 9:39am

I think that many of us on here are Christian, that being said, this group is here to help handle having twins in the military and the support that comes with it. I'm sure that on occasion we will say that we are praying for someone and if a verse was necessary to comfort someone or lift them up, it would be shared. I joined the Christian Chat group for the purpose of sharing my faith, and I've joined this group for the purpose of sharing the twin experience. I can't apologize if my faith spills over into this group, but it wouldn't be something that would be overwhelming.

I hope you choose to stay with our group 3boysmom.

Comment by cathymgShip03Div367&ship11Div383 on July 15, 2013 at 9:03am

3boysmom, This is a group who support each other, by sharing their experiences. We ask for advice and we in turn get good advice and info from one another. This is my favorite group, I like that it small and we have gotten to know each other and family a little better. If a Bible verse would help one of my friends on here I would certainly share it. I would never deny my faith in God, but this is mostly us sharing family stories and advice. Of course I am getting the helpful advice, I hope to someday be in the position to help other new mothers with their kids going into the Navy, but right now I am still new and CO-Twin has gave me a lot of good information.

Comment by cathymgShip03Div367&ship11Div383 on July 15, 2013 at 8:38am

Good I might look at the Pensacola group.

Comment by cathymgShip03Div367&ship11Div383 on July 15, 2013 at 8:37am

We will be having a prayer service at my church sometime next week for the boys. Of course we had a graduation party not to long ago. and this coming weekend we are have our family Christmas in July, so they will be seeing family again and I think I am going to get a going away cake for that. Then I think the Sunday before Bryce leaves I am going to have a open house, have some games outside, volleyball net, washer etc. and just let his friends and adults who want to stop by and see him before he leaves know about it, I will serve refreshments!! Then I will probably do the same 2 weeks later for the other Twin. what do you think!! I haven't told Bryce yet, I guess I should ask his opinion.

Comment by 3boysmom on July 15, 2013 at 8:08am

Hi Co-Twins mom,
Thanks for the info. My boy is going to a destroyer also, so it's probably the same. How does he like it?? it seems you just get adjusted to them being in one place for a while, then you worry all over again when things change for them.

I hope things don't get too religious on this group. Don't get me wrong, I'm a spiritual person, but that's why I've sort of dropped off some of my other groups when some folks post scripture daily, it's not what I'm looking for on my groups. I don't mean to offend anyone but you probably know what I'm referring to. This seems like a great group with lots of us sharing a common bond.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 15, 2013 at 1:26am

Cathy...I'm still deciding how we are going to handle grad party and anchors aweigh. I don't want the Twin 1 to feel that he wasn't getting much attention by having grad and anchors aweigh at the same time. We are considering having a joint grad party and then a separate anchors aweigh party for Twin 2. We only have 2 weeks after graduation before Jonathan ships out for BC, so trying to squeeze it all will be tough. Plus it might be hard for guests to come to both. I'm curious how you ladies are planning to handle it for your twins.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 15, 2013 at 12:13am

Steve did not want fanfare. He just had friends over several nights. Church acknowledged his service and prayed for him and his family.
Sam went on a date to a concert the Friday before with his girlfriend and other friends. We had his friends over for dinner. And there was a repeat at church with a prayer and send off.

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