Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

Is anyone planning on going to the Family Fleet Day on Oct. 18th?

I'll be there for the weekend....My son's ship will be on the tour.

How do I find out more information on "Family Fleet Day" on oct 18th?

You're welcome AJ's-Mom!  We hope he will send us a message and come over. :) And we are happy to provide a ride to him or any others who don't have transportation. 

Blessings to you!

Yvonne

Awesome!!! I have made my travel plans already! I am so anxious to see my baby girl! She is on the USS Porter so her ship is not one of the ones on the tour list. Oh well! I'm still excited to see the other ones.

Heard from my sailor who is assigned to the USS Bainbridge. He has been in school/training for quite a while and had tests yesterday and today and ACED them both!! HooYa. He will be coming home in two weeks for 10 days!!!

He had me coach him on how to make my scratch marinara sauce to celebrate with his friends tonight.

CO-Twin - That is great news! Congrats to your Sailor for getting A's on his exams!! Awesome-sauce!!! heehee!!

how exciting for you that he will be home for 10 days!!

how is everything going for you with your new place?

I am driving over to see my new house tomorrow. EXCITED.

I will be moving after my sailor goes back to Norfolk. 

I start school on November 10th. 

Hi, 

I am the new Treasurer for the Jason Dunham FRG. We are finally up and running. We have two great fundraisers happening right now (Dunham bracelets and a Chirstmas ornament). We also have a new Facebook page. Please send your contact info to frgjasondunham@gmail.com to be added to our list.  

Thank you

Rebecca

Anyone out there have a sailor on the uss mitscher? 

Anyone out there have a sailor on the uss mitscher? 

dohnermom- my husband is on the Mitscher

My son is on there courtneya. Are you a FB user?  Friend me if you like and we can private msg.  Kim Reynolds Dohner

CO-Twin,

So happy for you that you sold your house and have finally found a new one!  You are starting a new life, including school-May the Lord bless your time in college, giving you wisdom and the ability to remember and recall all that you learn, not only on the exams, but in the career you will step into. 

Yvonne

dohnermom,

I don't know if you've seen our posts or not, but my husband and I open our home on the weekends and invite sailors to come over to have a place to hang out, play board games and eat home cooked food. We've been doing this for the last 14 years here in Norfolk...my husband is a retired Navy Chaplain, so ministering to these sailors has been on our heart for a long time. We would love to invite your son over if you think he would be interested. If you want to know more about us, just go to our page on this site.

Yvonne and John Wagner

We'll keep praying about your house selling CO-Twin. God has his timing! :) 

Happy to hear your son is coming home. Is he hunting for Elk? We love Elk-better than Venison. :) We had friends who use to live in Craig and they always gave us some. yum.

Yvonne

CO-Twin, Thanks for the idea! I never thought of that. But it sure makes sense, because my posts do disappear after a while. I will send Nancy a message today.

Yvonne

CO-Twin,

What a great idea! I never thought of that. You're right though-my posts do disappear after a while. I think I will check into that. Thanks!

Yvonne

sylviar14 - my son is also on the McFaul - just coming up on his first year anniversary on the ship - he goes by D-13 and is in deck division - hope your son is getting settled - mine is very happy and loves being in the Navy and on board ship -

We'd love to invite your sons, Sarah and sylviar over to our house on the weekends. Go to our page and you will see what exactly we do. 

Yvonne and John

sylviar, We provide a ride to 2 other sailors who come over to the house, so giving your son a ride is no problem.

someone posted a reference to viewing the evening colors, what does that mean?  I am new to being a Navy mom.

Hey All!  Any Bataan Mom's?

Thanks, CO-TwinSalorsMom for Colors answer.  I thought it might be something like that.

yeay!! I can't wait to see it all either! I'll be in Norfolk this weekend, God willing.

Have a great time this weekend!  One thing I can add about Morning and Evening Colors on base:  "Taps" is not played, for which I'm grateful!  Too mournful.  Each flag raising and lowering ceremony has its own ceremonial bugle song.  Morning Colors is upbeat, and Evening Colors is more subdued.  You can play them at this link:  http://www.navyband.navy.mil/ceremonial_music.shtml  I've heard them with a quick flourish added at the end, sort of a punctuation  :)

When I was at the Navy lodge for BC  PIR for one of my boys, had my wind open and during colors there was a bugle playing what I remember as taps, could be wring but a bugle playing non the less. My son said that was evening colors when I told him about it the next day. 

in regards to the evening or morning colors; who has the job of raising or lowering of the flags?  Hope someday to be able to see this.

June - thanks for the prayers and I will be praying for your's and everyone's safe travels too.

thanks Marcy! I'll come back and share my experience with you all! I looked up the weather forecast and it seems like it will be sunny and in the 70s in Norfolk!! yippee!!

All of you moms who have been in contact with us, please give us a call or text while you're here. Unfortunately, because of John's recent back surgery we won't be able to attend this year. :( We hope all of you have a wonderful time! Especially seeing your sons and daughters.

Yvonne and John

Accurate-Tune Plus 757-226-8863, JT is the gentleman to talk to. My son had several things done there and I talked to him personally.  They also have great reviews and we were referred to them. 

http://accuratetuneplus.com/

My son also had work done by JT at Accurate-Tune.  I would recommend them also.

I hope all you moms who were able to be here this weekend for fleet week had a great time. 

I wish we could personally meet some of you, especially those who we've been in contact with. :)

Just a reminder...if any of you think your son or daughter would be interested in joining us and other sailors at our house on the weekends, we would be happy to have them contact us or we contact them. We had a great time last night eating Rubens and playing Settlers of Cataan. We play a  lot of board games here. :) 

Enjoy the remainder of the weekend here.

Yvonne and John

Thank you for the add. Hi all! We are new to Norfolk. By we I mean my new young sailor just got stationed there. Anything you can tell me about the base and area would be great.