NUKE moms

Good Morning Everyone! I was getting snuggles with my granddaughter last week!! My son's ship FRG (Family Readiness Group) had designed a new RED shirt for a fundraiser. I proudly wore it yesterday as we walked all around their zoo. 

My granddaughter loves Snoopy and so I did scroll through and showed her some of the memes the other day. She enjoyed that. 

D'sMom2020 - I think I finally got a reply back to you the other day. Sorry for the delay. Let me know if you did not receive it. 

ShipofDoodles, Nauticalmom, Navymom18 - BNMHs - I know we have others whose sailors are in and out to sea, whether on underways ore deployed. 

Dee's Mom - Welcome, be sure to come here to the Comment Wall and introduce yourself. What Nuke rating is your loved one?

Northwoodsmom-Thanks for the suggestion! You take the ferry then, to Ludington? What a great idea!

All, I just now received an email from my son written yesterday and sent from his boat. The email I sent reached him!!! Best of all, it reached him before his pinning ceremony yesterday morning at 0800. He has earned his dolphins and was so excited. Now fully qualified for submarines. Cannot wait to hear more. My heart is so full this night. 

Blessings to all of you, and to our young men and women in service. 

ShipOfDoodles - Congratulations to your sailor!! And I am so glad that he received your email. 

ShipOfDoodles - Whoop Whoop!!!  Congrats to your son!!!!

ShipOfDoodles, congratulations to your Sailor that is amazing! I heard getting your dolphins took a long time sometimes but your son aced it pretty fast.  So happy he received your email right before, probably meant the world to him too. 

I haven't done the ferry across yet but my daughter and son-in -love have, they took their car over to Ludington. I usually drive across the Mackinac Bridge, it is so beautiful up there but plan on the ferry sometime soon.

Good morning! I tried to keep up with the Nuke page for a while, but it finally became overwhelming. It seems I missed a lot. 
Chipmunk, congratulations on the daughter-in-law. I’m so happy for you all! 
My son is currently on an underway, his fifth in less than a year and a half. He will hopefully be back on land soon and be able to come home. Flights were far too expensive at Christmas, so I’m praying that it will be much more reasonable now. If not, I’ll be planning a trip to King’s Bay. 

MoMom - Thank you! I have not done a very good job of keeping up privately with all of my friends on here. I love my DIL and most importantly, I know that she loves my sailor and he loves her.  

Hopefully you will be able to go see your sailor. I know that it has been a long time. From my son's experience and seeing the comments from the Navy wives, the underways can be even more of a challenge in some respects than a longer deployment. 

ShipOfDoodles - BZ to your sailor!

Keep our Sailors in your PRAYERS, nasty weather approaching Goose Creek.

Northwoodsmom - I had seen the bad weather - my SIL lives in GA and they got hit with some pretty crazy weather yesterday too.  Hope everyone is safe!

talked to my sailor last night - he said the winds were wild at GC, and they were expecting it again tonight

Pizanche & Northwoodsmom - I hope things are a little calmer for your sailors. We have had some winds today as well, but calmer now. Then again, the wind blows here more than not!

Happy Friday! Hope all is well so with your sailors! 

I was able to see Vinnie but just from  a rolled down window. Traffic was continuously flowing and we didn’t know if we were allowed to stop. Still amazed and heart was full.

Thank you again Canuka!

Gigi - welcome to San Diego!  Enjoy your visit!

Gigi - So happy you got to see some ships. I have only been able to see my son's ship from a distance. Both times we visited it was in the shipyard and no civilians are allowed. Maybe the next visit!

Thank you B’sNukeMom!

Yes Chipmunk- hopefully next time! My son Filled up/signed up/ requested (? Not sure what’s the right word Ha!) but listed Norfolk as one of the 3 he would like to be in. He might end up with yours as submarine is out of the picture for now. 

Gigi - remind him it's the "needs of the Navy"  or ........ 

B'sNukeMom - After these last few years, I finally have had the term "Detailer" used in everyday language with my sailors and understand their role a lot more as my gal was working on getting her new orders before they got married. 

Gigi - Even if he doesn't get on with my son, Norfolk is a big place so there are possibilities there and hopefully it would not be too far for you to visit. 

A call during liberty from Ketchikan! This mama's heart is over-full. I think since the mission has been declassified, I can share some photos. Some great footage on navytimes.com. as well. I also found out he finally was able to star-reenlist, with his pinning in the iciest of conditions! 

For all of you out there with sons and daughters in the pipeline, my thoughts are ALWAYS with you.

ShipofDoodles - Glad you got to hear from your sailor!!

Thank you, Chipmunk! 

ShipofDoodles- SO HaPPY for you. THANK you for sharing!

ShipofDoodles - thank you for sharing and Congrats to your sailor!! 

ShipOfDoodles - what wonderful pictures!  BZ to your sailor.  And brrrrrrr it sure looks cold!

ShipOfDoodles - Congratulations and I’m happy for you! Thank you for sharing 

B's best friend from the Navy (they went all through nuke school together and then lived together in VA) and his wife are visiting B&C in MI.  They have so much fun when they get together - it's great to see lasting friendships from the Navy! 

I'm looking forward to seeing all of them in May for the wedding (vow renewal/celebration). Looking forward to seeing his mom - Mommamac - too!

B'sNukeMom - That is so wonderful that they are getting to visit with their friends. I am sure that B&C are looking forward to their upcoming "wedding" celebration!! 

Chipmunk - yes, they are sure looking forward to it.  Hard to believe that they ended up getting married in her moms living room in July 2020.  Then went through 3 different "save the date" changes to get us to 5/22/2022!  Excited for the actually ceremony!

Happy Easter in return!  That was so cute, I had to send it to my daughter to share with my granddaughter. 

May this Holy Season for many faiths remind us to share God's goodness and love with each other. 

This is my traditional Easter Bunny cake. This year I was able to make it and share it with our church and community at an evening dinner meal that we help serve at. 

Chipmunk - the cake is adorable!