If’ you’ve come over from Shelley’s Creations , you’re in the right place ;)  If you’ve joined midway, please do start at the top of the hop!  and I’ll see you when you hop back around my way!

My name is Joscelyne Cutchens, but I go by Joscie, and that coincidentally rhymes with bossy.  My husband is a warrant officer in the Navy and currently midway through a deployment.  We live in Honolulu, HI.  We have 2 sons who have also been dealing with difficulties that come with deployments.  In fact, I was looking at some homecoming pictures this week and wanted to share– you can see our boys growing up through these pictures.

When we first moved back to the islands in 2003, Troy was on a new ship being home ported here in Pearl Harbor.

Our first deployment/homecoming with 2 kids 2005:

Next homecoming: 2008

Next homecoming: 2009

Also in our family, my dad was in the Army, my step dad in the Marines, 2 step brothers in Marines and one is now in the army, My mother in law and father in law both were in the Air Force.

Although we can communicate via email, we also LOVE to get cards in the mail.  The boys love to read and reread cards from Dad.  This is why I like to make cards to send to Operation Write Home.  I have a few red white and  blue missing you cards to share…

Are you thinking, WOW-that’s cool, how can I help?  It’s very easy! You can make cards and send them in!

what? you’re not crafty?  that’s okay, you can also make a contribution to help cover shipping costs!

To thank you for stopping by, I’m giving away a Hawaiian Prize Pack!  Please leave me a comment and tell me something about you!  I’ll draw a random winner on Tuesday.

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy

your next stop is: Peggy at The Wired Angel

My name is Joscie.  {That rhymes with bossy, not jozzy, not joe-sy.  Just so you can say it right in your head ;)} My husband is in the US Navy and stationed aboard a ship at Pearl Harbor, HI  that just returned from a short 3 month deployment a few weeks ago.  While he was gone, I sent him cards to send home to our 2 sons.  On the days when we opened the mailbox and there were cards or post cards from Dad, the boys were super excited.  They would read and reread them and smile.  Our 4 year old would ask me to read and reread his “mails” from Dad, as he is just learning to read.  We are facing a 6 month deployment in the new year and I plan to send my hubby armed with a lot of cards to send home to the boys.  I also want to send cards to Operation Write Home so other family members can have the same joy of happy mail.  Some times during a deployment, it’s the little things that help you get through.

Here are a few cards I’ve made up to send to Operation Write Home:

I am still working on more cards and plan to pack these up and send them on next week! :)

I know you’re asking yourself, self, how do I make cards to send?  well look right here for all the details. Or are you saying, I’m not crafty, what can I do to help?  Good news, you can help too.

The next stop on the blog hop is: Dana :)

In celebration of the blog hop, I am giving away a package of Hawaii goodies.  Leave a comment and I’ll draw for a winner on Monday, November 16. (edited date)

Thanks for Stopping by and have a great day! :)