"Anchors Aweigh!"

After a 5 month process of paperwork, Dr. appointments, fingerprinting, and many many "it should be about two more weeks,"...we finally got into the NAVY!!! We are going into the Navy to help pay for Dental School. We get a salary while Phillip is in school and we get complete health insurance for our whole family. Also the four years that Phillip is in school count towards retirement if we decide to stay in after our commitment. Basically we have nothing to do with the Navy the four years of school, Phillip just has to check in once a month through email, and run a couple miles twice a year. Then after school he has to go to 5 weeks of Officer Training Camp in Rhode Island. Then we will be stationed where ever they send us and Phillip will work as a Dentist for the Navy for 4 years. Unless he decides to specialize then it will be more. As of now he is a "Petty Officer" and when he graduates he will be an Officer in the Navy. We have an Air Force Base that is about 11 miles from our house, so I can't wait to go on base and explore and go shopping. No sales tax! Haha! It has been such a relief that this all finally went through so that we don't have to stress as much about our finances. Phillip's parents were able to come up this weekend so that they could see him get sworn in. It was a really neat experience! I am so proud of him!!!


Signing the first of many pages



I thought this picture was sooo funny. Abby was trying to get in the action