New Friends and New Games

   When we decided to move from Cape May to Voorhees I was a little nervous... mostly because I'd be leaving my group of Coastie wives and the community of the base. Everyone was so supportive and amazing  and it would be hard to start all over again. But!!! Then we met Gina and Bill! Gina is a photo major at my school and the only other married student I know so we instantly had more in common than I would have with most other kids at Uarts. Gina and Bill have also both lived in this part of NJ for their whole lives so they have kind of been playing tour guides whenever we hang out and its been fantastic!

   I've never been out to play billiards before so when Gina suggested it I was a little nervous I would be embarrassing myself. Luckily it was a Friday night so the other people playing in the place were getting their drink on and they weren't such hot shots either(LOL!). We ended up having a great time but that's a given when we hang out with these two!

Meet our friends:

Since we have moved here we get asked almost every phone call: "Have you guys made friends there?" And yes, we have made friends. We have a handful of friends now and I thought I would introduce a few here on the blog. Meet the Browns:

This is TJ and Jackie Brown. They live here in the housing, they have a little dog, they don't have kids, they love playing cards(we are getting better at their games!) and he works on the Finback with Quincy. We hang out with them often and we are so happy to have them here!

Now meet the Brudzinskis:

This is Mike and Miranda Brudzinski. Quincy met them when he participated in the Project Fireside at Thanksgiving while in bootcamp. They also live in housing, have a little dog, are total foodies(YAY!), they are musical, and they are super adventurous. Miranda is the one in the CG and she works at the firehouse on base. We have SO MUCH in common with them its just crazy... but in a good way!

We are meeting more and more people every day and I'm constantly amazed at how quickly you become family when you're in this military bubble. I guess its because most of us are so far away from any family of our own so you just make a new circle of people to be your family away from home. Its really incredible.