So This Is Blogging

I am about to venture into the blog world. It's been slow in coming, but I'm finally here, ready to take the plunge into the unknown. Scary... yet I can foresee this blog venture as potentially being very cathartic and freeing!

So here we are, the G Family. GG and I met and fell in love at Princeton, graduated in 2001, and were married May 11, 2002. Soon after marriage we moved to Colorado Springs for GG's first (and only) duty assignment at Fort Carson and spent three very happy years there (one apart due to Army deployment--GG was in Iraq while I pursued my Masters in Teaching at Colorado College and began teaching in the area). Upon his return from Iraq, we soon found out we were expecting our first bundle of absolute joy. MWG arrived a month early (due to inducement bc mom's bp was skyrocketing!) on Feb. 5, 2005. That July the G clan relocated so GG could begin law school. Since then, we've added one more to our brood. TWG was born this past August 16th and has only enriched our lives further!!

We feel God's grace around every corner and give credit to our Creator for all the good things in our life. In fact, it was His Providence which brought us together back at Princeton (we met at an athlete Bible study) and has seen us through the ups and downs of our day-to-day. Just recently we've been dealing with the news that GG has been recalled from the IRR (Individual Ready Reserve), a list of former military members from which the Army can recall for duty up to four years from their dates of retirement! WOW! The news was really tough at first, imagining GG gone and most likely deployed while in the middle of law school; leaving our family and our young boys. I was surely heartbroken... God has been our Rock and Provider, however, offering hope in the midst of despair. We have since submitted a request for a delay/exemption while GG finishes school and nurses a bad shoulder. Whatever the outcome, we know we have the Lord of the Universe guiding our lives and helping us through all circumstances!

Alas, here I am blogging about it all... Can't believe it's finally happening. I must think of a better title. Any suggestions? In the meantime, stay blessed and enjoy reading about life in G-Ville. I'll do my best to post our regular goings-on for all to digest. Keep shining,