Last year Pictures in Japan

Well I officially made it back in Ohio for 6 days

AND

I'm leaving in a couple hours to head to the Cleveland Airport then I'm off to South Dakota! I can't stand being in Ohio any longer people. This place is a perfect example of the color brown or gray. My sister in law is having a baby boy at any minute basically. Thankfully she's cooked him an extra couple days for Aunt Kelly to be there. I will be posting from South Dakota within the week so stay tuned. 

I am very happy that I am traveling out North West. I will see my niece and nephew(s) eee!! but also I'm going to have this outlet away from thinking about Jimmy being gone and missing him tons. The past couples days have been a mess. I slept until 5pm today because there was just no point in getting up to think about all of this. I am happy with my life (just in case you thought I was sad sally) I am just really missing him.
 It's weird how things are when we are apart...they just don't feel right ya know? I've got this little emptiness going on I just need to distract me. any ideas on how?

I found my old camera that had lots of photo's on it.

There were even pictures from last year in Japan. Brought tears to my eyes when I thought about everything that is going on and of course seeing the pictures of Jimmy didn't help me.

 View from flight line toward Fuji

 Hey handsome :)

 View from our house looking at the Zama-Shi area.

 Down our driveway/street when they were doing construction.

 Walking to the store by our house.

 Neighbors across the street.

 Neighbors around the corner.

 The temple by our house. I love this place. I go to read here.

 At the temple.

 Full view of the Temple, you can see the dragon fountain & mini bridge where the koi fish are swimming under.

 During the rainy spring season. I love this time in Japan.

 I'm in heaven at this point with these flowers.

 soo pretty. I need to edit them and make them brighter.

 Street going to work that always smells weird.

 I hope this will be me a Jimmy. Old and in love.hehe

 The Cherry Blossoms...okay NOW I'm in heaven. They are beautiful

That's my baby cheesing real hard.ha I'm crying right now as I look at this. Boy oh Boy, this military life sometimes stinks but its worth it in the end.

Please continue to pray for the Japanese people and also for the relief crews. The thoughts of what is going on has still not left my mind. I'm starting to realize I need to attempt to not think about it because it makes my chest thumpy. I'm glad I posted that prayer on my left side bar because it reminds me that he loves me and is trained to do these missions. When we will see each other again? Who knows but things will be okay.

 Amore,
 Kelly Marie 

Jimmy is in the news!!!

Really awesome news, Jimmy was featured in Stars and Stripes the military paper! I'm soo proud and excited. Here is the article on it and there are a ton of pictures of Jimmy.

The article starts out saying this, "...James Rivers became the face of the U.S. military’s humanitarian relief efforts for hundreds of Japanese people Tuesday."

Navy crews reach quake victims with life-sustaining humanitarian aid - Earthquake Disaster in Japan - Stripes


Jimmy was also featured on yahoo.com Photo 1 and Photo 2. The pictures on here are very small and it says Marines BUT I know it is him. I could pick Jimmy out in a wears waldo book.hehe I can tell from gear, the helo and also there was another picture of one of his best friends as well. He doesn't really toot his own horn so as you can see I am tooting it for him. I'm soo proud!

What I'm loving today...
*I love my man. Seriously, could I have got anyone better? I think not. I am a really blessed girl.

*I'm loving that I get to leave for South Dakota this Saturday. I get to see my niece and my nephew AND my newest nephew who is on his way within the week!

*I love this rain we have been getting even though Ohio is nothing but mud, the rain helps me sleep at night. It's weird sleeping since Jimmy's not with me.

*I'm loving that we have Starz on TV free for a whole year. I've been watching new released movies since I got home from Japan.

*I'm loving that I got a good nights sleep last night. Melatonin does this girl good.


Amore, 
Kelly marie.