Finding harmony in family, finance & military life

On June 25th Brent along with 7 of his military brothers from the Seymour Johnson K9 section participated in the Super Spartan Race held in South Carolina. SSgt Andrew Rounds wrote up a quick article about what they did and why they did it and I wanted to share that with all of you. So kick back and enjoy the read while trying to imagine the amount of grime all of us K9 wives had to wash out of our husbands clothes the next day! Just kidding I am so proud of our guys, the great job that they do and the sacrifices they make. K9 truly does lead the way! "The Super Spartan obstacle course race provides an 8+ mile battlefield of insane mud running with 15+ obstacles.The K9 section had a team of 8. MSgt Nathan Nash, SSgt Brent Reimers, SSgt Andrew Rounds, SSgt Dale Morgan Jones, SSgt James Bailey, SrA John Makripodis, SrA Joseph Swartout and SrA Matthew Halligan.  We ran this race in dedication to SSgt Ben Seekell and Charlie, our brother who was wounded in Afghanistan in Ma...

With Blogger being down most of yesterday and today I had a lot of time to think about just how to write this post. Now that I am sitting down to write it I know just what I will do. I am going to wing it like all the rest. On Saturday May 7th we went to a cook out at a friends house. Nearly the entire K9 crew was there. A large group of rowdy guys drinking and having fun a small group of moms trying to keep track of the dozen plus kids running around. It was normal K9 comradery. Meagan was there with her three kids, her husband deployed just a few months ago. She mentioned to me that he was supposed to go "outside the wire" it was not the first time but between the two of us that term meant prayer. I raised my eye brows in acknowledgement and nothing more was said. The night went on and I left with my kids around 9pm. Shortly after 11pm I woke up to my phone. Brent was calling me and the words that came out of his mouth did not make sense. He must have been playing a cru...