Where did I come from???

I never did get around to giving an background info on me when I started this blog so here goes.

Where did I come from?

I come from a Grandfather born in Oklahoma territory who was the son of a very strong women. She must have been....the only pictures of her husband, he is cleaning his gun and has jug of "something" beside him! She also helped to raise my dad as his mother passed away when he was very young.

My mother was born and raised in Arkansas (we always teased her about wearing shoes). She had 2 sisters and 2 brothers and amazingly enough all of the girls ended up in Texas.

My Dad was in the army when he was "assigned" to my mother by the general. She kind of requested him. The first night they went out, she wasn't really sure what his name was but knew he was nice and good-looking. They never looked back. They were married and Dad was transferred to Pennsylvania where my sister was born.....Skookelhaven (that is not spelled right) is where she was born. Soon after dad was transferred to New York for six months and the on to Taiwan. (this is where the story gets good!)

My parents spent 2+ years in Taipei, Taiwan. Mom and dad lived next door to the same neighbors they had in New York. I was born on the U.S. Army base in Taiwan. We stayed there until I was about one. We have all kinds of cool stuff from being over there. Just imagine the plane trip back to the states.....17 hours with a 1yo and a 2.5 yo!

As I grew older I realized that not only was I born in Taiwan.....I was "Made in Taiwan"..... My husband used to tell me he wanted a tattoo. I always said fine as long as you don't mind me having "made in Taiwan" tattoo'd on my...... Needless to say, he does not have a tattoo! LOL!

From there we moved to Virginia while dad worked in Washington D.C.. We were there probably 3 years. I do remember things from Virginia....like the time I climbed all the way to the top of the apple tree in the back yard and Mom had to call the firemen to come get me.....something about little limbs.....I was having fun!

From Virginia we moved to Alaska. Wow! Is it ever beautiful there! We got to see the Northern Lights. Dad got his pilot's license and would fly to the Kenai Peninsula fro lunch..... If you have ever wondered, moose do run across the tundra! We lived on base and there was empty land behind our house. During the spring we had to watch out for moose and we could only go in the little woods as there were bears in the big woods. Sometimes we had to stay on the school bus due to a bear alert or a moose alert. That just meant one or the other was wandering around the neighborhood.

After 20 years and 8 months in the army, Dad retired and we moved to Texas. His dad lived here and he wanted us to have the opportunity to get to know him. My dad made an awesome choice!

I will add more of my adventures in Alaska (there are many) and I really like to think about it especially when it is 100 degrees here. Always helps to think about snow.......