Brent's visit to the Seyshelles Islands...........

The girls and I received a phone call from Brent last week. He had pulled in to a port after being out to sea for over six weeks.......poor guy! He sounded great and was having a wonderful time visiting one of the Seychelles Islands off the coast of Africa. He says it was an absolutely beautiful place! The girls went to bed so happy after speaking with their daddy. They had so many stories to share with him, especially Hannah. 10 more weeks to go!!!

We hope everyone has had a wonderful week! Enjoy your weekend........

Crossing The Line Ceremony................

We have some new pictures to share of our Brent on Deployment. Check out Brent's stylish outfit that was made especially for him!!! Recently the USS HOWARD crossed the equator and did the traditional "Crossing the Line" ceremony that signifies crossing the equator, which divides the northern and southern hemispheres of the earth. It is an aged tradition for all mariners since the beginning of ocean navigation and it has a ceremony attached to it that is similar to a right of passage where before you cross you are called a wog and after you are called a shellback. This ceremony is a very big deal. You only have to do the ceremony once which Brent did during his last deployment......thank goodness! They have to crawl through some pretty disgusting obstacles. This time Brent assisted with designing the lovely obstacles and conducting the ceremony.

Enjoy and make it a great day!

Hugs from The Szychulda Family. :-)