Congratulations on your promotion, Major Pimentel!  I can’t overstate how proud I am of you, how blessed I am to be your wife, how beyond thankful I am that our children have you as a father, or how rich you make our lives.  God has gifted you greatly, and it was so gratifying to see you honored today.

2017 feels like a benchmark year in our family.  I feel a little more “grown up.”  2017 marks 10 years of marriage and 10 years in the Marine Corps.  We welcomed our second munchkin.  You entered the ranks of field grade officer and I finally earned my Certified Financial Planner designation.  We have six moves under our belt including an international one.  I am not sure what the next decade holds (or even the next year!), but I can’t think of anyone I’d rather be on this adventure with.  God has given us much.  Let’s charge full steam ahead into the next 10 years and beyond toward all the good works God has prepared in advance for us to do.