Merry Christmas!

Well this year has been a very great and crazy year. So instead of a Christmas card, which I really didn't have time to do this year, I thought I would put together this blog and I can email it to people to read. SO here is our year in a glance.

January- cold month in Prescott Valley- We watched our new puppy grow at my parents house, and 8 months till CJ leaves for boot camp.

February- We brought "Abby" (our new puppy) home to be with us.

March- CJ left the Good Samaritan to work at a green house till he left for boot camp.

April- One year in our house and I have to find a renter for the fall...

May- My last month of teaching here in Prescott Valley. My sister graduated from high school, I can't believe she is going to college next year!

June- My sister is 18 (where did the time go!), and I am teaching summer school till the end of the month. 3 months till CJ leaves.

July- CJ leaves the Green house so we can square things away before he leaves and we "start" packing. We took a much needed trip to CA to visit friends and my brother, who is now stationed in Nevada (yeah!). Oh and my BABY brother turns 17 AHHHH!

August- Oh one month till CJ leaves and we have to pack the entire house and move it into a storage unit! Ok whirl wind you have arrived and I am not to happy! We did find a renter to stay at the house and everything starts to work out. CJ and were lucky to get to visit my step sister after she gave birth to a beautiful boy! My nephew Brogan! At the end of the month I turned 25 and for a birthday present my husband left for boot camp :(

September- On the first day I was in a daze the entire day while CJ traveled to Great Lakes IL to start boot camp. This was a long month, I finished leaning out the house and moved into my parents house. It was filled with prayers for CJ and waiting for the letters to come in on Wednesdays.

October- Moved like Molasses- CJ graduated Boot camp on the 28th and my mom and I and my in-laws went to IL to watch him and spend a few days with him. Now we wait for final word to get our stuff moved.

November- Well CJ flew to Goose Creek SC to start the first week in Nuclear training, and we racked up a pretty big phone bill because we can. On the 10th CJ flies home and we spend one last night with both of our families. The day before we left CJ, his parents and I were involved in a small car accident in Prescott Valley, Nedra ended up with some bad whiplash, and the rest of us had some soarness the next day, thankfully no one was badly injured. On the 12th CJ and I were off with the two dogs a full 16 foot moving truck and a trailer with our car. We drove over 2100 miles to reach our new home in Goose Creek SC.

MY BROTHER WAS MARRIED! Welcome Jes to the family!

The rest of the month CJ and I unpacked and CJ began his classes!

Thanksgiving was a little lonely and hard to be away from family!

December is here and another year has gone by. We have made some huge changes to our lives but we are so thankful for our many blessing and the opportunity to travel and see new things in life!

We are glad to bring in a new year that will not be so crazy, CJ will finish A-school and start a 6 month power school. Hopefully we will finish unpacking any remaining boxes.

CJ and I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope that the new year will bring many new adventures and memories that will last a life time!

When your not looking...

My dogs are my life, my children right now. We spend a lot of time together, so much that I know when they are sick or upset. I love watching them play and do well weird stuff...

Abby is quite the show dog, she loves cuddling and she has the cutest face and you just can't say no to her.

Well yesterday I found her and Gage on the couch... She was looking at my laptop, but when I stood in front of her she looked at me.

This morning I was decorating inside the house and came outside to see if she was ok and I found her basking in the sunlight. She loves the sun!