Touring South Carolina

Well this past weekend CJ and I went to find more things to do in Charleston. Well we found the City Marina and then we toured around downtown. I love all the great architectural work on the buildings and houses. We just love having the weekends to tootle around! These first pictures are a squirrel that keeps eating the bird food we put out.




This si the price one boat had to pay, it is on the Mega Dock, so it was probably a big boat.

What a sad, but happy time!

This past week I found out that my estranged grandfather on my dad's side of the family passed away. It was a sad moment, but it was hard to know what to feel. When I was about 5 or 6 he divorced my Grandma and moved back to Ohio, unfortunatly he burned just about every bridge with family before going. During the past 20 years, him and I have wrote back and forth. I hadn't heard form him for about 5 years and then I recieved a Christmas card about two years ago. Then it stopped again.

Well come to find out he was battling cancer and then about a week and a half ago he died from a heart attack.

Over the sad now and on to the happy, since my Grandpa's obituary was in the newspaper, I signed the online book and have had relatives I did not know contact me. I have been able to hear some of my history and get to see some great pictures. I can't wait to get more information from him and start a journal for it.

So here are some pictures:

Ok so this is my Fathers side of the family on my Great Grandma's Side.

This first picture is all my great aunts and uncles. The tall skinny one upfront is Uncle Eddie which is who my dad was named after and where my brother Eddie got his height from.This picture is my great great great Grandpa who served in WWl in France.

This is a picture of my Great great great grandparents.This is my great great grandfather in WWll
This is a wedding picture of my great grandparents and the couple on the left are my great great grand parents.
This is my Great grandparents
This is my grandpa on a pony (a real pony)

I am sad that my grandfather has passed on but I am thankful it has put me in touch with new family to learn and love!

Doggy Style

GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER!

Since I don't have kids to post about I am going to post some pictures of my puppies!

This is how Abby lays pretty much all the time!

Other times she curls up into a ball

Gage is Three years old this year

This is what happens when Gage wants attention

He looks sad and he is because I am taking his picture instead of throwing his ball

I love my puppies! They are my joy each day!

A-School Graduation

Well the first leg in our Journey is coming to an end. CJ is officially MM3 Warren (petty Officer Third Class). To start this journey CJ had to go to school 5 days a week for 9 hours, PT 3 days a week for an hour and studies 2 hours 6 nights of the week. Any one counting how many hours a week CJ puts in? 60 Hours each week! Along with studying CJ was the Class leader and had many duties outside the class as well. He stayed in the top four throughout the semester (3 months) and Graduated with 3.57 out of 4.0 which put him third in his class! I am so proud!

1109T Machinist Mate class standing for commanding officers to enter

CJ shaking section leader PO Andrews

Command Captain Bailey, CJ, and A-School Commander Schmidt

SO the next stage is Power school which all the hours I told you about, well they come back to haunt us but this time for 6 months. We are not quite sure when CJ starts school again could be as early as April 28 or as lat as June.

Five Years

What a difference five years can make...

I was still attending NAU and pursuing my dream to be a teacher and was trying not to focus on boys. I was excited to be with the kids and I loved staying out and talking with great friends! I did not know who I was going to marry or where it would lead me.

Five year plan as of 2006: Graduate and student teach in Prescott Valley, then pay off school loan for a year and go on a mission for the LDS church. I had all the plans done and I was ready to check each one off!

Well it started off pretty great. I did graduate with honors and I was head back home to PV and I started in the Fall. I was able to attend the singles ward and made some great friends and that is when things started to change...

I met a boy haha one that asked me out nontheless it was great and it was a fairy tale! Everything happened so fast and next thing I know I am married and as happy as can be!

NOW Five years later I a Home owner and renting out the house, I live in South Carolina being the best and most supportive wife I can be for a husband who wants to serve his country! I use jargon like Military time, Petty Officer, NSU, NWU, over, badge, ID, Commissary, NEX, BAH... And the list goes on and ON!

I love my life and I can't wait to see what else happens!

Norfolk VA Trip

This past weekend we had the great opportunity to go and visit my brother and finally meet his new wife. Eddie and I's dad was there as well. We had a lot of fun. The first day we went to Nauticus, a museum that houses the USS Wisconsin and some Marine animals. CJ really enjoys looking at the history of the Navy and so going to these museums is a lot of fun for us! We went with 4 Sailors (CJ, Eddie, his wife, and his sister-in-law) so we had our own little private tour!On Sunday we went for a stroll down to the beach. Eddie's sister-in-law lives right up the street from the beach. It was pretty much empty, except for a couple people. So we spent some time picking up sea shells and enjoying the beautiful view!
It was nice to get a break and go see the sites. We want to take full advantage of living on this side of the country. We really enjoyed driving through the small towns and looking at the homes. Can't wait for the next adventure!

Crafts

Here is another round of crafts! It has been nice to have time to do these. Making my house homey and more our style!

This one is a Sentsy Flame-less candle. It was plain black so I took white vinyl and gave it a little style. This is now on our counter in the kitchen.
Here is a Spring ring that i put together. Thank you to a friend back home that started making these. I want to make one for each holiday and/or season.
My friend Ashley wanted to make a chalkboard. She had some left over chalkboard paint from Lowes and a cupboard that we bought for $5 at Habitat for Humanity Resale. Then I took scrap paper that had travel pictures on it and modge podged it on. I will probably hang this, but not sure where yet!
I am also working on learning how to crochet more, I am really liking it! I will post pictures later!