We left our camping trip on Sunday because we were both starting to feel sick. With the help of Max the men packed up the Bronco while I cleaned Tasha's dishes for her. After we got into cell phone range Sage started checking his messages. One of his messages was from his Sgt. Their unit was put on "alert" for Iraq. Needless to say it was a bit of an emotional ride home. He hasn't gotten his orders, so things are still up in the air. But we have almost a year before he leaves, which is such a blessing. We'll be able to have our 1st Christmas together (in our new house) and celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary all before he leaves. He'll probably miss my big 3-0 birthday though :( I guess it'll be up to Tasha to throw me and "over the hill" party.
I have to say, that even though it will SUCK beyond words to have him gone for a year, I am so proud of my husband. He is a wonderful man; to me, his family and to his country. I will support and love him forever! I am so blessed to be married to such an outstanding man.
He is in Utah right now attending WLC (Warrior's Leader Course)... I'm learning all the military lingo ;) He's been gone for 11 days now and I'm missing him sooooo much. It makes my heart hurt to be away from him for so long ( I know that sounds sappy to some of you, but I don't care!!!) I can't wait for him to come home. Miss you and love you baby!!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Camping Fun
Well, our 2nd camping trip of the summer was quite fun....just not as smooth as the 1st one. It was the week before Sage was leaving for WLC (for 2 weeks) and so he was trying to get 3 weeks of homework done in 1 week. Then we were dealing with a bunch of new-house stuff and a million other misc. things. Of course packing for the trip didn't happen til the day-of and we were supposed to meet Brian & Sheila at 6:30 in good ol' Bear, Idaho. If you haven't guessed yet, by the time we were on the road, both of us were ready to bag camping and just go home. But, we pushed through and ended up in a tired, but good mood.
Unfortunately, that didn't last too long. To start out Shelby peed in her crate and I cleaned it up for the 35th time. Then came our mistake of trusting Yahoo Maps. For those of you wondering, the makers of Yahoo Maps are probably smoking crack. Translation: Do NOT ever use Yahoo Maps!! We ended up on some random mountain road where you could only go 15mph...we spent over an hour on the wrong road. Don't worry folks, there is a light at the end of this tunnel. We finally found Brian and Sheila!! They had patiently waited for over an hour for us.
Well, we made it to camp...then I realized that I had forgotten any shoes besides my flip-flops and our camping stove broke. Talk about a stellar start to our trip :) Shelby went bananas running around the mountains. We had a great fireside talk with Brian & Sheila. Poor Brogan got licked & tackled by Shelby numerous times.
We went on a very lovely (but LONG) drive and the dog fell out of the truck twice. We went shooting and my wonderful hubby gave me some pointers. We got chased by a romantically frustrated bull...who also wandered through our camp twice...mean looking guy. My choice of flashlights were ridiculed over the fireside talk...I bought 2 flashlights for $3...a great deal, but maybe not the best quality of lighting :) Despite the many chaotic moments of our camping trip, it was loads of fun! I had a wonderful time with my hubby and with our friends. It was a weekend full of memories.
PS- Did I mention that we also got a flat tire on the Bronco??? :)
Unfortunately, that didn't last too long. To start out Shelby peed in her crate and I cleaned it up for the 35th time. Then came our mistake of trusting Yahoo Maps. For those of you wondering, the makers of Yahoo Maps are probably smoking crack. Translation: Do NOT ever use Yahoo Maps!! We ended up on some random mountain road where you could only go 15mph...we spent over an hour on the wrong road. Don't worry folks, there is a light at the end of this tunnel. We finally found Brian and Sheila!! They had patiently waited for over an hour for us.
Well, we made it to camp...then I realized that I had forgotten any shoes besides my flip-flops and our camping stove broke. Talk about a stellar start to our trip :) Shelby went bananas running around the mountains. We had a great fireside talk with Brian & Sheila. Poor Brogan got licked & tackled by Shelby numerous times.
We went on a very lovely (but LONG) drive and the dog fell out of the truck twice. We went shooting and my wonderful hubby gave me some pointers. We got chased by a romantically frustrated bull...who also wandered through our camp twice...mean looking guy. My choice of flashlights were ridiculed over the fireside talk...I bought 2 flashlights for $3...a great deal, but maybe not the best quality of lighting :) Despite the many chaotic moments of our camping trip, it was loads of fun! I had a wonderful time with my hubby and with our friends. It was a weekend full of memories.
PS- Did I mention that we also got a flat tire on the Bronco??? :)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
FAMILY PICS
We celebrated my parent's 30th wedding anniversary on Saturday (whoop, whoop). My mom has been wanting updated family pics for awhile. So we gathered all the fam: Tasha, Jason, Madi, Blake, Cam, Mom, Dad, Bianca, Jacob, Me & my wonderful hubby. Besides being swarmed by mosquitoes, rained on and nearly struck by lighting it was a great night! JK.... we didn't nearly get struck by lighting...but it was close. After, we got to eat at MACHUCA'S!!! That is my ALL-TIME favorite Mexican food place EVER!! It's the bomb! Bianca's brand-new boyfriend joined us for dinner there and we had great fun teasing them both. Mostly we teased Bianca about her control issues when it comes to making cookies. In short, a very fun time was had by all. And thanks to mom & dad for treating us to dinner! Love you guys!! These are just some random pics that I took with my camera.
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