Thia is my friend Gabriella. We met at school and she also happens to be a Marine Corps spouse. We became very good friends over the past two years, despite being very opposite...she is type A, I am type not A. But it worked for us! Gabriella always had me laughing in class at the very assertive things she would say. She definitely has some cajones and I admire her ability to speak her mind. She also is one of the strongest and most ambitious military spouses I know and I truly appreciate that about her. I am highlighting Gabriella because today she moved away...to the great desert land of Edwards Air Force base. I will miss her a lot but hope to make a trip out to see her before we move. Here's to another military spouse friend moving away!
5.30.2012
Spent the day trying to be productive. My current task is taking the 10 bins filled with notes/cards/memories from middle school and high school and consolidating them. It was fun to go down memory lane and reminisce about my carefree days. I think the best thing I read was a note from my friend that said, "I can't even look at your face without laughing, in a good way." It made me think that maybe I need to laugh a little more in my older days. Anyways, I turned 3 boxes into 1...just 7 more to go through!
5.29.2012
5.28.2012
I had a great Memorial Day barbecuing and swimming with the fam and the Wags. This is their little girl. Isn't she cute?
5.27.2012
5.26.2012
This old plane has been a long standing joke between my mom and I. When we were moving many years ago, we came upon this plane. Neither one of us wanted it, so we started sneaking it into each other's lives. I had completely forgotten about this old plane until I opened my graduation gift from my mom...and there it was (with a little extra somethin'). Well played Mom!
5.25.2012
And the winner of the graduation shoe vote is...the colorful striped wedges!
5.24.2012
Having a very difficult time picking out shoes for graduation tomorrow. Afterall, it's the only thing you see since my robe will be covering up my dress. There is a tie between shoes. Aaron, Brandon and Lindsey chose the same ones and my mom, Adrie and I picked another....Decisions, decisions. Adrie did say shoes are the last thing you put on, so I still have 10 hours to decide!
5.22.2012
McKenna and my huge bear...I knew it would come in handy one day. McKenna snuggled up on the bear while we watched Mickey Mouse.
5.21.2012
Pilates/Yoga with my friend Hannah at the gym on base today. I am already sore. I will be back...such a good class and its freeeeeee!
5.20.2012
Finally we saw The Avengers! So good!!! Fun little Sunday date with my husband and dad. Luckily my dad didn't do anything super embarrassing!
5.19.2012
This umbrella was the best purchase ever. Brandon says now he can take his albino wife to the beach. So sweet.
5.18.2012
Spent the day volunteering for Act Today for Military Families at the Exceptional Family Member program at MCAS Miramar with my friend Gabriella. It was a slow but informational day. And we got to have lunch with the mister. :)
5.14.2012
Brawley went on a shopping spree at the puppy pharmacy...not Mom's favorite kind of retail!
5.13.2012
Brawley made me a Mother's Day card! Look at good his writing is! :)
5.10.2012
Celebrating my last day of grad school!!! Looking forward to graduation and gettin' my career on!
5.9.2012
I've been working like a dog this week(and I'm as tired as one, too). Between subbing full time and finals week, I am pooped...and apparently so is Brawley.
5.8.2012
Thank goodness for hot tubs. After a looong day of work and a looong final, the hot tub is just the place to ease my mind.
5.7.2012
I got lucky this week. I am subbing all 5 days (and hopefully more) for a teacher on maternity leave...which means grading papers and preparing lesson plans. I am so grateful and excited for this opportunity. I will, however, miss sleeping in!
5.6.2012
Sorry no post for Cinco de Mayo. It's a sacred holiday for me.
Anyways, today was a much better day than yesterday. I was reminded about how much I love my husband when we went to Golden Spoon for a frozen yogurt. While I proceeded to take a picture (naturally) of my yogurt outside on the table, Brandon jumped into my car, parked right in front, and beeped the horn and flashed the lights continously until I got into the car! He kept messing up my picture, so I had to take a few different shots and still never got a good one. Nonetheless it was so annoying and I'm pretty sure the people inside Golden Spoon thought so too.
This is a picture of Brandon driving me crazy.
5.3.2012
Brandon gave me this VooDoo doll keychain that was supposed to help me with all the changes that were going to happen this year...but the Marine Corps seems to be messing with all my plans! The USMC obviously isn't aware of my hopes and dreams.
5.2.2012
Wine tasting at Chateau Ste Michelle in Woodinville, Washington where they make our favorite Riesling!
4.30.2012
We saw The Lucky One tonight. I have been begging Brandon to go see it and he always said no. Well today he saw it with me to make up for telling me he's not my "personal Seattle tour guide" in a really snobby voice earlier this morning while we searched for something to do. Being married is so awesome.
PS. I never saw a Marine that looked like Zac Efron!...except Brandon of course. ,)




























