Memorial Weekend

This past weekend was so great! Chris got a 4.5 day weekend because we spent Thursday afternoon in the hospital. It was so much fun to have so much time to spend with Chris. We have really tired to spend some good quality time together before Miss Lila makes her grand entrance into the world.

On Friday night we went and saw X-Men Days of Future Past. Such a good movie. We love all of the X-Men movies though. If you haven't seen it you should check out the trailer (i've pasted it to the link) and then go see the movie.

On Saturday Chris worked in the yard a little bit and then we cleaned the house together. We had some friends from our prenatal class come over for a BBQ. It was so nice to hang out with them and the food turned out really great. I'll be honest, my husband may not be very good in the kitchen, but he sure knows his way around a grill. We had some grilled pork loin on Friday night and it was sooo good. He is really loving his early Father's Day present, his grill.

Sunday we actually went to all three hours of church because I was feeling well enough. Sitting for three hours is just really hard for me. As Lila gets bigger it is really hard to sit like a lady in a dress too. All I want to do is sit back and spread my legs open. haha. Chris played the organ in sacrament and he did a great job, of course! Everyone complimented him and was surprised that he played. We came back home and just relaxed for the evening, I believe that we watched Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief.

On Memorial Day Chris took me out to breakfast at the Egg & I. It is a local breakfast joint here in downtown Cheyenne. Then we took a drive up the Fort Laramie.

 Winston was so excited to go for a drive.

 It was so beautiful on the way up. I just couldn't help but keep taking pictures. It is amazing how beautiful Wyoming is when it isn't all covered in snow. I kinda like it. :-)

Winston wanted to come up to the front so bad. I would usually let him for a little, but with my belly there is just no way that it was going to work out. He tried everything to get up in the front though. 

 Once we got there Winston got a drink and then we headed out to check out the sights.

 Winston kept wanting to eat the grass and weeds so Chris had to hold his face up.... silly dog. 

 Isn't he just so cute! I love him so much!!

Now, don't I just look huge!! haha. 

 One of the places where the soldiers would eat.

 Standing in front of some ruins.

 The Parade Field. It was so pretty there. We got lucky to come on such a beautiful day.

 There was a lot to walk around and see. We were there for about 2 hours, but I started to get tired so we headed back to the car. I had my first sarsaparilla, and it was actually really good. Different from root beer.... I think I might like root beer more.

By the end of the trip Winston was wore out! We took a nap on the way back while dad drove us home. 

Later that night Chris and I went to go see Blended. Another good movie. We laughed so hard and it was a great way to end such a wonderful long weekend. Again, check out the trailer and go see this one. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are hilarious together. It's like 50 Firsts Dates, but better. 

Now, we couldn't forget what Memorial weekend is all about. It isn't just a long weekend for everyone to just relax and BBQ. It is a time to remember and honor those who have fought and served to keep our country free. I am so thankful for all those who have served and especially those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom, their lives. Being apart of the Air Force now gives me a greater understanding of what it truly takes to keep this land free. I am blessed to be in this country and grateful for the service of those in the armed forces. I love my husband very much and I can't imagine losing him, but if he was deployed and didn't return home I would know that he died for a just cause. Freedom isn't free, a price is paid, and I am grateful to those willing to pay it for their loved ones.

We Bought A House!

That's right!! We bought a house! We have actually been in it for 3 weeks now and we love it so much! There are lots of little & big projects that we want to tackle to make it our own! Since we have been in we have mostly just painted things, but as time goes on and more projects are finished I will be sure to show you pictures.

So, let's start with all the before pictures.

This is the living room and dining room right as you enter from the sun room.

Next we have the two bedrooms off of the dining room. First is the guest bedroom which has a view of the front yard. Then, Baby's room and she has a view of the neighbors house. Not very exciting, but she won't be spending much time in there in the beginning anyways.

In between the two rooms is the bathroom. Thankfully, with this place both bathrooms had just been remodeled and so they looked pretty nice and we won't have to do much work in them.

Off the dining room is the kitchen and I only have one really bad picture, which doesn't even show the whole kitchen. We are hoping to be able to remodel the whole kitchen, but that will come in time.

Downstairs is the basement, obviously, which has been made into a master suite of kinds.

There is a nice big room for our furniture...

A good sized walk-in closet with plenty of space for storage and all of my shoes! :-)

Then there is this really cool room with lots of storage space. It will be my office/craft room.

The bathroom is nothing exciting, but it is finished and it looks pretty nice. We like it...maybe one day we will repaint the walls though.


And there you have it! That is our little house.

Now, on to the fun part! Making it our own!

The first room that we went ahead and painted was the master bedroom. I don't know if you noticed in the previous pictures, but it was pink! Like a bright orange, salmon, PINK!

It kinda clashed with our bedding and so we painted it a nice soft blue. (Yes, blue is my favorite color as you will soon find out if you look at any of the other things I post from our house. Not sure there is a room without blue in it.)

We chose the one on the left. It is hard to see in the picture, but it is blue, primer, and then a softer more lavender color on the right. Chris wasn't down with lavender. :-)

I'm really in love with how it turned out, which is good considering all of the time that I spend down here. It is relaxing and peaceful, and warm. I feel safe and comfortable...not to mention Chris has acquired a couple of guns as a very late birthday present and his newest one is sitting on his side of the bed. Overall I think it turned out great! Over time I'm sure we will put more pictures on the wall... sorry you can't see the ones that are on the walls, they're nothing special though. I would love to have pictures of our baby down here... well actually everywhere! :-)

So, that's our house and our first project finished. We have finished a couple more, but I'll post those on a later date when the rooms are actually clean enough to take a picture of them. :-) Moving in takes time and it can be so stressful. It is also slow when you are pregnant and can't do as much as you usually would. But, I have really loved making this little house our own.

AF BMT Graduation Day 5

The last day we went to Church with Chris and it was pretty neat. They only do Sunday school and sacrament. I guess because they only have limited time with the airmen. I don't think that I have ever been so cold before in my life. I seriously felt like I was in an ice box the whole time we were in the chapel. It was awful! I tried to go outside to warm up, but that didn't help because it was the one day that it was cool in the morning! Just my luck!

 After church we decided to go and get some pictures of Chris while we was in his Blues and then we went to lunch. LeAnn had to leave around noon to catch her flight back to Idaho. I was leaving on Monday morning and so Chris and I spent the rest of the day hanging out at the hotel. He had a town pass for Sunday because he got Warrior Flight, but we didn't have a car once LeAnn left and so there was no reason in trying to go somewhere else.

He was so handsome! We ended up saying goodbye just before 6 because he needed to be back. I didn't know, but everyday at 5:30pm they play the national anthem over loud speakers and everyone stops and faces towards the nearest flag or the speaker. It was pretty cool. I would have to say that my respect and gratitude have increases for all service members and their families because now I understand more what it is like. I am grateful to live in a free country and I am grateful for all of the service members who have fought and worked to protect it. 

I'm so excited for our new adventure in the Air Force and I can't wait to see Chris again!

AF BMT Graduation Day 4

I have so many pictures that I want to share, but it takes so long to upload them all to my blog and so I have been dragging my feet to get up the rest of graduation. I apologize. I really want to share with you what happened.... It just takes so much time. I will try to be better.

Day 4!
On Saturday I was able to pick Chris up at 9am and we spent the morning together. LeAnn came and picked us up and we went and bought Chris luggage for going to Tech School. LeAnn brought us lunch and she even brought doughnuts. Chris was pretty happy about the doughnuts. I should have documented the moment, but it was gone so fast. :-)

We then headed to Sea World! It was the craziest thing all of a sudden it started pouring and within 1 minute (no joke 1 minute) the streets were flooded and you couldn't see more than 5 feet in front of you. I was really happy that I wasn't driving because I would have started crying. I'm so grateful that LeAnn was able to get us through the freak storm safely! It only lasted about 5 minutes. At first I was really excited because I love the rain, let's be honest, it just doesn't rain like that in Palm Springs, but then it got kinda scary because the streets were really flooded!

So once we made it to Sea World we got in line and got out tickets, for FREE!!!

 I thought that the glass block arch was actually pretty impressive.

Getting out tickets!

So, once we were in Sea World it started to pour on us again and so we had to run over and buy an umbrella in the gift shop. It was seriously so crazy how it would just start to dump and you would be running through puddles in seconds. I'm pretty sure my feet were wet the entire time we were at Sea World. Anyways... the first thing we did was go see the dolphins because I knew that I wanted to touch one. I was so excited when it was our turn. Sadly all of the pictures were awful and so I didn't want to buy any and I was too protective of my camera to bring it out and take pictures. Yes, I know, my bad! Oh well, what can you do!

After we got to touch the dolphins we headed over to the aquarium to see the fish and sharks. They had some pretty big sharks in their tanks. 

It began to pour again and so we went and got something to eat so that we could sit out of the rain. All of the seating was outside though and so we had to put up an umbrella and wipe off the seats so our butts didn't get soaked. I got a funnel cake and Chris got ice cream. I was a little disappointed with my funnel cake. It wasn't the best I've ever had. But it looked good. 

Notice all of the water on the table because everything was seriously wet!

 

We went to this show called Azul and it was really cool. It was nice to be under the roof while it poured, again. The show was pretty cool because they had whales, and dolphins and birds and then the people were dressed in these funky costumes to make them look like fish and stuff. 

 I seriously took too many pictures of the show, but they aren't that exciting unless you were there. So I have just added a couple to help you all get a feel for what it was like. Chris was pretty stoked about the seesaw swing because they did flips off it into the pool. He says we have to have one in our house now.... we will see about that... I can just see a bunch of broken bones and I don't really want to deal with that.

 These dolphins (I know that they aren't really dolphins, but I don't know my marine biology well enough to say what they actually are.) were pretty cool because they were so in sync. It was sweet.

We went to this sea lion show too, but it was mainly for kids. I kept thinking the whole time that Joe, my nephew would have probably loved it. Part of it was funny, but it was mainly just a place to sit down because my feet hurt.

 Sea World was a lot of fun and we were all exhausted by the end of the day. I was certainly ready to go home and take shower and get to sleep. I can honestly say that I have experienced humidity now and I don't really love it, especially in jeans. It would have been a lot more enjoyable if I was in shorts. Let's not even get started on what happens to our hair! There are no products and no hair appliances that can make your hair look good while in humidity. That is a fact!

Just one more day to go!!