New Toy

Jeff finally gave in and let me get a treadmill! It's only been one day and I've used it 2 times. I love it and it's so much nicer to have it at home and not have to go to the gym!

Snow in MS, My 25th Birthday, Wingings

It snowed in Mississippi on March 1st! Our friends Megan and Jared were in town for one night and it was freezing and snowed! So unlike Mississippi! It was all melted away by noon, but it was fun while it lasted! Makayla has never seen snow before but had no problem adjusting to it. She liked chasing the snowballs and went crazy if you threw some of it in the air! Here are a few pictures from the day.



My 25th Birthday was on March 5th! Too bad I had to be in Atlanta and sick for it!! The weekend before though Feb 28th, Kim and Jen surpirsed me with an Angel Food cake - one of my favs - and some gifts! Such good friends! Their husbands were winging the weekend of my birthday and they wanted to celebrate with me before all of the chaos that weekend entails! I did get to have a Cheesecake factory dinner and cheesecake while in Atlanta and an awesome drink there called a Georgia Peach. When I got home on the 6th there was a big box waiting for me from Jeff. He got me exactly what I wanted - a wall-mounted jewelry box! Don't get me wrong though, I picked it out and sent him a link to overstock.com! By now I know how to get what I want :) ! Here are some pics!

Like a said earlier, Kim's and Jen's husbands winging on March 6th! Kim and Lance got sergrad which means they will stay here another year and Lance will be an instructor for the T-45. Yea for friends not leaving us! Jen and Clay got Prowlers in Whidbey Island so they will be leaving us, but maybe not too soon :) ! I'm so happy both couples got what they wanted and happy that Kim will be here to help celebrate Jeff's winging with me!

New Hair Color!

No more blonde! I'm auburn! Just decided to go darker and with a little red thrown in there! Why not?!

The slow start of 2009

Christmas and New Years has passed and Jeff and I had a great time hanging out with our families and friends in Texas. I've finally packed away all the decorations and life has gotten back to normal. Jeff had to go on a det (short for detachment) to El Centro, CA for training and he's been flying everyday out there. He's been doing weapons training, aka dropping bombs (paint bombs) and having fun on the weekends in San Diego. He is suppose to be out there one more week, but that may turn into two.

The dogs and I have been missing him. They miss him because he plays a lot harder and run with them everyday. I've been getting them together with other dogs to play with so it's easier on them and me! We had a doggie playdate yesterday at the lake here and Makayla got to swim and play with her brother, Jackson. I definitely hate making dinner for one (I feel like I revert back to college meals) and it's boring without him too.

I have been trying to keep busy though. I've gotten better at playing the drums for Guitar Hero World Tour and have kept up with going to Spinlates. I even successfully made cookies without burning them! Me and a few of the girls here took a day trip to Tuscaloosa to do some shopping and I came back with some good finds.

Not a lot going on here these days, but I'm sure things will pick up a bit when Jeff gets back. He should be getting closer to then end of phase 2, which means carrier qualifications in March and getting those wings of gold in April!

Christmas decorations!

So far we've got the tree out and decorated, the stockings are hung, the Christmas village is out, and my Christmas china is finally in use! Here's some pics!

Still have a small tree since we aren't home for Christmas Day and the stockings are on the hutch since we still don't have a fireplace. One day we'll get a bigger tree and a house with a fireplace, until then...this is how we decorate for Christmas!

Thanksgiving with the Fam!

Since we only had Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving, my family decided they would come up to Meridian to join us! Its the first year I haven't traveled for Thanksgiving and it was very nice! We got to hang out with our 2 year old nephew, Bryson who has grown and has a big vocabulary since the last time we got to see him!

Since this was the first Thanksgiving my sisters and Mom have ever cooked without our Grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins, it was definitely eventful! Such a small kitchen with no counter space was a major obstacle, but we made due with only setting the oven on fire 2 times and the fire alarms once! And I had an excuse to use my wedding China for the first time!

We mostly hang out at the house cooking, playing board/card games and watching football but we did get to take everyone to the flight simulators so that everyone had a chance to fly the T-45! Here is just a few pictures. I have to get more pictures from my sisters since I apparently didn't take many!

House Painting and Maintenance

We took a weekend and went down to Pensacola/Milton and did some painting at our house to get it ready for the next renters. We didn't expect to get there Friday night and not have electricity or running water though! So we had to do all of our work during the daylight hours and left all the windows open for our A/C. Thank goodness it was very nice and cool outside all weekend!

The dogs got very sleepy on the way there.

Matilda was freaked out because there was a ladder over her head!

Guest Room - Bye Bye Stripes! I'll probably not attempt that again...maybe...not without some help next time!

Guest Room/Hallway/Office

Laundry Room -- no more yellow!!!

Painting Hallway/Kitchen/Living Room aka the Beast!

Sean came to help! Actually he had a solo down to Pensacola and we recruited him to help!

Jeff on top of the fridge getting as much done without the rental ladder. And then him on the rental ladder.

Finished product!

Master Bedroom and Bathroom. We were running behind schedule because Jeff left me to go return the ladder and I had to paint the master bedroom by flashlight. I don't recommend that!

The other maintenance included fixing our fence and weeding the garden beds. There was an actually plant somewhere in there....