Our 4th of July Weekend

So Last year at this time I had just moved to Texas alone & was still getting used to the idea of living without a husband... Kevin was still in Tech school & unable to live with us except on Weekends... but at this point he still couldn't leave base at all & had to wear his camo uniform all the time except for at the dorms (yeah long sleeved HOT material & boots in the heat+humidity?) and had to march everywhere... On the 4th last year while he had the day off, they bussed all the students to Burkburnette (about 15 miles away) to watch their fireworks... but in their nice dress uniforms. I had to drive all the way out there alone & since no cell phones in uniform (at least while in school) I walked around for like an hour before I finally found him & then we had to act like we weren't married (again no PDA in uniform) & the mosquitos were ridiculous!

anyway so we thought well this year is going to be better because A) he's not in school so he got to be a normal person in "civilian clothes" & B) no mosquitos... Well turns out that our "friends" or those who appear to like us when it's convenient for them, didn't want to BBQ or go bowling (which that's what they do & it was $1 a game for part of the day) or do anything with us... not so bad right? well we just decided to spend the holiday as a family & enjoy the fact that Brok was older... Except...

IT'S ILLEGAL TO LIGHT ANY TYPE OF FIREWORK IN ARIZONA EVEN SPARKLERS!

So that was a discouraging factor but we thought there are so many places to see fireworks we can watch them either on base or out on our balcony... NOPE! The wind kicked up around 7pm & it's still light out so by the time we went to the base 20 min later, all the festivities & the fun had been cancelled due to the wind (I guess fire danger which I do understand but come on!) & then we get home after getting some dinner & what do you know, it's lightening out so there were NO FIREWORK shows on our side of town! :( Oh well huh...

Yesterday we got to sleep in the latest we have slept in since having Brok & spent the majority of our day helping Kevin's supervisor move (ok, I just sat there & watched but he helped) & today we went to our new ward & WOW! Already the relief society president, bishop & a few others know who we are which to us is amazing because we were in our ward in Buckeye for 7mo & the bishop asked every week if we were new...

Overall it has been a good weekend & tomorrow is "family day" for the base but Kevin has weekend duty & so he has to go in for a few hours & I am watching a little boy Brok's age for 3 hrs but it will be good to be home & relax!!!

Hope everyone had a good 4th & stayed safe!

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Vacation pictures & some cute moving ones

These are the pictures of Brok's first 4-wheeler ride! He thought it was fun until dad gunned it a bit too much & it scared him. Of course Kevin was extremely excited to get back on one & to take his son! (we later went on a ride which I love doing)

These are the family pictures with my brother included, I will have to find a before picture & an after picture!

This is what the Jeep looked like taking our bed to the new house! It looked like it was wearing a cowboy hat! LOL! Brok was all packed up & ready to go!

Home again! (sorry long)

We had such a good "vacation" if you call it that (why is it called a vacation when all we do is go, go, go no matter how long we take off!) but it was so fun to get home & see family.

We started our trek on Sunday the 8th to head to vegas for a few days to greet my brother as he got home & it was a pretty good drive, except it seems like it takes so much longer to get there than to get home! Brok was ok, as long as he was asleep or stuffing his face. We got there & had fun with everyone...
Monday I got to go get my hair done by my friend Lindsey Duffy (we have known each other for so long & then she married a guy Kevin went to high school with) who is like the only person I trust to do my hair... It was... fun, I got a perm but we used bendy rods so it pulled so hard & then by the time it was done & the stuff was on, it hurt worse than ever & we couldn't get the bag over! So that was fun... She had also added some lightened strands just to give it flavor... It was good because Brok & her little girl Lizzie slept the whole time until about 10min to the end. Overall, it turned out good & I love it, now I am forced to do my hair instead of just a ponytail or braid everyday... Kevin went bowling (his new favorite hobby) with my brothers & did pretty good...
Tuesday was pretty fun, I can't remember a whole lot except I delivered letters to a lady & made signs for my brother... then around 6ish that night we went to the airport to wait for my brother to get home! He arrived at the airport around 730 (it was a long day for him because instead of flying out of the airport where he was, a plane had crashed (he said fell off the airport) so they had to drive to a different airport on a bus to catch a plane there but he got lucky & got first class the whole way!) & to be honest, if my parents hadn't been walking with him, I wouldn't have recognized him! He is so skinny! He is a big guy, about 6ft 3in or so & before he left he was over 200lbs when he left but now I would say between 150 & 180. He thinned out a lot! Plus he looked more mature & older! It was good to see him & introduce him to Brok, since I got pregnant after he left. When we got home, it was funny to see how the dogs all reacted to him a well! My parent's dog meli who they have had for close to 6 yrs wouldn't come near him, even after he changed out of the suit. She would cower in the corner & hide... My dogs who have never seen him, & who usually bark were so excited & anxious to see him! it was funny.
Wednesday we headed to Utah to visit all those up there & it was beautiful weather! Compared to our 110+ here the whole week we were gone, it was like 80-85 & we spent tons of time outside on the grass in the shade @ Kevin's parents. Brok loves the grass & was soooo good there. It was so nice there that when we decided to go swimming in the hotel pool, it was too cold for me & Kevin but Brok wanted to get in so bad so Kevin braved it & took him... We spent time visiting with friends & family & really enjoyed the time we had there.
Back to vegas on Saturday, we spent the rest of our time there to hear my brother speak. We were originally supposed to leave Tuesday but decided Sunday to go home on Monday evening so we could have all day Tuesday to get moved in... So we ended up leaving Monday @ around 8pm & got home around 1am..
Tuesday we moved into the new house... Well we moved our beds, TV, & necessities for the next few days... It was quite the day, starting when we got up around 8ish & went to load the cars in already 90degree weather. HOT! We get our Kingsized bed strapped to the roof of kevin's jeep & everything loaded to go... Kevin starts his jeep & I pull out waiting for him to go first. He forgot his wallet so he turns off the jeep & when he tries to start it again, it won't... so he takes out the battery & we take it to be charged (sounds a little less stressful than what it realy was like) & pray that is what is wrong... We take my load in, wait for the battery to charge & then hook it back up... It works! YAY! so we get our beds to the new house & get situatated... Everything was going so good... Until we woke up yesterday & he went to leave for work only to find it won't start... Apparently his alternator needs to be replaced... YAY for us...

But the day did get better, I got errands run, hooked up our cable & internet & then we got to take a break & go to his bowling league... & Guess what! Kevin was 1 strike from a perfect game! He scored a 290 on his first game back! You can bet that for as excited as he was, he was very upset it wasn't perfect & now claims it will haunt him forever!

there will be pictures of all this fun in a few days once I get settled & can get the pictures loaded! thanks for reading & it was good to see everyone!

Happy Father's Day

To all the dads out there. We had the opportunity this past week to spend time with mine & Kevin's dad. They have had great influence on both of us.

I want to say how grateful I am for Kevin & the great dad he is to Brok & will be to Lucas. He is great & it's been fun to see how Brok has grown to like his dad better than me! LOL. I think he gets bored with me & when his dad walks in he gets so excited! Today he hasn't wanted me, just his dad & it's been so cute!

Happy Father's day to all father's & future fathers out there!

Last official night in this house!

We are excited if you can't tell...

& WE LEAVE TOMORROW TO COME HOME!

YAY

I am so excited for a break from life, even though I am taking all my stuff to make letters cause I still have a lot of orders to do but it's going to be a blast!

See you all soon!