Our New Arrival!!

With Jason deploying soon, we've been making plans. Having done this deployment thing before we kind of have an idea how it works and what the problems are. One of the problems is that I HATE being in our house alone. It just freaks me out. We discussed getting a dog, but after the NIGHTMARE pet venture last time I was extremely hesitant. But after looking at some pictures I decided I really, really wanted one. So yesterday we went and got June, our new 10 week old Golden Lab...

The picture's a little blurry, but it's impossible to get her to sit still long enough to take a decent picture. She is such an ANGEL puppy. She rode in the crate the whole way home last night and didn't make a sound. When we got her home, she was pretty freaked out with the new situation. June was just shaking like crazy, but she slept through the night, without an accident. And (knock on wood) we haven't had an accident in the house yet!! She's basically house broken, which is what i was most worried about. I can leave her crate door open and she just stays inside and hangs out most the time. Sometimes she comes out to eat or drink a little, but she's basically in the crate all the time. She knows it's her place and as soon as we come into the house, it's the place she goes.

Here she is hanging in the crate, cuddling her blanket. She has slowly started to get more comfortable in the house. She is fine outside and just goes crazy playing, running and investigating. But in the house she has a hard time. Earlier this afternoon she started to get comfortable and she came out and started gnawing on my shoes. I said a firm 'no' and she stopped, looked up at me and then turned around and ran back into her crate. It was hilarious! She is a fun new addition to our little family and I think she's going to be a great pal!

This is papa bear signing on, and I just wanted to let the world know that I really do have the best wife in the world. So sorry to all the other men out there, I know you think you got the best wife but you didn't.

City of Rocks

While we were home for September leave, Jason's parents took us camping to City of Rocks. It's one of Jason's favorite places and I wanted to see what he was ALWAYS talking about. It was really beautiful and super fun, even though I'm not much of a camper.

Sinking Cell Phone

Early this morning Jason came home from P.T. (Physical Training) and woke me up. I was holding my cell phone in my hand and decided to slip it over the side of the bed to the floor. I heard a splash and sat up to see what had happened. Yep, I dropped my cell phone into a glass of water. It spent about an hour freaking out! It would turn itself off and then on again over and over. It would start going through messages and trying to set up voice activation. It was totally freaking out and because of all the water we couldn't get the battery out of it for an hour. Ugh, so my cell phone is officially dead. And for those of you how know...yes, the legend continues.

Pillow Talk

The other night, in the middle of the night, while we were sleeping, Jason rolled over so that he was facing away from me. I decided that I wanted to cuddle up to him. So I rolled over and in my sleepy state planted my cheek in a pool of drool. As soon as my cheek hit that pool, I was instantly awake. I sat straight up and started to vigorously rubbing my cheek. Grumbling to myself, I adjusted the pillows so that the drool was covered and went back to sleep. And Jason.....slept through the whole thing.

New Pics

Jase's unit got orders to deploy just before we came home for leave. We still don't have them in our hand, but it is what it is. So we decided to get our pictures taken. We try to get them every year and I have to say that I LOVE this set. They turned out super cute and there is not a bad one in the bunch. Heather at Paisley Studios did an AMAZING job! Here's a little sampling.