New Orders

We got new orders to..... Northern California. We will be leaving at the end of this month.


I am from Southern Ca and I told myself I would never move back to CA. And look at me now, moving back :/. I guess there are worse places to get stationed. And I have herd that Northern CA is a lot different than Southern CA. I grew up in what I would call the semi ghetto. And it has gotten worse since I left.

The one thing I have learned about new duty stations is, it's not the place that makes you happy, it's all about your attitude. You can pout and stay in doors and choose to have a miserable time. Or you can enjoy the time you have in a new place and get out there and see what that place has to offer. I am just excited to have a Walmart again! And FOOD!!! :D.

Before we get to settle down in CA together, the military is making him cross train. So he has to go back to tech school for 5 months in TX. Before he does that we are going to visit family in Virginia, go to a family reunion in West Virginia, fly to CA to look for a house to buy, and then split ways. He will be headed to tech school and I will be headed to Southern CA to surprise my best friend for her Bridal Shower.

I hate that we had so much fun this summer and now we have to split up again. Oh well, such is military life.. At least I can go visit him when I really miss him.

We're Pregnant

The best part was how I told him :)

I got the idea from one of our favorite TV shows The Unit.

In the show one of the wife's puts a foot ball in the fridge and writes "lets hope for a boy". Jared is a basketball man so I decided to switch it. 

This is what he woke up to.....

Note:

I only put the pregnancy test in the fridge because there was no way he would have believed it. And don't worry, I cleaned it.


I pretended to be asleep because it was 5 in the morning, but really I hardly slept that night. I had to keep the secret for a day and a half! It was so difficult but it was important to me how I told him so I waited.
He was so excited. He ran into our room, jumped on me, and rolled up my shirt to kiss my belly. I got up and helped him get ready for work. I could see the uncertainty on his face. Luckily I had taken another pregnancy test, so I showed him that one. After that, he got even more excited. It was awesome and so worth the wait. 

Fun Summer

My husband and I decided to do some fun things this summer since we had been apart for a while. But we may have had a little too much fun... Let me tell you more.

We started off with taking Post Deployment pictures 

Then a trip to São Miguel, one of our sister Islands here in the Azores.
Want to plan a trip to São Miguel? Learn about my trip here.

Then we got our Scuba Certifications.

To see more about our scuba diving experience click here.

Then we did a couple of fun things around our own Island, Terceira...

Took a boat ride around the Island 

             

Date Night at the beach.

          

Exploring a Volcano.

          

Explore Terceira and great food

The biggest surprise and the perfect ending to our summer

Click here for more details and the reveal video.