Vacation 2009

Well, I am embarrassed to say that Taris and I have not had a REAL vacation in over six years...and so here we go. For those of you that may not know, Taris and I bought a time share a couple of years ago tinking that it would force ua to take a vacation...yeah right! Bless the banking industry and their rule of taking one full week of vacation...so here we are.

We called in our dog sitter, whom the dogs adore, and have hit the open road. We are taking advantage of the awesome offer that Disney is offering Military members...Taris goes for free and I can get a 5 day park hopper for only $125...how do you say no to that. We are surviving so far, but we are certainly feeing our age! I can't wait to get back, to see the dogs, but Taris says it feels like we just got here. Having the time of our lives. As soon as we get back and I am not updating this blog from my phone, I will post pictures. To be continued...

Easter

Unfortunately, Easter was so uneventful that I don't even have any pictures to share. We kept it low key...just Taris, the girls, and me. We went to church in the morning and then to O'Brien's...a cute local place. Taris opened his Easter basket and we rested. Unfortunately, not much more to say. Hope everyone had a great one!

Saying Good-bye to Kelley

We had the Change of Command at our squadron and with that comes the ushering out of the previous C.O.W. (the Navy's name for the Commander's Wife). Here are some pictures from our evening celebrating everything Kelley did for the wives at the Fish House.

All the ladies...I am taking the picture (of course)

Kelley with her plate from the OSC...Kathleen painted this one

New Hardware

Taris (and the dogs) got me a new camera for Christmas. I have been wanting a digital SLR since we got married, and I am SO excited about it! Anyway, here are a few of the first pictures that I have taken. Just a few pictures of the dogs.

Abbie

Roxanne

Kacey

Hello Major!!

I am such a bad wife, Taris pinned on Major February 1st! I know...I am really lagging on this whole blog thing. Anyway, just wanted to update! All is well here. Promise to play a little catch up soon.

PS--I know we live in Florida and I look like I haven't seen the sun in 5 years...working on fixing that.

NOLA in January

So, Kathleen and I got to talking...and let me say that I am all talk and no action, Kathleen is not. On a Friday night we were talking about how we never made it out of town for our girls weekend. We decided New Orleans would be close...just three hours away. With a blessing from both Steve and Taris, Kathleen found us a hotel, and we decided to hit the road the next day. As most of you know, I am not a spontaneous girl. We had the best time. Kathleen played Blackjack at Harrah's while I tried my luck at the slots...I won $60! We visited Coyote Ugly, Bourbon Street, and of course Cafe Du Monde. I will have to get the rest of my photos from Kathleen, but until then..here they are.

Waiting for the Trolley

The Real World House

French Quarter...across from Cafe Du Monde...while we waited in line

ATL

I had to upload my photos before I could begin blogging. To be honest, I couldn't remember what I had on the camera...Boy am I embarrassed!!

Anyway, enough about that...an update.

In December, Kathleen, Jackson, and I hit the road for Atlanta for some quality time at Ikea and just a good time to get out of town. We had a great time. We left early Saturday morning and came back around 5 pm on Sunday. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

On our way...Jackson...

...me...

...and Kathleen

Lunch at The Varsity...Hot dogs...a classic of Atlanta

The streets downtown...so festive!