4 more years!

Today, I am so proud of my hubby, well I am proud of him every day! But today my Marine reenlisted for another four years with the Marine Corps!

It has been a wild ride these past four years since he joined back in 2008. But I would not change a thing because it has made us grow as individuals and as a couple. I may not like it when he has to go away but I am proud that my man in a Marine and is serving his country.

Alex's blues picture from boot camp.

The military has moved us from Colorado to California to Hawaii where we will stay till 2014. We don't know where the military will send us next but I know that no matter where we go, we will make the most of it and create new memories to last a lifetime.

 Alex at MCT (San Diego, CA)

Alex at DLI (Monterey, CA)

Today's ceremony was wonderful. I could not be more proud of my husband and all he has accomplished during his Marine Coprs career. And as he was called up, my heart swelled with pride and all I could do was smile.

I was very surprised to find out that I would be receiving a certificate of appreciation. I had no idea, but Alex did. I was honored to stand next to my Marine with him during the ceremony.

I can't say it enough: I love my Marine and I am so proud of him and all he has accomplished!

Coming Home!

January 5th seems like such a long time ago. Alex left for deployment on January 5th. When he first left it felt like time was standing still and July felt like it would never get here! I want to say it was easy to get used to sleeping alone and doing all the things I used to do with him alone but it wasn't. But I did eventually get used to living the "single-married" life.

I made myself busy with school. I was fortunate that school started the week after he left. I spent all day in class and all evening studying so I did not have too much down time. And to take care of any down time I might have had...I got a job! I also was able to stay busy hanging out with some amazing women here in Hawaii. So I just want to say thank you to Reagan for staying up late with me on the phone listing to me ramble on and on. And thank you to Danita for the many dinners you fed me and all your kind words. To Amanda to all our late nights at Target and cleaning. Without you lades (and many others) this deployment could have been a lot harder. 

I started working at the exchange on base. I was hired to work the front registers but I was eventually moved back to work in customer service. I now had no personal time at all and that is just how I wanted it. Time started to just fly by! Before I knew it, it was all ready March and time for me to fly off and see Alex and Lindsay in South Korea (there will be more on that later, yay!!!). 

Once I was back in the states it was back to work and back to school. School ended in May and I just started to work all the time. I was elated to hear that my boo would be coming home three weeks early and he was now going to come home in June instead of July! And before I knew it June 14th was here! I was nervous, excited, and anxious all at once to have my hubby home again. And I can't describe how happy I was to see that duty van pull up with my marine inside it!

As a surprise I got Alex a new wedding ring to replace his old one which had gotten pretty beat up over the past three years....he loved it!

I love my marine. I will always wait for him, no matter how long he is gone or how far away he has to go. I love you boo....and WELCOME HOME!!!!

Bunco night!

For the past few months I have been attending a monthly game of Bunco! Bunco is a game that I learned of from my Grandma Thomas many years ago and about a year or so ago she sent me my very own Bunco game. Once I moved to Hawaii I found a group of military spouses that wanted to played Bunco and they were nice enough to let me join in the fun!

The game is very simple. It's a dice game where you have three dice and you are rolling for one specific number. There are six rounds and one round you will roll for ones, the next for twos and so on till six. For ever dice you roll and get the number you want you get a point. You are tying to get to 21 first. But if you roll all three dice and they all come up the number you want that's called a "Bunco" and you win that round!

So every month we all get together and play some Bunco! There is usually a five dollar buy in (the host pays for the prizes and that's what our five dollars go to) but this month we all decided on bringing a gift worth about five dollars so we all would win something. Bunco night always turns out to be a ton of fun! These ladies never disappoint. They are all very welcoming and warmhearted women and I am so very glad I found all of them!

Bunco night is a night for all of us to get out of the house and have some fun! Especially when the husbands are away its nice to get some time to relax, have fun and be goofy! All pictures are courtesy of Linda Backer, thank you for letting me use your photos!

Above: Kyle was our amazing host this month!

We all got a little silly as the night wore on :)

Not my best moment on film....

After all four games were played we counted up our scores and gave out prizes!

Jen won the prized pumpkin!

It was a fun night with fun some amazing friends. They have helped make my time here in Hawaii all the more special. So thank you to all my Bunco ladies! Can't wait till next month!