A weekend with the boys!

During Alex's three month stay in the barracks he became good friends with some of his fellow Marines. Two of those marines are Nick and Shane. Friday evening we had the boys over for some home cooked chicken fingers, mac'n'cheese (a great recipe from Alex's mom), and some veggies. After doing a ton of dishes we all settled down to play some interesting games of Taboo and Nertz. We learned how to play Nertz, which is a card game based off of solitaire, this past Christmas from Alex's sister Dina and her husband Jeff. We played in teams of two for Taboo with Alex and I always on a different team to make it more fair for the boys because we know each other too well. But they insisted on it and Alex and I cleaned house!

Saturday evening Shane invited us to go out with him and his friend Austin for dinner, a movie, and some sight seeing. We drove along Hwy 72 which is right along the coast line.

 It was a little windy so I had to hold my hair down so Alex wouldn't get a face full!

Some one had set up camp and started to fish, I just hope he doesn't get washed away because those waves were getting pretty big!

After some pictures we headed down to a little Greek restaurant called Olive Tree Cafe. The food was amazing! Alex and I both had the Souvlaki with New Zealand lamb and we had some fantastic hummus and warm pita.We will definitely be going back there! Then it was off to the mall down the street to watch Fast Five. It was a pretty good movie, it had lots of action, some hot cars, and Vin Diesel! It was a great evening out with friends and we are looking forward to making more memories.