1 year!

One year ago today I had to say goodbye to Jeremy for 8 1/2 weeks. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do but it's so worth it now. Jeremy has been in the Air Force for one year today. I love him so much and I'm so very proud of him.
We've had our ups and downs this last year but it's been all around a great year.

Some things I love about being an AF wife:
I got to enjoy the summer in Mississippi while he was there for tech school.
I have made so many AF wife friends from all over the world.
It's not far from home but we moved to Northern California.
Made some best friends here at Travis AFB that I'll never forget.
I'm closer to my sister Kristy and her family, so I get to see my awesome niece and nephews more often! :)

I knew this military life wouldn't be easy but I wouldn't change it for the world. I'm so happy with where we are today and I'm so grateful for this life God has given me.
I want to thank all my wonderful AF wife friends who have been with me through all the ups and downs of this past year. I'm so thankful for each and every one of you! And I love you!

Happy 1 year in the AF baby! I love you! :)

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New Years Partayyyy

Last night was our first New Years party stationed at Travis AFB. It was so much fun! We had quite a few people, and TONS of food! It turned out great.


Kelsey and Dee


We even played wii resort. It was a lot of fun!


I love him!


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!


The Ladies.


Thanks to everyone who came to the party! It was a lot of fun! :-) I hope everyone else enjoyed your New Years as well.

My first time hosting a party...

I'm so excited! Tomorrow I'm hosting a New Years Party! My very first one. I've invited a bunch of military wives and there husbands over to play some games, hang out and just have a good time. I'm a little nervous since this is my first time, I just want to make sure I keep everyone entertained! lol
We'll probably play some wii, oooo I never mentioned that we got a WII for Christmas from my parents! I love it, so much fun! Then when we got home we bought a wii fit plus, even better! =] It's so addicting and fun but also a great work out! If you don't have one I highly recommend it!
So, let me tell you about my Christmas! Jeremy had 6 days off of work so we drove down to Southern CA to visit our families. We spent Christmas eve day with my grandparents and that night we went to Jeremy's parents, it was a lot of fun. We got Jeremy's little brother a Nerf gun, he loved it! And we got our niece Melanie two barbies. Then Christmas day we spent with my parents, brother and his girlfriend/my best friend Kelly. We got my mom and dad a digital picture frame, they really liked it. :-)
Saturday Jeremy went shooting with his dad, uncle and grandpa so I had a girls day and got my toes done with my mom and Kelly..ahhh it was so nice! Much needed! :-)
I totally feel like I'm writing in a diary right now. Haha!
Anyway, Sunday we went to my parents church and then to the movies to see Avatar (weird movie but really good) and then headed home on our 6 hour drive. Jeremy had Monday off so we took down Christmas decorations, played some wii and relaxed. We had a great 6 days!
Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas as well!

Visit to my sisters

Today we drove an hour up to Rocklin to visit my sister and family. We haven't been up that way in about a month so it was nice to see them again. I really missed my niece and nephews. We spent the day there and went to Origin which is a church my brother in-law started there.
Here are a few pictures from our day.

We bought the two older kids Coco-nutty monkey play doh for Christmas.

Kian liked it too.

Brody and Kian wrestling on the floor.

Brody was giving Kian a back massage. Lol

Kian liked wearing uncle Jeremy's shoes. Look at that cute little smile!


It was a lot of fun! Can't wait to go down to Southern CA on Tuesday night to see my parents, Jeremy's parents, sister and niece and little brother. =]

So sad....

I haven't written on here in almost 3 months...so sad. I really want to start blogging more but I have a hard time with words. Lol.

So, let me update everyone...
Jeremy graduated tech school on October 1st, then we left Mississippi and headed to Arizona where we stayed with my sister for a week, then we continued on our journey to Southern CA where we visited our parents for a week. We then headed to our first base, Travis AFB in Northern CA.

We stayed in TLF (temporary living facility) for ten days and then moved in to our apartment. We've been here for about 2 months now and love it! It's so nice to have all of our furniture and things back, and our cat. We really missed Oreo since he's been living with Jeremy's family for the past year.

A few weeks ago I joined the TESC (Travis Enlisted Spouse Club). It's a great way to get involved on base, volunteer and meet new girl friends. I've met so many since I've been here it's been so awesome, since I'm currently not working it's been really nice having friends to hang out with while Jeremy is at work.

2 weeks ago was the TESC Jingle Mingle, it was a lot of fun and the first time I met all of those girls. A lot of the other friends I've met here have been on Facebook.
Also one of my good friends is Kelsey, her husband works with Jeremy. It's nice knowing another wife who's husband works with him so we can talk about there job a little easier...even though most of it we don't understand. Lol



Anyway that's a pretty quick update on us!
Jeremy has six days off for Christmas so we will be heading down to So Cal. I haven't seen my parents in two months so it will be nice to spend sometime with them again. =]
I can't believe it's almost Christmas already!! This year has just flown by with Jeremy joining the AF and all the moving around we've been doing...it's been very eventful to say the least.
So, I've decided to do a little survey, I got it off one of my friends blogs and thought it'd be fun to do. :-)

1. How long have you been a military wife? It will be a year in March.

2. What branch of service is your husband? Air Force

3. Active/Reserve? Active

4. What is his job? Air Traffic Control ("He controls the skies," as he says)

5. How many deployments have you gone through? None yet!

6. ACU's or Class A's on your man? AF is ABU's and Blues....I like him in ABU's best. =]

7. What do you like about being a military wife? I love all the friendships you make, and the traveling you get to do.

8. Do you live on base? No, but we live in the same city.

9. What is your favorite base so far? This base is my favorite. So nice!

10. What's the hardest part of the military life? Deployments.

11. Do you go to the grocery store or commissary? Commissary most of the time, saves so much money, but if we need a few things we'll run to the grocery store.

12. Do you work or stay at home? stay at home for now but will be looking for a job after the Holidays.

13. Do you have a lot of military wife friends? Yep, tons!! =]

14. Do you prefer Walmart or the PX/BX/MCX/NEX? I like them both.

15. How did your husband propose? At Manhattan Beach.

16. Did you marry him after he joined or before? a year and a half before.

17. How long have you been together? since October 04`

18. Any kids yet? No.

19. Any kids yet to come? Hopefully soon. =]

20. Is your husband one of those "I am a soldier hear me HOOAH" kind of guys? Yep! Even though he's an Airman and they say "Airpower" lol

21. Have you ever done combatives with your husband? Not sure what that is.

22. How many bases have you lived at? Well this is our first base but I lived near Keesler AFB when he was at Tech School there....so I guess 2

23. If you could change one thing about the military? no deployments!

24. Do you like military balls? I haven't been to one yet but can't wait to go.

25. Where does your family live? So. CA

26. What do you do for a job? SAHW

27. Have you ever gotten in a fight with an NCO's wife? nope

28. Name one thing you do when your husband is gone? talk to my AFW friends on Facebook!

29. Do you think other wives do that too? Yep!!