~Sami and Justin~: July 2008

Jul 27, 2008

4th of JULY

Justin got a 4 day pass and was able to come home for the 4th. It was so nice to have him home just like normal. He got released at 12am on the 4th. We were there at 11:45 unpatiently waiting for him to be released. After we got home and got some rest, we got up and got ready for the big 4th of July parade. Its was a very very very long parade. We were so excited to get Olivia for the day that the parade could not go by fast enough for us. And she was with the horses so of course she was at the very end. After we got her though it was off to the park to eat and ride some rides. It was a blast to just spend the day hanging out and having fun with her. After the rides we headed to my uncle's house for a cookout. Olivia was amazed with their way of cleaning crabs before they were cooked. After the cookout we came back to the house to go swimming. As it got later we decided to go to the store to get popcorn and dinner to sort of picnic while waiting for the fireworks. It started to rain and we thought the fireworks would be rainned out but gratefully that didn't happen. Once the fireworks started Olivia sorta lost it. The noice really scared her. But justin was quick to comfort her and solve the problem. We got into the car and he turned the radio on to come Chris Tomlin pretty loud and he laid the front seat back and held her as we watched the fireworks. After that she was excited to watch them and comment on the colors, laughing and having a great time. Although when there was the occassional loud sound she would look at Justin very seriously and say "I can hear that" waiting for him to turn the radio up louder. It was cute. It was a great end to the already awesome day with Liv. I love watching Justin with her and all kids because it just reassures me that he is going to be a great dad someday when we get ready to have kids of our own.......years down the road of course. lol. It really made his weekend to get to spend some time with her. The only thing that would have made it better would have been to have all 3 girls but I know Eme and Abby had fun with their friends and thats whats important. They are all 3 great kids that Justin and I enjoy spending time with(he is just a big kid when he is around them, I think thats the best part for him). But it was a great weekend and I was sad to have to take him back to base.

Jul 26, 2008

IOWA=VACATION june 19th-26th

I got to go see Ryan, Katie, Josiah, Porter, Molly, and Mac from June 19-June26. It was my first time flying by myself so I was kind of nervous but I really missed all of them and had been wanting to go out there for a while. Justin got me a plane ticket for graduating with my Assoc. degree. So dad dropped me off at the airport and off I went. NO problems on the plane rides there with only a 1/2 hour layover. When I got there Katie and Josiah were there to meet me at the airport. I had a great week! I'm so glad Katie and Ryan let me come to visit. We hung out and talked alot, went to her grandmother's to celebrate Katie's mom's birthday, went swimming, went to the spam museum(can u believe there really is one of those lol), I got to babysit Josiah and really spend time having fun with him, I got to help build a little bit of the new fence that now houses Mac and Molly, I got to ride Molly a few times, go shopping, tour downtown, visit the best craft store ever!, eat all kinds of new and tastey food, have the best ice cream or should I say frozen custard, go to the park and walk around(very peaceful), go to a great worship service, and all kinds of other things. I was a great trip. I would love to go back again......maybe after the new baby is born. Both plane rides back were delayed but I did get home the same day so no big deal. I tried to make a slide show of some of my favorite pictures. Let me know what you think. I might post more but I wanted to get these on here.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Jul 22, 2008

!BIRTHDAY!

I turned 20 on June 18th......I don't feel any different but I am no longer a teenager which is so exciting. Mary and I went out to lunch at Olive Garden. I went to youth group where I was surprised by Eden with balloons and a cake. Justin got sneaky and had me give money to his mom that I thought he owed her so that she could have roses sent to me from him. He is so sweet sometimes. The card says "Happy Birthday Beautiful" 143247

Justin's Graduation from Basic

Justin graduated on May 23rd from Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Me, mom, and dad left at 4Am on the 21st. (Mom's birthday) They had something called Family Day on the 22nd which was the first time we got to see him in 3 months. The excitement was killing us, waiting for them to be released.