BIG NEWS!!!!

Kyle has been in Jump Master school for the past 2 1/2 weeks, he has been re-entried qualified the whole and yesterday was a huge day for him: HE PASSED!!! He is officially a Jump Master!!!! I am sooooo proud of him!!!! :)

Vegas, Arizona and Back...

WOW!! A lot has happened in the last week or so! I flew back to Las Vegas last week to spend time with my family and to go to Arizona to watch my Dad race. It was such a fun trip and made me realize how much I miss all of them!!! My niece Kylie is almost 3 and she is sooo funny!! It was great to be back with family for a little while, my mom, dad, lisa and kylie are definitely the best. We headed down Friday to the Kingman Street Drags to watch my dad race in the unlimited class. After qualifying for the Quick 8 in the Unlimited Class, he ended up with a runner-up finish! It was an awesome weekend!!! It's always a great time and we made some awesome new friends. :) I miss my family a lot but am glad to be home with Kyle. I go back to work tomorrow, even though its Friday hehe. :)

Proud to be an American....

   It's hard to believe that 8 years ago we experienced an event that no one ever expected. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I saw the 2nd highjacked plane hit the World Trade Centers. You never think that you will experience something like that in your lifetime.
 
  As we remember today all those who lost their lives, all the families who lost loved ones, we also salute the hundreds of thousands of troops who have been and are currently in harms way serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 For me it hits closer to home, I am so proud of Kyle for being such a wonderful man of courage and honor, he is an amazing soldier who serves his country with pride! I love him so very much!

Thank you to all our troops....past and present!! God Bless America!!

A Home of Our Own!!

After much discussion, Kyle and I have decided to start looking for our first house here in NC. We decided that its time to move out of post housing and have a place we can really call home. As much as we love living on post, we feel its time to move on. We are really excited to start looking and hopefully we will be meeting with a realtor tomorrow. This time last year we were certain we would only be in NC for a year and a half maybe a little longer, but now that Kyle has made the decision to put in his Psyops package, we will be here for atleast another 3-4 years. We are both very excited to start looking at homes, hopefully we will find something we both love!!

Less than one month before I head to Vegas to visit family, time has flown by since I booked my ticket in March! I am looking forward to seeing everyone!! :)

Not much else has been happening around here, with me working now and Kyle busy with his job we are both drained at the end of the day and are enjoying doing nothing! :)

Hopefully soon I will have good news to share about the house hunting!

Goodbye White Falcons....Hello Black Falcons.

Well, we are officially in the month of August. This year is just flying by. I officially started my new job at Reaves & Reaves on July 20th. They are a small law firm that handle real estate and small criminal cases. I love my job, I’m a receptionist and I also help out with other things around the office. It’s so weird going back to work after a year of being off.

Kyle has officially been moved back to 2/319th his Field Artillery Battery. He is currently the XO (executive officer) and a platoon leader. Today will be his first real work day. The one big perk is that he has a huge office!! I got to see it on Saturday! This coming week I have my final coffee with 2/325 and we also have our Hail and Farewell. It will be bittersweet to leave the White Falcons, but we are excited to be a part of the Black Falcons. We had 2 BBQ’s this past weekend, one at Capt. Montgomery’s and the other was at SSG. Griffing’s house. Kyle’s fist team (well old fist team now) presented him with the most beautiful plaque, it definitely moved both Kyle and I with how much effort and time they put into this. I know Kyle will miss them all and so will I.

I am getting super excited about my trip to Vegas in September. I will get to see my Dad race down in Kingman for the street drags and I can’t wait. I am so excited to see our niece Kylie, she is such a little sweetheart! :) Since we aren’t able to make it home for Christmas, I wanted to be able to visit for a bit. Hopefully sometime next year Kyle will be able to go as well.

People have been asking about our sweet, Emma and how she is doing. She is responding well to the medication and we are so happy. We are taking her for walks more and more to get her energy back up. She is our baby and we are so glad she is doing well.

Hopefully, I will get more chances to update this! J Everyone have a great week!!

Summer Fun!!

Well the year is half gone and it keeps getting better and better. On June 21st, Kyle and I celebrated our 1st Anniversary!! The night before we hung out with my best friends Des and Kristina and Des's husband, Chris. We celebrated with them at midnight for our anniversary! We had dinner at Olive Garden and went to the movies and saw "The Hangover", it was an overall great night!!

I received an exciting call last week from a real estate law firm, wanting to interview me for a receptionist position. I was soo excited and I interviewed with them, hopefully I will hear something back next week!!

This Sunday is finally Des and Chris's wedding, there has been so much planning, it will be amazing to see how perfect the day will be!! It will be such a wonderful day full of awesome people!!! :)

The following week, Kyle's mom and dad will be here for a few days to visit, and hopefully I will hear something about the job! Yay!! :)

AS far as Emma, she is still on 3 different medications trying to regulate the enzymes in her liver. She will go back to the vet on July 17th to have her liver tested. We are hoping for good results. I will keep everyone updated!!!

Our sweet Emma...

Well the last few days have been really stressful and emotional for both Kyle and I. Our 5 year old mini dachshund, Emma has been going through some health issues. Over the last year or so she has been experiencing seizures, which for the most part are common for some breeds of dogs. We took her into the vet yesterday after she experienced a VERY bad seizure on Friday. After bloodwork, come to find out she has bad enzymes in her liver that could be potentially fatal if not treated. She will go in tomorrow to have her liver tested and monitored. She will be on 2 different types of medication hoping to get rid of the enzymes and seizures. Please keep Emma in your prayers...to everyone else she is just a dog but to us she is our baby.

Not much else has been going on lately. I have still been helping one of my best friends, Des with her wedding! July 5th is coming up quickly and its going to be such an awesome day!! :) Im really looking forward to being a bridesmaid!! Kyle and I have been trying to keep busy lately...and its been good for the both of us :)

Kyle has a 3 day work week which I am soooo happy about!! :) We are looking forward to our 1st Anniversary this weekend!! I can't believe it has been a year already....its been amazing!!! :)