Air Show

Well Tyler had to work 11 hours the day of the air show, which this is his first saturday having to work in the air force but he worked with all the VIP's so we let this one slide :)... not that we had a choice of course. This was the first time both of us witnessed an air show and let me tell you its AMAZING!!! I'm just so proud to be married to someone who takes part in the Air Force and all that they do.


Whether its at an Air Show or at their daily job or at a deployment, I'm so thankful and proud. Frankly, if you do not care about those men and women who fight for our freedom on a daily basis, whether it be on a base or in Iraq or wherever else they may be than don't talk to me about it. Just being around these men makes you so thankful for what they do so that we don't have to and so that we can sleep well at night. No matter their position, rank, military field, or location they all fight for our freedom and are the bravest men I know. And my husband happens to be one of them... Just had to get that off my chest :)


The Thunderbirds were of course the favorite planes and the main attraction. The main part of the show had 6 Thunderbirds which did crazy stunts and tricks. These planes literally flew right over our house on base. The above picture is us watching the planes at the flight line.

Here's one of the many videos i have of the thunderbirds...

Thoughts

Well I felt like I should write a little something so here it goes.

We have lived in north las vegas now for almost 2 months and we love it here. It's great to be able to see Tyler everyday and live a normal married life... well somewhat normal anyways. We will most likely be here for at least 2 years, im hoping for at least 4, and were definitely trying to stay here for as long as possible.
Tyler got called to be in cub scouts in church and i have to admit i saw it coming. He likes being dirty and doing all that boy stuff. I always told him he would be called into boy scouts one day and tyler always thought i would be called to young womens or primary... and I got called to young womens!
I can't believe that our one year anniversary is only a week away. We have had a wonderful year. The military didn't make it so easy but overall we have grown so much and were both thankful for that and completely happy and content with all the decisions we made this past year.
We have made some really good friends too that live on base and who are also from church. We have movie nights and hang out with their kids. I can't get over how convenient it is to live on base... unless a base we go to has bad housing i think we will probably always live on base. Until we want to invest in a house of course.
I for one am suppossed to start school on the 25th. We will see how that goes... its been very difficult and frustrating getting my hours to nevada and working with the school to get things going. Plus i have to wear nice black clothes everyday now! And I don't have any!! Well now i have a few after my wonderful mom and sister came to visit and go shopping :)
On a heavier note the past day and a half I have really reflected a lot on my life and my beliefs after the passing of my wonderful and beautiful aunt. She was a courageous women who always showed strength and love and she is missed dearly. I love my family so much and could not imagine not having them. Eternal families are such a blessing.

Just for you Kim! :)

One of our friends Kim who stayed with us in Texas asked to see the inside of our house so here it is!

One thing I forgot to get in the video was a pantry its to the left of the door to the garage and its so big! We never have it full.

Hope you like our home!

ps... i just watched the video and realized I was chewing gum so I'm apologizing ahead of time! Try and ignore it :)

New Base & New House

Well we lucked out and only had to wait 2 days to move into the base housing and we've already lived here for a month! We LOVE our house and living on base is so convenient. Everything we need is literally right up the street... half the time we walk. And Tyler only fills up his truck like 1 time a month, 2 max because his shop is only a mile away! It's sooo nice and you don't realize it until you move on base. Were very happy with our decision. We have a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom house with a living room, dining room, a large kitchen, a laundry room, and a one car garage. Perfect for our size. And the best part is we don't pay a dime for it!... Well other than signing your life away to the military I guess... minor detail right? Here's a pic...

It's a duplex so it's connected to another house at the garage.

Some people may find this strange but its actually kinda weird living together! We've been married for almost a year now and we really have only lived together the first 2 months of our marriage. Tyler gets to come home on his lunch break and comes home for the day at 3:30 so its great but at the same time were not used to seeing each other so much lol. A lot of that is going to change though because I'm hoping to get back into school in the next couple weeks and I will be going tuesday through saturday 8 to 4:30 so we won't see each other as often. We have come to find though that you cherish the moments you have together more when they are limited. I've got about 6 more months and then I FINALLY graduate. The program is only suppossed to take a year but by the time I'm finished it will have taken me a year and a half... but I wouldn't change a thing because it meant I got to be with my hubby! Even if he couldnt live with me. Now I'm just waiting for my hours to get here from the Texas Stateboard... keep your fingers crossed for me to get here soon!

We've moved... AGAIN!

Well we got to Las Vegas NV last night and so far things are looking like they are going to work out pretty good! It will be nice to only be 4 hours away from our friends and family now. Right now we are staying in a hotel until Tyler figures out everything with the base housing. We have the option to either live on base or off base. We are most likely going to live on base since there are so many benefits to doing so. Such as you don't pay rent, electricity, water, or trash... your much safer... and they have brand new housing that we can pretty much get right away!! Were so excited. Normally the waiting list for housing at this base (Nellis AFB) is 1 to 2 months but right now their so desperate for people to live on base that we can get it right away! So it seems like were getting pretty lucky. Keep your fingers crossed for us! I'll share pictures once we move in and get settled.

Celebration Cruise

Well i have a lot to update everyone on... since Tyler has graduated Tech School we have left Wichita Falls Texas and visited home in CA for 10 days. Right after we got home we left for a 5 day cruise with our friends Mike and Allie. We went to Catalina Island and Encinada mexico and it was so much fun! Tyler and I love cruises and were definitely going on a lot more. We've been married almost a year and we've already been on two! So anyways it was Mike's birthday and Tyler just graduated so we had a lot to celebrate. Here's some picures.

Allie's family owns a limo business so we got to drive to the ship in one of their limos! It was such a nice added bonus to our trip.
Here's Tyler and I in our room after we got on the ship.

Catalina was our first stop so we took a little boat from the ship to the island. This was Tyler's first time there so I got to show him around.

Here's Mike and Allie at the Captains dinner.

He looks so good in his uniform :)

I had been wanting to try lobster so i figured if i was going to do it then i should try it while on a cruise. It was pretty good!

Here's us at Encinada on the ship.

We had sooo much fun! We love cruises... we recomend the 7 day mexican riveria as the best one so far! But next is the Carribean cruise so that one may top off the mexican riviera after we go on that one :)

Coincidence or fate???

So Tyler and I had the craziest thing happen to us on Saturday (August 15th... the date is important as i explain)! We went to get lunch at this cute little hole in the wall chinese restaurant. After we were done eating we of course had to open our fortune cookies! And when Tyler opened his he just starting freaking out because this is what it said:

So for all of you who know Tyler and I were married on November 15th. Which was exactly 3 months from that day... just like the fortune cookie said!! Tyler assumes that he's going to get a pretty awesome anniversary present now since it says "Good things are in store for you" lol. So now I've got to think of a really good present! But anyways we were totally tripped out by it. I mean out of the 365 days in the year to get any random fortune cookie we got the one that fit exactly to our lives! I know this sounds totally supersticious or whatever but we thought it was pretty cool.

Coincidence or fate?? You decide. :)