Camping with College Buddies

4 years ago after I first graduated from Saint Francis some friends from school and I began getting together and camping each summer. I didn't get to go last year since I was perma-camping in Afghanistan. This year was so fun and it was great to get to spend time with them again. I haven't seen Becky in 2yrs and the others I haven't gotten to see since I returned in Sept! Jovan has applied to go get a Master's Degree, Maria is still doing awesome in PT school in Chicago, Becky is working in a lab for the company that makes those 5 HOUR ENGERY drinks, and Mathew-Baker is going to be working as an activity coordinator at Geneva College in PA while he does his Master's Degree work there...... everybody is well and I am so excited to take Jeremiah with me next year! I'll put up more pics as I get them from my buds!

New Morales Family Addition

Yeah!!! My friend Aimee had her little girl very early this morning! Baby Iris, beautiful little thing isn't she! She looks like her mom and dad so much I think (minus the screaming, but if you or I had just gone through what she did we'd be screaming to!) What a blessing! Prayers are with you Morales Family! Aimee's birthday is the 23rd she almost had to share!

Morgan Family

This is the Morgan Family (minus Gabe). So really it is my sister and her kids. The onesies were made by my sisters Bible study friends...they really were cute. It is a good thing they made a lot of them because the boys keep shooting green streaks of poo out of the top of the diapers up their clothes....Tristen did that to me right after the picture of me laying down holding him was taken....it was a close call! Arsalie is flirting with the camera like always and then there is my pretty sister holding one of the boys....I wanna say it is Titus, but it is hard to tell when they are not side by side! Tristen is the "bigger" of the two, meaning he is a little chunk!

Bragging

These three are just too fun and too cute.... Arsalie is now in the stage that she loves putting on high heels...pretty stylin' in this picture. The boys are rockin' the handpainted onesies....

First Dress Fitting

Last weekend I went with my mom, sister, and niece to my very first dress fitting....and I survived. I was REALLY anxious for some reason, but everything went great. My sister was a huge help and it was great having my mom there. We even picked out a dress and accessories for Arsalie. She is so cute. Here we are before the changing began and then Arsalie with a few of the dresses she tried on. No sneak peaks of my dress, but I loved it and am getting even more excited. I had to exchange the size, luckily for my ego I needed a smaller one, but it will be here in plenty of time. Next fitting in October....

Cliff Robertson

Tonight I volunteered for the National Aviation Hall of Fame induction Presidential dinner. I escorted Cliff Robertson, oscar winner and most recently known as Uncle Ben in the new Spiderman movies. He is the sweetest man and I really had a wonderful time. We got there late, due to some miscommunication with a friend of his, and when we got there the GOLD table he was hosted at asked me to stay and sit with them.....wow-wee.... front and center.....with all the big wigs from Lockheed Martin.......what an awesome time. This is one of the perks of volunteering; you never know what is going to happen. Yes, I did have to sit and wait in a hotel lobby for 3hrs and got hit on my 2 very sweet yet scandalous men about 70-80yrs old.....just another story to keep life interesting.... love you guys!!!

Outside Decor

So here is a flower in the backyard update...pretty. Wish I had a nicer backyard to surround it with! Also, I got this cool windchime in the mail today from the great family that used to take care of Maxwell when I worked nights. They recently moved to Korea to follow the military tradition...how sweet of you guys!!!!

Too Much Fun

We had such a good time a the AF Museum that we continued with our viewing pleasure at the Air Force One ---AKA Presidential Hanger, and also the hanger with all the experimental planes the AF has come up with overtime..... pretty amazing..... not only that... we got to walk through the old retired AF Ones! The most recent one retired in 1998 was really not as plush as I thought it would be. I'm sure the new one is super amazing. As we walked through we talked about how crazy neat those planes must have been back in the day. The crazy planes on the research side were so cool too. I am amazed at the technology that we really had way back in the 50's and 60's. Those planes looked futuristic even for today! My dad had to take a picture by the X-15 which was the fastest plane when he was growing up. There are pictures of us standing on the old AF Ones and one of a full Presidential Hanger. The last is a picture of the air field at the base from atop one of the hills nearby that has a State Park dedicated to the Wright Brothers...one of many in the area.

More AF museum

Day 2 was WW2 on so we hit a lot of cool planes and then some missiles and space rockets too. We also saw an IMAX film of a pilot who was playing in a war game in Vegas. It was so cool! It was just like we were flying in the cockpit with him! Tons of fun and a great break from all the walking!!!!

Day Two

So Dad and Jordan got the full, hands-on tour on day two! Dad found the Starfire he wanted to see and I got a sweet picture of him. Jordan as always made great faces as he "flew" the fighter... In one plane the 2 of them barely fit and on the other you can hardly see them!!!!

Space Suits

Before we left the museum on day one we all tried on (or stepped behind) the space suit. Just so you know....yes, I know that I look super dumb. Ha ha ha.... I think my dad looks the most legit and Jordan looks the coolest.

Day One AF Museum

My Dad and Jordan came up to spend a couple of days and to check out the AF Museum and the Base itself. When they got here we got to go up in the base tower and got a personal tour from high above base. The flight line was so pretty from that high up and fun to watch the few planes running in and out. Then to the planes and history of flight... pretty cool!

Budding

So my backyard is uber boring.... but it looks like my plants are about to bloom. Maxwell is really the only one to see them, but now you can

enjoy it too!

Tattoo Party

I forgot to post any pictures from the Tattoo Party we had back at the end of June...my camera died after just a couple of pictures so I didn't get to catch much of the fun!

Petting Zoo

I am pet sitting again. This time the pet total had reached 5.....5 animals in the house. Lovely. Ha ha ha...they are all pretty good...not as good as Maxwell, but pretty good. Thought I would show you some pictures... The grey cat is Zoey, the gold one is Zeus, the brown little dog is Morgan, and the white and brown little one is Millie. Of course Max is the big beautiful dog...

Morro Baby

This was back from our trip when Lydia and I first went to meet everyone in California. I was totally against putting on these glasses as you can see from my serious face. Lydia had a great 'ol time hopefully this gives everyone a good laugh.