Quick Catch Up!

Well... since our last post was in Feb 2010, I would say it's been a while since we have done this. We decided to catch up and start using the blog to help keep in touch with our families since we live so far away!

Some things that have happened to us since last year...

One sad piece of news for us, our pit bull, Bubba, ran away from home one day last year and no one ever found him. :( We still miss him and hope wherever he is now he is happy.

Our cat, Butters, has been disgraced and has picked up some bad behavioral problems that we are trying to work on. He is pretty much an outside kitty now and I think we are all happier that way.

My little sister Brianna spent the Thanksgiving holiday with us last year, a visit that we very much enjoyed since I get to see so little of my family since moving to NC. We had a lot of fun and can't wait until she visits again!

We went to a zip line course while she visited and had a lot of fun!

We spent a couple weeks in California for the holidays last year. We had a lot of fun seeing Corey's family and I got to meet some family members I didn't previously know. The weather was, of course, awesome and Corey's parents were nice enough to drive us around so I could sight see. We had a wonderful vacation!

More recent news for us....
Corey got a new truck, a Toyota Tundra Crew Cab SR5 with the TRD package. Every since Corey's last car, the Honda Element, got over 50% destroyed in a bad car accident last year we had been planning on trading it in for something safer with no problems. Since he plans to get out of the Army after his latest contract is up and since we finished paying off my car (woohoo, huge achievement for us!), we decided that now was the time to do the trade. I am glad he got what he really wanted this time and he is very happy with the purchase so far!

Corey recently got assigned to a new unit. We are not sure how much we like it yet, but one definite advantage is that they only have PT formation in the morning once a week, so Corey gets to sleep in about an hour and a half longer than usual, which is awesome and makes a huge difference. Much better to wake up at 0630 rather than 0445 everyday.

For Valentines day Corey made the house pretty for me and made dinner with candles and got me pretty roses! I saw it when I got home from a long day of playing Army and it made me very happy! I got him some work out equipment, way less romantic but it's what he wanted. (since his new unit only makes them meet for PT once a week, he's been doing it all at home and weights and things make it much easier) I am still somewhat surprised that he has actually been using it in the mornings before work.

The most important recent news is that we are expecting a new little Bell in August! We have our first ultra sound in a week so we will be sure to share if they give us a print out! In anticipation of the little one we are redoing one of our spare bedrooms and will be putting in some type of hardwood or hardwood laminate. We finished painting it and are very happy with the results so far.

That's all we can think of for now, hopefully we will have more to share next week! :)