Pics!

Hi again! I've been lazy with some of my posts' and didn't post any pics, well here are the pics that go with the posts, I added captions to refresh the post! Not that our life is interesting or anything! But I like to re-read this stuff, and plus what's better than a journal you can look at pics at!?

all the wives on base decorate their "yards" for their husbands arrival! And so did I! Since I had 2 more days I was able to be a little more crafty! My little cousins wanted to make signs too, so they each did. It was so cute, they drew such cute pictures and it ended up being one really big note to him. They all asked him questions about the deployment. They're so cute!

Here are his gifts! Since he wasn't home for his birthday I could buy for him and leave this out the whole time! No being sneaky! Just had to keep it a surprise! :)

I am so happy to have my husband agian! He is the best person I know! Love him mucho!

I was worried Sophie wouldn't remember him, because she was so small when he left, and a friend came over with her husband and Sophie wasn't a fan. So it worried me a little. When Sophie and Javi saw him they went NUTS! haha! look at Javi--->
He sure did miss Den! Plus, with Den home I have a lot more patients with these guys! :P

Our first meal of "chaz" if you ever come over I should warn you this is what he insists on making for our guests! haha.

We were in Bed one night and I heard the dog bowls banging as if Sophie was tipping them (its the strangest thing, but she'll tip the bowls) and so I had den go look and there were FIVE Raccoons! They are UGLY animals up close!

Family Pic time! And it was Dens idea! :) haha

Where are we going?? good question. We just got in the car and drove for about an hour. We wanted to see the small towns of Washington. Man, we live in such a pretty area. Just need to throw in some farms and I'd be good!! :)
Oh yeah, and he slept....

And Slept

.....and SLEPT!!!

He averaged abou 10-12 hours of sleep a week while he was out to sea. But he should be pretty much all caught up now! And don't mind the ugly pillows and blanket. Im in the process of yet again changing bed spreads.. :)

Yesterday was his first day back to work, which I was kinda sad about but was pleasantly surprised when he was home at 11 am for the day. I guess since he's a machanic all the work is on the boat so when they're home they only go in to work for a couple of hours. YAAY! :)

That's the Navy for ya..

The begining of July was the first time in almost 2 months that I got to talk to my husband! I was so excited! I've never been one for being woke up, but since he's been in the military I wake up to every little noise. Which was good when he was away, and now that he's home, its making me crazy here it is 3 am and I can t sleep! I need to get a better system. Anyway, my ombudsman called me with Den's flight information. ( I didn't get it when everyone else did because they'd "lost" his itenerary and had to "find" it..) So I waited a week or so. (which felt never ending!) And finally our ombudsman called me and said he'd be on the first flight home second week of august...What a wonderful birthday present! The date was the 11th. I had a ton of things to finish before he came home and of course I procrastinated so the few days before he got home went by kinda quick. And before I knew it; it was the night before he was going to come home! Then I got the call..."there has been a change in plans". What kind of change in plans? He said he went to the airport and went to check in and they said the flight was all booked and he'd have to wait till the next day. So he went back to base, and a chief gave him another ticket and said hurry go back.. so he went back to the airport and they still said "sorry we can't get you on this flight, But it looks like your flight will be on Saturday" (our Friday)

I had gotten my hopes up so much, which they tell you NOT to do. Now, I know that it was only "2 more days" but when your husband is gone for 4 1/2 months, two more days just seemed like we took a step back instead of two steps forward. I was just ready for the deployment to be over. I was drained, emotionally. I just wanted him home when they said so. I think there should be a person who double checks the work. Maybe they'll hire me? ;) I didn't realize that there could be changes so last minute. But none the less, he's home, safe and sound now. And I couldn't be happier! Since he was going to be there for 2 more days he decided to go snorkeling. I was so jealous! But not so much when I saw him...he got into the water and realized he had forgotten to put sun block on. The sun is much more fierce there. He came home, and his back looked like a lobster! He told me on the phone many times that if I wasn't at the airport when the plane landed he'd have to go home on a shuttle. So I made sure to be there super early! And I waited and waited and didn't know what area he'd come out of to get the baggage. and so i'd been wandering and finally I saw him! I ran to him because I didn't want him to tell the chief that was with him that he'd go back on the shuttle. And when I got closer to him I had forgotten all about his back..OOPS! He didn't say anything just grunted...and then his chief told me, "He's been a fun traveling partner". I kinda giggled it off because I didn't know if he was being sarcastic, and then he said "I'm kidding, all he's done is complain about his back the whole 24 hours.." Haha! That's my husband!

Luckily, I have a boss who's a navy wife also, and is super sweet. She let me have 2 weeks off with Den, and has been really good about working my schedule somewhat to his. I'm so blessed. I took Den to see the last HP movie. That was the first time I'd ever paid to watch HP. We went on some fun dates, and he got caught up on all the new movies. Just in time for me to go back to work and him start school. This is the first full week for both of us. Have I mentioned I love having him home!? Its a ton of weight off my shoulders. I don't have to sleep with my computer next to me, and my phone right by my ear with the volume high just incase he calls. I don't have to check my emaily every 5 minutes and hitting "refresh" to see if I have an email waiting for me. I feel like the next deployment, will be a ton easier. Now that I know kind of what to expect. The military has many pro's and con's. The bigges "pro" is getting my husband back. I love him so much, and everyday I'm so thankful for the blessings he brings into my life.

Opsec, and updates!

Since, I get asked all the time how Den is doing, I have to post this. Because I feel bad for not being able to say any thing. Because I am only allowed limited information to begin with... So the military has a tight grip on the info. and because of that, they've developed "OPSEC" aka "Operation Security". Here's a brief description about it..
Opsec is keeping potential adversaries from discovering our critical information. as the name suggests, it protects our operations-planned, in progress, and those completed. Success depends on secrecy and surprise, so the military can accomplish the mission at task faster, and with LESS risk. Our adverseries want our informaiton, and they know going to a member of the military isn't an option (in most cases, I just read of a sailor trying to sell confidential information to a person who was actually FBI undercover, which makes me so upset, because this could cause our guys to come home later. This guy is getting "kicked out" of the military, and is now facing life in prison.To me, it's so not worth the money.) So they wait for us, the family, to spill the beans.
But since this has already gone public I can share it.
http://http://www.thenorthwestnavigator.com/news/2011/jul/21/ohio-visits-yokosuka-japan/

Enjoy!!! :)

Happy AUGUST!!

I really have been horrible about blogging! but guess what??!!! It's now August!! I'll do a quick summary of the boringness of my summer. All I seem to do is work. And when I'm not working I'm at a friends house. I started the wash one night and then went to a friends house pretty much down the road and came back and it stopped working. I was kind of freaking out...what was I going to do?? I knew it would be something Den could fix and I need a washer but didn't want to pay to have someone look at it. so I pulled it out and not knowing what the heck to look at and wiggled some stuff around and tada! I did it! I fixed it all by myself!! I'm definatley not Mrs. Fix-it. But my gholly I'm doing good for not knowing what the heck I am doing! haha! for the 4th of july my friend and I met up with my aunt and uncle and their kids for fires works down at Poulsbo waterfront. it was so dang pretty!!! I enjoyed them. next year we'll get there earlier and not have to deal with the drunk sailors.

*This is Hannah. We tried getting pics of the fire
works behind us. Her husband and Den are friends
and we became friends soon after! She's been my
go to, gal ever since! :) *

My little cousins came to Washington for a visit. And it's just what I've been needing! We've had so much fun! we went to seattlle and went on a boat tour of seattle and then to the aquarium then did a little shopping (my fav!) and the next day we went to the pacific science center (btw its huge! def can't do all in one day!) then to the space needle and got to go all the way up. and take pics! What a beautiful view! and luckily for us the weather was nice for us! it sprinkled a little bit but once we got out of the car it wasn't raining any more. then today we went to the musem of flight. What an expierence! I can't wait for den to come home! All this stuff would be so fun to do with him! I'll post more about him later but for now enjoy some pics!! :)

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEN!

So Den is a VERY hard person to shop for, and he never tells me what he wants, or needs. so I literally take notes on the stuff he says 'I wouldn't mind having something like that' and it's literally like maybe 5 things. About a week ago or so, I was going through some pics, and saw a pic of den playing a guitar at a store, and since then I had my mind made up that, that's what he's getting for his b-day. and so I went online and started pricing them out. A friend went with me to the mall in town-they have a specialty guitar shop, and so I went in ( I don't know a thing about guitars) so I told him what I thought I was looking for and he showed me a couple and played a little song on them and my friend told me what was a better sounding one, and I took her advice and bought him a black Johnson. I can't wat to see his face when I surprise him with it!!!! :)
This was about 3 years ago or so...

besides me-this'll be his love! ;)

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST HUSBAND! :D

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME!!!

Uncle and I in our Vargas glasses!

WHAT A FUN, FUN, NIGHT!!

I've been a horrible blogger. Things have been kinda busy, or at least I'm doing a better job at staying busy. I've been decorating, and getting stuff in order. Even though we've been here since February, I needed to clean out the garage. When I was unpacking, I just kinda threw our full boxes full of stuff we didn't need right away in the garage. My goal is to clean it up, and make it a place where Den can bring out his punching bag and work out, or he can use his tools and build or fix stuff...It makes me laugh, because even though he tries really hard to fix stuff and enjoys it most of the time, it seems like it never goes as planned. But this way, hopefully he'll have everything he needs

I went furniture shopping a couple weeks ago. I went in with ever intention to buying a new couch. But when I got to the store and was trying to pick out what I wanted, I felt kind of guilty making this big purchase without Den. So, I picked a few out of my favorite, and got they guys name and said we'd be back...( poor guy, he just wanted to make a sale. haha) I've also been eyeing and pricing out flat screen t.v.'s, we could use a new t.v. but I don't think I'll wait for him for this purchase. I want to surprise him with it. So I'll keep the reciepts. ;) I just want our house to feel more cozy, and homey..right now, its everything BUT cozy. It'll get there though. I just have to change one room at a time. So I'm starting with the living room, the one everyone sees. then I'll go to kitchen and dining room, then our bedroom... There are so many fun stores! I was a litle disappointed when the closest Real deals to me is 4 hours away. But I think I may have found something that isn't AS good, but it'll do.

HERE ARE MY TOP 2: (note: I will not have white, it'll be darker)

Now for the fun! My uncle is a NY Yankees fan, and they come to Seattle once a year, and play three games or so against the Mariners. After working at Sport Clips for 3 years, I've learned a lot about the different teams. And NY is my LEAST favorite. However, our seats were on the NY side and were close to the field. Every game they kind of have a theme. and this game was "Viva Las Vargas"night. and the first 10,000 people got Elvis sunglasses. So when we got there and there were a TON of people already waiting in line I didn't think there would be any way possible we'd get glasses. Luckily, we got them! HOW FUN! It was a great time!!! We found our seats and saw the players warming up, and they were so close! We saw Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, and CC Sabathia all warming up! Its crazy because here these guys are making millions playing Baseball. Its crazy. Until lastnight, I never thought Derek Jeter was that good looking...But I was WRONG! I learned that A-Rod, got his carreer started with the Mariners, and everyone was booing him, heck, there were these two obnoxious guys yelling at him. They were SO annoying. But we got through the game and no one got hurt. ESPECIALLY because they were Mariners fans on Yankees side. Its an awesome expierence! I loved it!!! Would def go again!! Enjoy the pics! :)

Our first Deployment

I don't even know where to begin. It's been a week since Den left for deployment. It was one of the worst days ever! When I found out 2 months ago that he was going to be deployed 2 months from when we got here, I was a little bummed. (OK a lot). But I decided to make our time together worth it. We had a great couple of months together. And I can't evens belive how fast it went. About a month ago when we had the ''pre-deployment'' meeting they said that everyone needs to have their wills done before they leave. And about a week ago, I asked Den if he even made one. He said "no, because we don't have any kids, everything I have will go to you.'' I wasn't going to debate with him, so I just shrugged it off. All day, I was miserable. Words can never express the feeling of deployment. Its kind of a numb feeling. And when we pulled up to the bus stop. It was hard to keep it together. But then my loving husband decided that was the time to tell me what he wants to go where if something were to happen. I pray every night, and probably like every 5 minutes that he'll be safe.

Dennis will be gone for his Birthday. So, the Sunday before he left we went to my Uncle and Aunt's house. And we celebrated his Birthday. We just had a cake and ice cream. But I didn't want him to leave without some kind of celebration. :)

He had a long flight. Poor guy. But I was pleasantly surprised to recieve a phone call from him the following morning. He's a day ahead of us. Which is so weird to think about. Before he left, I showed him how to use skype, so for the first few days I was able to see him through skype. I absolutley LOVE him. He says it's so pretty there, and soo hot! haha. I am soo proud of the man he is. I would never dream as a young girl that the man I was going to marry, would be such a good guy. And so loving. I lucked out. And I am so thankful for the person he is, and the love he gives to me.

Ok, I'll quit blabbing now. :)