Cruise!!

We have recently returned from our 7 day cruise. The cruise took us to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. We had a wonderful time. In Jamaica we hung out at Margaritaville for the day. In Grand Cayman (my favorite of the 3 ports) we went snorkeling at two sites. In Cozumel we took Rhino ATV's to a few sites then we went snorkeling. We had a wonderful time reconnecting after the year we spent apart!!!

Voting

I remember as a child whenever there was an election, my dad would always take me and my brother with him when he would vote. I remember feeling such pride just being there and how I couldnt wait until I could actually vote. Today as I cast my vote, I remembered what it felt like to be in that room when my dad voted, I felt that same pride today!

Strawberry Newport

During the spring time, OKC has an arts festival that we try to make it to every year. But since Shawn wasnt here this year we missed it. His favorite thing to eat there is something called a Strawberry Newport. So I decided to try and make them for him. They turned out perfect, just like the arts festival and ALOT cheaper!

Happy Halloween

For those of you that dont know me, I work at a nursing home. The staff always dresses up because the residents love it! However, most of the department heads never dress up. Well this year a coworker of mine decided we needed to have "school spirit" and dress up and this is what
happened!

The residents really got a kick out of all of us bosses dressing up! I am sure this we will be something we continue to do every year! Thanks Leslie for having team spirit!!!

Frustration

Ok, so we are literally within days of Shawn coming home. I am just not sure exactly what day. This has become very frustrating to say the least. Shawn has been deployed for a year now. It has been 10 1/2 months since I have seen my husband. I would love to know when that day would be. Some of the troops are going to start arriving home on the 13th. Well I know that my husband is one of the last troops to come home. Why? I am not sure. I dont even know if he has made it to Kuwait from Iraq yet. I wish he would just call me and let me know where he is and that he is safe!! We are so close and I am so ready!

We are in the teens!

Today we hit 19 days until Shawn returns from Iraq. I cant believe that we are so close to being finished. It seems like it was forever ago when I dropped him off at the fairgrounds that cold January day. The total deployment has been a year but we got to spend two weeks together at Christmas before he left for Iraq. I am so thankful that this is almost behind us. We have so much to look forward to. First being his homecoming party which I have spent a lot of time planning, then our weekend to our favorite little town in Oklahoma, Tulsa. We are spending the weekend at The DoubleTree and have a romantic dinner at The Melting Pot. The one thing that Shawn wont miss is our tradition of pumpkin carving. He will make it home just in time. Then a month later we are off for our 7 day cruise to the western caribbean. I cant wait.

So close, yet still far away

Well, I only have roughly 30 days left of this deployment. I cant believe how close we are to being finished. I cant wait to spend the rest of my life with my husband and hopefully without deployments. He is staying in the military so there will be other chances to take. I am so proud of him and everything that he stands for. I just cant wait to see him again!