Mr. Boiley

Mom, Ryan decided to place Mr. Boiley on the stove right under the microwave so he would never forget not to boil an egg in the microwave without it!! Haha!!

Tea Time

Grands, I used my little tea pot this morning! I had some loose tea that I put in there and it worked great! Thank you so much for my tea pot!!

Finishing Touches

Well, everything is officially unpacked and settled in. The study is still a disaster since we have no desks yet but the rest of the house is coming together. Here are the final pictures of our progress.

The neat clock David got me for my birthday

The new dandelion panels we got for the master bathroom

Guest bath

Guest bedroom

We finally have lamps and pillows in the living room!

This collage is hanging in our living room

 

More Pool Time!

I can only upload one video per post so here is the other video I wanted to share!

Pool and Bath Time!

We got Mack a small plastic pool to play in and he loved it! After swimming Mack enjoyed a nice bath.

 

Clean and fresh smelling Mack lounging on my lap :)

Lazy Sunday

I love this little angel so much!

He sure does love his cheetah baby!

I guess that's comfortable?

RYAN ARRIVES!!!!

The love of my life is home!! These pictures were taken on the beach of a state park which overlooks the pier where the subs enter to go back to the base.  I met up with some of the other USS Wyoming officers' wives to watch our husbands return :) The whole experience was overwhelming. It gave me chills to see this huge submarine surfacing, knowing Ryan was on it. I felt so proud of Ryan and of our country. What an amazing, powerful experience!

US Coast Guard securing the area

US Coast Guard getting ready to run off a fishing boat that entered the pier (notice the man with the machine gun on the front of the boat). They mean business!!

The sub has surfaced at this point but is still pretty far away. You can see the two big escort boats on either side of the sub and the cross of the sub in the middle.

Getting closer!!

And closer!!

These pictures were taken on my cell phone so they aren't that great. This was when the sub was almost right in front of us. It looks farther away in the picture than it really was. Can you believe Ryan was on the sub at that moment?! How crazy!!

Here is the USS Wyoming's symbol

The Disaster That Is My Home

Ryan and I were finally settled in until Thursday when the movers came with the rest of our stuff.  We're so happy to have all of our stuff but man, we don't know what to do with it all!!

This is just the stuff the movers put in the kitchen. There's about that much more in each of the bedrooms that still needs to be unpacked. Yikes

Mack's Life the Past Couple of Days

What a rough life for this little man. Here are some of his favorite things to do lately.

He takes one of his toys back there to chew on. He loves lying there but he gets in trouble for it.

Mack is loving all of the packing paper from the movers! He's in heaven barking at it all and rolling in it!

Tuckered out from a long day of unpacking

Oh Heck No

Mack and I stumbled across this on the back porch... a huge centipede!! I am sick of all of these GINORMOUS Florida bugs!!

The picture is blurry because the nasty thing was moving super fast!

Sandy Paws

Mack and I enjoyed another nice evening at the beach tonight...and then a bath :)

The little spikey man after his bath

He was cold so he let me hold him like this all wrapped up. As a matter of fact, he's still wrapped up right this second sleeping on my lap :)

Whaaat??

Mack and I walked out of the front door and stumbled upon the most GI-gantic cricket I've ever seen! (At least I think its a cricket ??) It was literally the size of my palm and about 2 inches tall! If I ever see something like this in my home I'm leaving!!

P.S. In this picture the camera was NOT on zoom!

Life is So Rough

Here's a picture that is sure to bring a smile to your face on a Monday :)

Chillin With My Gnomie

Nora and I went shopping the other day at this amazing outdoor mall.  They had a Fossil store so of course I had to go in there! I found some new charms that I hadn't seen before and I got two of them, including Mr. Gnomie.  According to folklore, gnomes bring good luck and good fortune. Hopefully this gnome will bring Ryan and I good fortune :)

Hurricane Mack Blew Through This Morning...

Mack's New Friends

Last night Mack and I were invited to dinner at Christen's. Mack got to meet Blaze, Alex, and Flynn and he had such a big time! He slept for 9 hours straight last night!

Flynn and Mack meeting for the first time

Blazer!

Alex!

The boys helping with the dishes while Little Man sleeps

Mack was so tuckered out after playing all night that he fell asleep on Mommy's lap :)

Little Mack's First Beach Trip

Sandy nose!

He stayed close to Dad at first

And he didn't know what to think...

Then he made lots of puddie tracks

And he met a mermaid

:)

Mack Loves His Mommy and Daddy!!

These pictures make me smile :)

Just Lounging

This little man loves to sleep! Here are just a few of his sweetest sleep times.

TV-ing with Mom

Sleeping on the sub woofer in Dad's truck :)

He actually likes his "house"!