Nick and I have a unique story in the sense that we knew each other back when we were growing up; that is how we met. Our parents became good friends as we attended the same church every Sunday. I grew up in that church, even learning how to crawl under and over all the...
Shortly after our engagement, we settled on a venue. We actually went to see it while Nick was still here. The problem? You had to book it a full year in advance. So when April rolled around, we decided to book it and we got first choice of dates (thanks Mom! She stood in line...
I’ve decided (almost halfway through might I add…) to make a deployment bucket list of all the things I want will accomplish in the coming months. I made a master list back before deployment began but I was a little too ambitious and I think I’m at a place now where it’s time to...
I thought it would be appropriate to start at the beginning, the very beginning. Nick proposed on Valentine’s Day in 2015. He came up to visit for the long weekend with, as he told me, the intention on asking my dad’s permission for my hand (all part of the plan). Turns out, he had...
Welcome to the highly anticipated, must requested, wedding series by yours truly! So now that it’s finally here, what should you expect? Pictures. Lots and lots of pictures. I didn’t want to flood Facebook or other social media so I’ve slowly been uploading one at a time but you will definitely be seeing a...
The sendoff. The most dreaded day of 2016. The day Nick officially leaves. We weren’t able to see him, as he was already on the ships, but they had organized a send off at a nearby park where we could watch the ships leave the harbor on their way out. There was a great...
San Diego Zoo round 2! Today was actually the day we had to say goodbye to Nick. We dropped him off in the morning on base and they bused them all down to the ships. We were able to meet up with him for dinner at the shipyard where we had to say our...
Universal Studios Day! The “other Disneyland.” Actually the first time I had been there. Might as well had been the first time for all of us, it had been so long. They were in the process of building the Harry Potter portion of the park, opening in April, so the park felt a little...
My parents came into town to help move me back home and to say goodbye to Nick. Their flight was delayed so our day started a lot later than we expected. Instead, we walked outside Knotts Berry Farm for a bit and met my dad’s cousins at Medieval Times for dinner....
Honesty hour. I let the ball drop here. My plans, goals, dreams, etc. for this deployment were big. I had a long list of the things that I wanted to accomplish while my husband was gone yet here I am, three months later, and I haven’t done one of those things. I’ve done a...
