Back to the Beach

Taken Saturday! I love Florida!

Okay, the big news first! Rob's solo night was Friday and we've officially received Kadena as our next assignment!!!!! Rob and I are so excited! We look forward to more beautiful beaches, warm weather, and lots of sushi! Based on the classes in front of ours, it looks like we'll be leaving pretty soon after Rob's graduation - so Okinawa in May probably!

Our Road Trip

We really enjoyed our Christmas break and visiting family and friends in Texas. We drove through New Orleans on our 13-hour trip and took some pictures. On the way back, we stopped at Bass Pro Shop in Baton Rouge (shoutout to our Tiger buddy Lance!) and took GUS! He did so well too! Now, back in Florida, a cold front has just hit (it's been 65 and sunny most days :-) so I'm in the house with 45 degrees outside.

Here's some pictures from our road trip.

Driving on the longest bridge IN THE WORLD! How cool is that? It's the one over Lake Pontchartrain.

Gus, trying to get comfortable in the truck. I love it!

People keep asking about the boat. Well, it's turned out to be not such a great idea. :-) If we had a month here before Rob started and didn't leave until June-ish as originally planned, I think it would have paid for itself. But Rob started early and was obviously busy and we didn't decide to have a professional rig the boat (it wasn't sail-able when we bought it, thus the good price) until about 2 weekends before it got cold. It's actually gotten pretty warm outside lately, but the water is still very very chilly. When sailing on a catamaran, one does get wet. It's designed for that. Neither Rob nor I find being cold and wet in the wind fun. Sadly. Thus, the poor S.S. Awesome has remained in boat storage. We are determined to sail it before we have to sell it (how sad is that?) and may decide to gear up in the cold water, but if I were you, I would be sure of the number of weeks one has available for sailing before one decides to buy rather than rent a boat. Just some advice.

Rob has started defensive BFM (basic fighter maneuvers) and is doing really well! He really loves starting with the instructor chasing him and succeeding in getting away or not getting shot down. He finds a lot of satisfaction in not dying. :-)

I don't think the concrete guy is going to call me back. Sad! I called him again after the holidays, but my not hearing from him before made me worry and I'm pretty sure he's decided that he doesn't need or want me to volunteer. I'm a little bummed, but his place is on the other side of town, so I guess I'll save some time and gas. Also, we received two concrete books for Christmas from our families and they have great instruction! We're planning on making a coffee table soon.

Yesterday, Rob and I (but mainly Gus!) were invited to a dog birthday party! Libby (the weinerdog of one of the other students) turned one year old and the Clarks threw her a happenin' party! Most pictures on facebook. But here's one because I couldn't resist.

I'm going to leave you with some of my favorite pictures taken recently. Enjoy.

Christmas at the beach

Rob's truck in the "sure you can shoot there... just stay away from the road" area

Rob and yet another little animal he accidentally caught