It's Officially Summer!!!

Ok, so I realize that June 21st is still a few weeks away but, after this weekend's activities I definitely feel as though summer is here....or at least my summer. ;)

Friday night - My husband often has to stand alert....which means that he is "here" but, he can't leave base, which I totally prefer to him being gone completely since I am able to visit him (yay!). So, Friday night I packed a little dinner, grab a movie and headed off to see him. Since I'm still very much playing "catch -up" when it comes to movie watching I rented Underworld, Rise of the Lycans. Side note: I rented it from a "Red Box" - what an amazing creation!! I'm an instant fan!! Yes, I have been living under a rock for the past few years ;) Also, I think I have seen more movies in the past three weeks than I have in the past two years - lol!

Side note: I rented it from a "Red Box" - what an amazing creation!! I'm an instant fan!! Yes, I have been living under a rock for the past few years ;) Also, I think I have seen more movies in the past three weeks than I have in the past two years - lol!

Saturday - Kevin's "office" had a family visitor day - I felt quite privileged to see where my husband works. We even got a tour of the jet, yay!! After the visitor day, we headed to the base pool with our buddies the DeHart's. As a former Army brat I spent many a hot summer day at the base pool and wow, I definitely had some flashbacks!! Not a whole lot has changed in the world of base pools. :)

Here's my husband playing in the pool

Lindsay & I relaxin' poolside

After an afternoon at the pool, Lindsay and I headed to Stella's to grab some burgers for dinner. Stella's is an awesome little burger place - definitely one of those "best kept secret" type of places, their food is super yummy!!

Stella's!!

After dinner, I made my way to my friend Heather's bachelorette party. She is one of my good friend's from nursing school and I'm soooo happy for her and her fiance. The are the cutest couple and are getting married in the Rivera Maya next week - soooo wish we could go!!

Heather & I at dinner

Some of the CSM girls - love these ladies!!

Sunday - I am so happy to report that I spent the whole day at the Lake!! Woo Hoo!! Which is the reason for this post's title - after a day of lake activities I can officially say it's Summer!! Some of our friends have a cute little place on the lake, we had such a great time and they have the most adorable little ones ever!! After my day at the Lake, I did head to the base to spend some QT with the hubs though - I wouldn't have totally blow off my husband for a day at the lake. ;)

The Lake!!!

The little ones....so cute!!

I had such a great, jam-packed weekend!! I hope everyone else had a great time this weekend!!!

My little bro is flies in today.....he is spending the week with us before he takes off for boot camp next week. I'm soooo super excited he will be here!!! Well, I'm off to get him!! Have a good day blog friends!!!

Something's missing.....

I'm looking for a few good books to add to my summer reading list...any ideas???

Farewell Offutt.....

I can't believe Kevin just had his Farewell!!! The whole time I just kept thinking, "Has it really been 3 years???" Here's a pic of us at his Farewell -

Us at the Farewell

Three years really doesn't seem like that long but, oh my goodness - soooo much has changed over these past three years. In fact, three years ago, I hadn't even met Kevin yet - which I find just crazy! In the span of three years I - met Kevin, moved away from my home in Oklahoma to move to Omaha, got engaged, started nursing school, got married and graduated from nursing school. I guess it's true what they say - time flies when you're havin' fun!

Don't get me wrong, I'm really excited about our upcoming move but, there are definitely quite a few people and places around the Omaha area that I will miss tremdously!

....where do I even begin

Oh my goodness, I've been such a bad blogger - I feel as though I have lots of backtracking to do. I guess I should probably start with finals week....here it goes (hope this doesn't get too boring)-

Finals Week - definitely a crazy week! I completely sequestered myself in the library - all week long. Everyday it was me, my iPod and my books for hours upon hours. Happily, all that studying paid off - which meant that I was all set to graduate!! Woo hoo!! In addition to finals I also had a presentation on Aquapheresis that week....have I mentioned it was a long week, lol! Here's a picture of awesome Aquapheresis poster
And, here's a picture of me and one of my wonderful friend's from nursing school - it was taken the day after we found out we passed, we were soooo incredibly happy!!
Graduation - The thing about graduation is that I wasn't even really planning on going. Since I have already done the graduation thing once, complete with a party, I didn't feel I should really make a big deal about this one. When some of my friends found out, they were determined to get me to attend my graduation. I walked out of my baccalaureate mass to find my best friend (who has a newborn and lives 8 hours away) waiting for me.....Um yeah, there were most definitely tears - lots of them! Lol ;) She spent the whole weekend with us, it was great! My Aunt also came up for the weekend....with my Aunt, best friend and my husband (who was actually not on TDY and in town - YAY!) I was in Heaven. I truly wish I could relive that weekend over and over. Here are some pictures from that weekend -

Me right after graduation, that smile means "stop taking pictures!!" Lol! :)

All of us at brunch - yum!!!

And, of course, my Aunt and I found time to cook ;)

My trip home - The day after graduation my Aunt and I jumped in the car and made our way down to Oklahoma. It's about an 8 hour drive so I was soooo excited to have a driving companion - not to mention that my Aunt and I are super close and I always enjoy spending time with her! :) While down in OKC, I stayed with my amazing friend, Heidi. She is such a wonderful person and I feel so incredibly blessed with her friendship. I love sightseeing in my hometown!! Here are lots of random pictures of my trip to good ole Oklahoma -

Memorial Day Weekend - Saturday Kevin and I spent aaalllll day just hanging out. Since Kevin is away ALOT it was really great to be able to spend a relaxing Saturday with my husband. Late Saturday afternoon, we headed out to my friend Laurie's wedding. Laurie is one of my friend's from nursing school and I was just so excited I could be there for her big day - she looked absolutely gorgeous!!

On Sunday, we woke up early, went to the early service and then headed off for a day of hiking at Indian Cave State Park. Despite a few sprinkles we had a great time!

Monday morning we woke up early again (....kinda odd, I know but since Kevin and I don't get a ton of couple time, when he's home we like to make the most out of the time we have.....yeah, not really sure why I felt the need to justify why we got up early), strapped on our running shoes and headed off to the park for a jog. Afterwards, we were able to meet up with our buddies, the DeHart's, who just returned from their honeymoon in Europe. We met them for lunch and they brought lots of fun pictures of all their fun European adventures - and since they flew "Space A" (space available) I would definitely say it was quite the adventure!! After lunch we all headed off to see The Terminator - woo hoo!!

This week - my agenda included an NCLEX (the nursing board exam) review, it was at my school so I definitely felt as though I was back at school - "just when I thought I was out...they pull me back." Sometimes you just gotta throw in a Godfather quote for good measure. ;)

Well, I think that just about catches me up. Now, I'm going to have to catch up on all of your blogs - woo hoo! I *heart* reading all of your blogs!!! :)

Happy Memorial Day

Hello blogger friends!!

I'm back, safe and sound, from my little adventure home (to Oklahoma - woo hoo!). I wish all of you a happy, safe and blessed Memorial Day Weekend!!! I can't wait to hear everyone spent their weekend!

.....if you need Kevin or I, we will be by our pool. ;)

Getting back into the swing of things....

Hello wonderful blog friends!!

I can't believe it's been soooo loonngg since my last post. I never intended to be away for so long. I just got so caught up with my finals and end of the semester projects - and then graduation - and the day after graduation I packed some things and headed down to OKC for some much needed time home with my friends and family.....which is where I am now (huge YAY!!). But....I really intend on getting back in the "blogger" swing of things, I have soooo many of your blogs to catch up on. I have really missed reading them!