WHISKEY!

So I know I need to finish my family visits California part 2 but we had a very exciting thing happen to us about a week ago. We adopted a puppy and named him Whiskey!

Whiskey in my opinion is the cutest little dog ever. He is 2.1 pounds and about 7 weeks old but don't let him fool you he is really tough!

He loves to cuddle and be all wrapped up! He definitely shows his puppy side and sleeps a lot

This was the other day he decided to make my keys his play toy.

This is our cute little family. Whiskey is cuddled up and sleeping like normal he loves to cuddle into me or Brian's neck and sleep!

We are so excited we made the decision to adopt our puppy! He will be moving with me to Idaho in just a few weeks while Brian goes to boot camp and after that he will be a little navy puppy!

Family comes to CALI! Part 1

In July my Mom, Grandma Julie, and sister Katelynn came to Redding to visit us and see where we live and what we have been up to! I was so excited to finally have family come see me! So Brian and I had to drive to Oakland to pick them up on Friday night!

My mom, Brian and Grandma eating dinner the first night they got here.

We drove until midnight and finally made it to Redding! We crashed when they got here. Everyone was so tired! On Saturday morning everyone got up and ready we took them to my favorite spot in Redding, The Sundial Bridge!

Next we went to the Turtle Bay museum that was really fun because Brian and I haven't been there either so it was a new experience for all of us! We watched an animal show and fed the birds! One bird even licked Brian and wouldn't stop!

Then we just kinda hung out the rest of the day and did some shopping! On Sunday I woke up sick so we didn't do much! We went to the flea market and shasta lake damn and then just rested!

On Monday we decided to head to the lake!

The lake is always so beautiful! and we had a blast! Then we went to dinner with Brian's parents so they could meet my family!

Tuesday we went to a waterpark that is here in redding and that was a BLAST!!! Water is always good in Redding because the temperatures in the summer are usually over 100 degrees!

Then we took Mom, Grandma, and Katelynn to In n Out for there first time! 

Katy and Brian being silly! 

I will finish this up in another post! 

Thanks for reading!

June Idaho Visit

At the beginning of June we decided to take a quick trip to Idaho. We left on a Friday night, drove all night and got there Saturday morning. Spent Sunday and Monday there and drove home all day Tuesday. It was so fun to go see everyone even if it was just for a few days!

This is us on our way out on Friday night! 

Once we go to Idaho we just hung out with my family on Saturday morning and then Brian went to Beer Fest with his friends and I went shopping with my sisters and mom!

Brian at beer fest haha

Me with my sisters! 

Then on Sunday we got up and went to church in the morning and then we had all my family and friends over for a BBQ! It was so fun to have all the people I love together in one place!

Pic of me and my fam

Silly girls!!!

My aunts and sissy!

Me and my hunny after church!

Then on Monday we all just hung out together and had fun! We did a campfire in my moms backyard and made smores!

It was so sad to leave them but in the end I know we will see them again and have fun! I love my family sooo much and I love when Brian is with us too!

Navy Life Part 2

So now that we know more I am going to publish both of my posts about the Navy. So Brian is leaving September 16 so I am moving back to Idaho to hang out with my family while he is doing his thing. He will be in bootcamp for 8 weeks and then I will go see him graduate and then he will go to school for another 30 days! I am so stinkin proud of him and so excited for him and scared all at the same time!

I am going to try to stay up to date on this blog so we can keep everyone updated!

Navy life???

I wrote this post about a month or so ago! Hope you enjoy....

So back in Septemberish time Brian approached me telling me he really wanted to go into the Navy. My thoughts were maybe this won't be so bad... I mean I will get to go home to Idaho when he is in boot camp and it will all be fine! Well we filled out all the required paperwork and then we just sat and waited. He would go check in at the recruiters office once a week. We hadn't gotten any hope that anything was happening. (He had some complications due to some stuff that happened in his history) Anyway, I had pretty much thought well this isn't going to happen so I am going to move on and we got an apartment, I got a new job, and everything was going great. 

A couple of weeks ago the recruiter called and had him fill out some statements and fill out more paperwork (I swear there is so much paperwork)! Well yesterday the recruiter tells him that he may have to go to Sacramento tomorrow overnight. I have to fill this paperwork out (see always paperwork) and take it to the recruiter in the morning and I should know then.Well this is me totally surprised because honestly I didn't think it was happening. I wanted it to happen for him because he really wants it but it had just been so long...

So I HATE staying away from him at night. I don't like being home alone so I was not very happy at all. (While I am writing this I am feeling very negative but I promise it gets better) So we spent last night together and had fun and we packed his stuff just in case. He went this morning to the recruiter before work to drop off the paperwork and I get a text at 8:07am that says "as of tomorrow I will be in the navy." My heart dropped. Because if you know me and Brian you know we have been apart for like 8 days total our whole relationship. We are super close and do everything together because he is not only my boyfriend he is my best friend, and now he is going to boot camp soon where we have to be apart for 8 weeks. Where we can't talk, text, email, skype, or anything. So I was sitting at work trying not to lose it and call him. The only information I have is that he will be doing more paperwork and then going to Sacramento to do some stuff down there and he will be back tomorrow afternoon.

So I guess everything is still really up in the air and I don't know exactly what is going to happen next but I have super mixed feelings about the whole situation. I am so so proud of Brian he has worked really hard and this is what he wants. It is going to be so good for both of us in the long run. I can go back to school and do hair on the base and he can do what he really wants to do. It is the best thing for us. With that said it is really out of my comfort zone. I don't like the unknown or change. It is really scary. So I call my mom and she reminds me that God has a plan and he wouldn't let us go thru something that didn't have a purpose for our life. So I am proud to say that we will be entering the Navy! I better buck up soon! So I guess this blog has a new purpose. I will be writing all thru us being seperated and his graduation and where we will be stationed. This is our new adventure. Who knows what it has in store but I am so excited to be going on it with my amazing man! He is so strong and awesome and I couldn't be happier. Ready or not here we go.....

On March 22 we moved into our very first apartment together! It is just a little 1 bedroom 1 bathroom but we are so happy here! Some friends and family in Idaho have been asking for pictures so here you go!

View from the front door.

 

 Living room

another view of the living room.

Kitchen

Bedroom

another view of bedroom

Bathroom