Moving In!!

We are officially moved in! We closed on the house Friday, July 10th. We painted over the weekend and moved the things that we had at my parents house. We spent our first night in the house the following Wednesday....our furniture was delivered from the military storage on Thursday....and our refrigerator was delivered on Friday. Since then, we've been slowly unpacking and getting everything put up....which has been exhausting! I hope we don't do this again for a long, long time! Other than that, we've just been watering the heck out of the lawn/dirt. We don't have much grass due to all the construction, so we planted some seed and are keeping our fingers crossed that it fills in quick! Anyways, I know I said I would share some pictures so here ya go!

Living Room


Living Room from other side

Kitchen!


This is my favorite room!


Dining Room


Pantry


Another kitchen pic! Built in hutch!


Not my favorite room, but we all have to have one, right ladies?...the laundry room...


Office/Guest Room (don't know why this pic is so dark)


Guest Room #2


Guest Bath


Master BR


Master Bath


I LOVE the tile!


Master bath has his & her walk-ins!!

So there's a tour of our little home! I will post some "after" pics once I get everything all decorated and "homey" feeling. Until then, have a great weekend!!

2nd Anniversary!

This post is long overdue, but better late than never, right? Josh and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary on June 30, 2009! This one really felt like our first anniversary because Josh was in Iraq during our real 1 year anniversary. I had a massage right after work and when I got home to my parents house afterwards, Josh had a romantic dinner set up (it was just the 2 of us, the rest of the family went to the movies). We had hoped to be in our new house to celebrate our anniversary but we didn't quite make it. But Josh still found a way to bring a little bit of our house to the dinner....he got up in the attic and got down my china that I've had stored away for when we bought our first house. I thought that was super sweet and thoughtful for him to think of that! We also had a very special dessert! The baker that we used for our wedding re-bakes the top part of your cake so that you don't have to eat thawed out 1 year old wedding cake on your 1st anniversary (I think this is a great idea!). My mom called the baker last year and explained that my husband was overseas and she offered to make the cake for our 2nd anniversary so that we could both enjoy it together! So, when this year rolled around, we gave her a call and sure enough, she remembered my story and got to baking away so that we could have a special cake to celebrate! This anniversary was so special to me. I am so thankful that God has blessed me with such a wonderful husband and friend!

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Josh,

Thank you for 2 of the best years of my life! I know we've had some tough times to get through, but it was worth it! Being away from each other has made a strong foundation for our relationship to grow on. Our love has grown from day one and will continue to grow through God's grace! I couldn't ask for a better husband and I look forward to spending many many more years by your side!

Love,

Your Wife

The beautiful set up

He used my china (wedding gift) and the candelabra that was used in our wedding.


Sweet red wine!


Our wedding cake!



My sweet sweet husband! He's the best!

CLEET Graduation

Josh graduated from CLEET! We are so excited that he is finished, and I can't tell you how proud I am of him! This should be the last time he has to be gone for an extended amount of time, and I am soooo thankful for that! We have spent a lot of time apart over the last few years, so we are both really looking forward to being able to see each other everyday! Josh is an amazing person and will make an amazing police officer as well! He was in the military police in the Air Force, so he already has a head-start going in. He is so smart, level-headed and is the most ethical person I know. He really is made for this job!

Mom, Ellis and I met Patti, Patrick and Jennifer in Ada for the graduation. Here are some pics to share!!

This is the room he shared with Joe for 3 months.

Josh & Ellis


The Bagpiper


Getting ready to walk the stage.


He's done!


Taking oath!


Roomies!