A New Year...

So, a new year, a new start! Let me catch everyone up on what's been going on since our last post.....

Charles came home from deployment on December 2. I was so thrilled to have him home. It's so hard being without him for so long.

We came home for Christmas and got a chance to spend time with most all of our friends and family...We had a great time. It made us miss home even more than we already do....

On January 18, we took a submarine cruise to Maui for the night....Amazing! Wouldn't trade those quick 18 hours for anything. I had to fly back to Oahu, and Charles had to go back on the sub. But really, who gets to say they took a real submarine for transportation...TWICE in my life! Oh yeah, we saw whales circling the sub....lots of 'em!

(Picture taken on bridge of sub with Maui in background)

We celebrated our 3rd anniversary of being married on January 26. I'm sure many of you out there thought we wouldn't even make it this long.... We had an amazing dinner at Wolfgang's Steakhouse in Waikiki, spent more money than most people's car payment, and enjoyed EVERY SINGLE BITE! After a two long deployments, 3 moves and being married to me for 3 years, I really think Charles deserved a damn good steak....

And Oh yeah, we BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOME! We closed on February 17!

Homeowners! Wow!