Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a while since we updated. It has been a crazy busy summer that has just flown by. We can't believe it is already August. We hope everyone is doing well. Here are a few updates and pictures from the last few months. And as always, we love to hear from you and your family anytime!
We just had a house full of people - 10 of us to be exact! My mom and stepdad were here; they brought the kids back to us. They also brought my sister Katie's kids, Adelyn and Beau for their first visit to DC. My stepdad's sister and her husband came as well. We just love Auntie Chrissy and Uncle Mike! We all had a great time. Ben took us all, but PawPaw, on a very nice tour of the Pentagon. We spent many hours touring Arlington Cemetary, the monuments in DC, and other sights that DC has to offer over the ten days they were here.
Christian, Adelyn, Beau, Brittney, and Lexi
Lexi - Our New Baby
We are announcing a new addition to our family. On July 16th, we got a new puppy that we named Lexi. She is a 3 month old Yorkie and has been a great addition to our family. She is so sweet and funny. She doesn't shed and is hypoallergenic, so the kids are doing very well with her and they haven't had any issues with their allergies. It also helps that they are getting allergy shots. Lexi weighed in just at three pounds when we got her. The kids were in Florida with their grandparents and did not know about her. They met her when they arrived home and were very excited and happy about their new baby! She is doing great and knows how to sit and will even go to the back door to go out to potty (she does this sometimes and still has to learn not to go in the house). We are now training her to ring the bells to let us know she has to go outside. She also LOVES to play fetch!!! Sometimes we think she is a crazy girl when she seems to loose her mind while running around crazy.
Lexi's first camping trip
Lexi during her first trip to Washington D.C. Everyone just loved her and wanted to take her picture!
Summer Beach Vacation
In early July, we took a trip to Pensacola Beach, Florida, where we rented a beach house for 8 nights with family and friends. Our house was perfect. We were right across the street from the beach and we had a pool just one house away. We had a big BBQ on the 4th of July and lots of friends and family came out for the day. We watched the fire works later on at the beach. It rained on Monday and Tuesday and we spent onf of the days at the Pensacola NAS Air Museum, and the other day shopping. We did lots of eating out, hanging out at the different bars on the beach, drinking, and just having a great time! The Blue Angels flew everyday starting on Wednesday. That morning, they gave us a great wake up call and made sure everyone at our end of the beach was awake at 8:01 am. Thank you bird #4! It is always great to see them fly at home, on our beach! They never get old. It was a great week and an awesome way to spend our vacation. We were also so happy not to see too much oil. Christy got some on her feet and we did see a few tar balls on the beach, but other than that, there was just some dog poo here and there; right Scott?
Our house was the peach one you see there in the middle! Great house!
So, this is all who went - the four of us, Christy's sister Lauren and niece Sydney, Lauren's friend Jackie and her daughter Kennedy, Lauren's friend Alex and his daughter Jillian, Lauren and Jackies friend Cindy and her daughter Bella, Christy's brother Jonathan, his friend Eva, our friend Scott and his daugther Jessica, and Ben's coworker "Chief" Jonathan. Not everyone stayed the whole time, but we had 12 to 16 people throughout the week. It was such a blast!
This is the first night (not everyone listed above was there that night) and my friend Jessica that I knew in Germany came and stayed with her daughter for the first night. It was so good to see her. She is in yellow sitting next to me! This was at Peg Leg Pete's
Our neighbors at the beach house called us the "Clown Car" people because we always loaded as many people in the cars that we could. I was chosen to drive on this particular night! We had 15 people in our truck. Too funny!
Hanging out at "Bands on the Beach" - Christy, Lauren, Scott, and Jackie
Blue Angels Baby!!! What more can I say?
Celebrating Amy's birthday at McGuires! Cousins - Lauren, Christy, Jonathan, Amy, and Katie
Our last day at the beach - Uncle Ben, Brittney, and Sydney
Ben and Christy
SRNCO Induction
As we updated earlier, Ben was selected for promotion to Master Sergeant. We are very proud and excited for him. This past June, he had to take the Senior NCO induction course and these photos are from the induction banquet that was held afterwards. It was a very nice night and I was proud to stand by his side for this special night.
Random Stuff
We started a group back in March for military families in our area. We have met some really great friends and keep a busy calendar with functions such as camping, adults night out, scrapbooking, guys poker night, movies, crafts, kids play dates, and many other things. This is a photo of Ben and I from one of our adults night out with none other than Captain Morgan!
In June, Ben ran his first half marathon in Pennsylvania! He did a great job is such terrible heat and humidity, finishing in just 2 hours and 3 minutes. Christian ran the last bit with him to help get him to the finish line. This was a great accomplishment.
Ben and the Cheifs! Ernie and Jonathan both ran the full marathon! Great job guys!
Our flowers this year have been just beautiful. Ben calls them my "Jungle". My Jenni sunflowers were also amazing this year. It is hard when we go on vacation and have to depend on someone else to water them for us. They don't get quite the attention they are used to, but still have done quite well.
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