Leave

We had the best time on leave! One more thing to be grateful for with the military is the wonderful breaks that we get to spend together. We didn't really have anything set in stone until the last second which was kind of fun. I love living on the edge. Devin on the other hand has a few anxieties about last second stuff. We were trying to get to Louisiana to see his family before he left but there just weren't any space a flights. We did get a flight to Washington though! My long lost aunt Carol lives in Washington and we were able to spend some time with her and her wonderful family. It was a blast and we did not want to leave. Their home is beautiful and very relaxing. You just want to put your jammies on and vege. Our favorite thing to do!

After Carols we stayed in a time share with one of our favorite couples. Stephanie and Jeff drove from North Idaho to Seattle to see us. It was SOOOO much fun. Another time that we didn't want to end. The time share was pretty nice, we were right in the heart of Seattle so it was a lot of fun. We did some shopping, went to a Seattle Sounders soccer game, and just had a good time catching up and reuniting since Jeff just got home from Iraq and Devin and him hadn't seen each other since their wedding in April 09. We won't let that happen again. The boys were able to go golfing together before we had to go our separate ways, they golfed for HOURS, apparently they got a little rusty! We drove down to Oregon and visited my aunt and uncle, cousins, my sweet grampy, my mom, ken, and then back up to seattle to catch another flight to California!

Devin had never met some family favorites... Chuck and Nance. We spend a few days at their house in Atascadero and loved every second of it. Devin couldn't get enough of them. He wanted to stay longer but we had already stayed longer than planned. It was an excellent way to spend leave. We caught a flight home (barely) and begun our descent to deployment.