Homeowners

We have closed on our first house!!!!!! We got the call that our offer was accepted while on our way to the cruise. A few weeks later I was heading to Alamogordo to sign the closing paper with Alex, since we was down there for training. A week later my dad and I head to Vegas to pick up the keys and fixed hole in the wall that previously held a doggie door.

First week back

It has been a busy week. Sunday took a day to rest from the long flight. The next day we went to Horne and bought a SUV, 2006 Chevy Trailblazer. After getting the car we headed to Verizon to get our new phones. Then Tuesday we were off the Vegas to find a house. I had 62 houses on my list and only 14 were still available. So Wednesday we started out house hunting search we like 3 of the 10. Thursday we looked at few more houses but nothing screamed buy me. So before we went back to the hotel we decided to look at 2 of house from the day before, McDoogle and Forest Heights. Friday we went back to the house on Forest Heights just to make sure this was the house we wanted to put in an offer. Saturday we head back to Arizona to get ready for our Christmas Cruise.

Christmas Cruise

This year for Christmas, we decided to go on a cruise with family and friends since we were gone for the past 3 years. In all we had 18 people in our group. We made stops in Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. In Jamaica, Dad, Nick, Alex, Shelly, Carol and I climbed up a waterfall and got to drive a mini boat. While in Grand Cayman, we went snorkeling along the reef. You can't beat sitting on a boat and snorkeling in the Caribbean on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day we were in Cozumel, I went to the Mayan ruins of Tulum. Alex was unable to join me since Mexico is off-limits. I had a great time with friends and family.

We are back!

We have made it back to the states. It was a long trip with a couple of ups and downs. Alex and Rex went on the AMC flight from Kadena while ESPN and I had to go commercial out of Naha. But come to find out while waiting for my ride to Naha that ESPN and I were both scheduled to be on the AMC flight. We all made it to Seattle at the same time so we made our connection to Phoenix.

We got off the plane in Phoenix and were met by my parents, Shelly, Paula and a giant welcome home sign. Alex and I just had to laugh.

Going Away Dinner

This evening we went to my farewell dinner with my SHES co-workers. We went to Jack's Place, oh how I love some tempa-yaki. It was great to have a fun evening with friends.

Typhoon Kompasu

Alex and I have survived our first typhoon since coming to Okinawa. We went 2 years without a typhoon hitting the island. There were 2 that came close but we were on vacation both times. It rained for 2 days straight and I had lake front property. No real damage down here but Okuma got hit pretty hard. Trees uprooted and mudslides but nothing too bad.

Alex is home

Alex finally made it home. This was one long and very annoying deployment. He had been delayed 7 times in the past 3 weeks.

I had one of the spouses from the squadron come a take pictures of the homecoming. So a big thank you to Susan Fink for the pictures.