Just a quick update...

Well, today we had our final inspection for our house here on base and we passed with flying colors!!! It was a lot easier than Jay and I expected. Civilians sure are a lot more relaxed than the goverment, lol!! When we moved out of our house on Camp Pendelton we basically had a "white glove inspection" and here....nowhere near that!! The guy was so nice and very relaxed!! He said our house was in excellent condition and we wouldn't owe anything for cleaning! Praise God!!! So now we are finally all out of our home and everything is done! Now it's time to get ready for our trip cross-country and then we move into our new house!! Although right now things are looking a little rocky for our trip plans. The route we were scheduled to take is having a lot of snowfall. We may be affected by some last minute changes which makes me sad because I really hoped to see my family in Colorado. I just don't think it's very safe... We'll see how the next couple of days go with the weather. I will keep everyone updated! Our plan is to leave Monday so please keep us in your prayers!!

Today was also Cory's last day of school. This was the first grade school Cory ever attended. He's been with Condor for 3 straight years...Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. It will be very weird saying goodbye to our sons first school. He's learned so much there and has made many friends. He's been blessed with great teachers and I hope he transitions well to his new school in Virginia! Keep Cory in your prayers as well!

Until next time........

Hard Work Pays Off

Today Cory received an award at school. I was excited because Jay would actually be here for this one! The movers also came today so I thought it would just be Jay going to watch him receive this. Thankfully, the movers finished early and we both were able to go watch Cory get his award. We also got to see Matthew (Jenny & Brians son) receive his award. Him and Cory both received the Personal Success Award. Cory received this for Math. Cory has been struggling a little bit with Math but does not give up on trying his hardest. He always pushes forward and tries very hard to please Mom and Dad. It makes him very happy when he does good. It is such a pleasure being able to see your child get recognized for their hard work.

161 Boxes later...

Our moving day finally arrived. Monday and Tuesday the packers were in our house putting everything we owned into boxes as we sat there and watched. This time we had 3 ladies who did a great job packing and didn't sit around chatting all day!! haha! They finished everything in a day and a half. Today the moving truck came and started moving everything out of the house. We were told we had 161 boxes...wow! That does not include all the big furniture items! Hope we aren't over our weight limit!

Jason and Jenn hanging out while our stuff gets moved.

I absolutely LOVED this sticker!!

So about halfway thru them packing the truck up
they realized they needed to open the back of the truck
because our stuff was taking up more room than they thought.
The driver went to start the truck up so they could move it
up a little to make it easier to move things in. Well......
the truck wouldn't start!! Of course some on the street thought
it was funny because maybe we wouldn't be able to leave, haha!
The driver asked us for a jump!! A jump from my little 4.7 liter Jeep
to his huge big rig! Yeah right!!! We thought we'd at least attempt to help
him out though. It didnt work...they had to call in another big rig to
get a jump. It worked and soon they were off...

Once the house was all cleaned out I asked

Jenn to come and take a picture of me and Jay

in our empty house...

Game Over!

Last week Cory had his last basketball game. Again, the team played very well!! Cory made quite a few shots which made it really fun to watch!! This season seemed really long so it's nice that it's finally over although Cory is going to really miss playing!

Here is Cory and Cedric running the ball down the court.

Cory taking a few shots...

Cory and Gage

After the game their coach wanted everyone to head over to Dominos for pizza and to give the kids their trophies. Everyone headed over there and we all sat and talked about the season. The coach brought out pizza and drinks. There was an ice fight between the coach and the players! haha!!

Here is Cory getting his award.

Cory and his coach...I would have to say the by far this is Cory's best coach yet!

His way of teaching them was amazing and he was very good with the kids. Cory learned a lot from him and we appreciated all his hardwork!Gage, coach and the assistant coach

Cory and Gage with their trophies!!

Never Say Goodbye

Yesterday we had our going away BBQ. Jenny and Brian were kind enough to open up their home so we could have all our friends together for a BBQ one last time. We really enjoyed spending the day talking and laughing with those closest to us. It was very bittersweet. The pictures don't do any justice to the day we had! We love and will miss each and every one of these people you see below...

This is Krystle and Zach's little girl, Baylee!

I started off with this photo because it was

one of my favorites from the day. Baylee and I bonded

for a few short minutes. I will miss her cute smile and big dimples!

Here is Brian making one of the faces I'll miss!

Tim and Lacey
Jay, Christy and Jenny
Jay and Zach

Jay and Emmie

Ashton, Josh and Jordans little boy

Briana

Jay and Jordan

Brian, the Grill Sergeant
These are our travel goodies.

My elephants did this for us!

Jenn making a very yummy fruit salad!

The guys eating lunch

The ladies chatting and enjoying some sun!

I'll miss finding pictures like these on my camera!

Beauties, Jenn and Jordan!

Dakota and Briana eating ice

Krystle

Christy with Caiti and Brooklyn

Caiti and her blue tongue.

Jenny and Baby B

Little Miss Baylee and her cute little dimples!

Jay and Patrick...these two were PFC's together

in their first unit as marines!

Jay and all his boys!

Yes, this is how they always are!

Jay and Brian

Zach and Jay

Jay and Tyler

Aaron and Jay

Josh and Jay

Thank you all so much for coming out and spending this day with us! We love you all and are very thankful to have gotten to know all of you! Our lives won't be the same without you all. Thank you for the memories!! Hopefully the Marine Corps will bring us back together again one day...