I know, I know...it's been far too long. And it has. My last post was in the middle of the summer, when it had to be about 120 degrees outside. And now, it is a bitter 70 degrees. :) It's the middle of November and fall is officially here. David and I haven't been up to much of anything lately, just a lot of partying and counting down the days to where we get to go home for Christmas. I can't believe it's almost Christmas, this year has flown by!
Our first anniversary was on the 27th of September. I don't have much to say about it besides the fact that we didn't spend it together. David was in the field for 10 days during that time and got home the 29th. But! He did come home with flowers and a card, that was very sweet. It's pretty typical for families in the Army to spend anniversaries apart from each other. I know people who have been married for several years and have spent one or two anniversaries together...so I guess it's something to get used to huh?
One of the most exciting things we've done in the past few weeks was celebrate Halloween! David is very, very into dressing up and needless to say, I am not. I haven't dressed up since I was 13 years old but David wasn't going to let me get away with that this year! So, after visiting multiple Halloween stores, we decided to be pirates! And let me just say, we were pretty sexy pirates. Our friends had a Halloween-themed baby shower on the 17th, so we got to dress up for that and then some of our other friends who we LOVE to party with had a Halloween party on the 30th. It was a riot. We had so much fun, probably drank way too much...but memories were definitely made that night.
My friends and I, Bobbi and Shalee
After we had woken up and headed home, which was around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, we headed over to the Schlereth's house to see the boys all dressed up and pass out candy with Lisa. It was a great ending to such a fun weekend!
On a more somber note, November 5th was the first anniversary of the Fort Hood shootings. Thirteen people had been killed, 12 of whom were soldiers, one of them was pregnant and 30 other people were wounded. There was a moment of silence from 1:31 p.m. to 1:35 and the rest of the post was released afterwards. That day had a feeling of sadness attached to it and it always will. Thanks to those who remembered the lives lost that day and all of the other soldiers stateside and deployed. :)
But out of a sad day, came a really fun day for all the soldiers, families and the Killeen community. On November 6th, Fort Hood put on Rock the Hood, which was like a music festival/carnival for a day. There were a lot of bands there including Flyleaf, Puddle of Mud, country singer Chris Cagel and rapper Nas. It was free to everyone and it was so much fun. We went to see Flyleaf and absolutely loved it. I've always loved them, but seeing them live made me love them so much more. A captain of 1st medical brigade was introducing the band and her brother was the lead guitarist. The whole band was very patriotic and expressed how grateful they were to perform for our soldiers. They're also very into God and believing and loving yourself for who you are. Lacey, the singer, was even pregnant! I have no idea how she was able to bounce around like that. I love that band. Please go listen to them! They're amazing.
That's it for now! I promise I will be a blogger freak as Thanksgiving and Christmas come around!
