Pet First Aid, New Hair, & the last 2 Weeks

Hello All,

Not too much has happened in the last 2 weeks so I decided to put off the post until some more interesting stuff happened.

The first thing I want to talk about is the Cat & Dog First Aid Class that I took with the Hawaii Red Cross. I took it about a week ago and I learned SO much. I feel pretty confident that if an emergency were to ever take place I would be able to care for the pets until I got them to the vet. I learned how to do CPR, how to help them if they are choking, how to wrap their wounds, and a few other really useful things. It was a really neat class, I took it was 4 other people, however none of them spoke English! They were Japanese business owners (they owned a pet shop) and they were in Hawaii for vacation and decided to learn something while they were here. It was kinda neat to be around them, expect the interpreter got somewhat annoying. Other then the class that week wasn't too interesting. Just living the usual McCain life in Hawaii with the pets.

This week was a little bit more eventful, but not by too much. The most exciting things for me this week was chopping my hair off and signing up for my summer classes! I decided to cut my hair after having long hair for about 2 years. I already miss my long hair (especially my side braid) however it was in desperate need of getting the dead ends cut off. Signing up for my classes was probably the most exciting thing that I did though. I'm really looking forward to finally starting school again and getting it done. I found out that I am classified as a Senior so if I really wanted to I could finish school this year.

I also went to the dog beach with one of my friends here. It was pretty fun, Eeva loves going out and being by the water. However it was a super busy day so I had to keep her close to me, especially because a lot of people who bring their dogs to the beach don't keep a close enough eye on their dogs. Usually a few dogs will come up to her and try to start a fight (which always ruins the beach trip), but this time only 1 dog came up to her. I did what you aren't supposed to do and put myself between the 2, Eeva wasn't growling or biting, however the other dog was. I don't understand why all these dogs come up to Eeva and either want to be her best friend or they want to bite her head off.

On the Michael front things are going very well. He just started ALS today, which is Air Force Leadership School, so he now goes to class everyday for 8 hours and gets the weekends off. I'm pretty excited that he is on a normal schedule now, he hasn't been on one since before he was deployed to Spain (July 2011).

The pets have been their crazy selves. Tony & Horus are constantly getting into stuff but being cute in the process. Just today we came home from getting some Starbucks and the cats had tried eating the aluminum foil that I had cooked my lunch (which was honey barbeque chicken bites). Eeva has been awesome as her new usual, she spends most of her time just following us around. She still has her moments of being a terror, but after a few minutes she usually knocks it off. Her favorite part of the day is still her nightly walks with me.

Craft Fair

Hello All,

Yet another week has gone by, one more week closer to school starting for me & one more week closer to Mike starting ALS. It wasn't too much of a crazy week, just cleaning around the house & doing a few random things here and there. We got rid of cable this week which made me somewhat sad, but atleast it means I'll be able to focus on school when it starts. I also finished reading The Hunger Games series, something I definitely recommend anyone to read.

The mots exciting thing that I did this week was go to the Craft Fair here on Hickam. There were about 30-40 booths set up of different crafts that people were selling. I managed to not buy too many things, however I did buy myself some lunch & two bandanas for Eeva, which look quite cute on her.

The pets have all had a pretty awesome week, Tony & Horus have been up to their usual cat ways and Eeva is still on her well behaved steak. I got her a new bed early last week, she has eaten two of her beds before but this time we made sure she never once chewed it. She absolutely loves it! However she will only lay on it if we put it next to the couch so that she's near us, she has separation anxiety. Speaking of Eeva she has also manged to learn how to get through the pet gate that we have in our living room that keeps her in. This pet gate has a cat door at the bottom so that the cats can get in & out whenever they please, however Eeva has learned how to get small enough to crawl through it...Don't you love pets?

School Update

Hello All,

No more neglecting this blog, I'm going to try my hardest to update it atleast once a week, maybe once every 2 weeks but it'll all depend on if anything exciting happens. So far it's been a pretty relaxing 2 weeks, I'm used to not working now which is nice, it had been feeling like I was on a long vacation but not anymore! I think the pets all love having me home, especially Eeva.

I haven't been up to too much, just hanging around the house with the pets, hanging out with friends more often then I had been, and I got almost everything figured out for school. I went and talked to an adviser yesterday where we planned out what my school schedule was going to be like. I'll be taking 3-4 classes each term and if I take 4-5 classes each term I could be done with school as early as May 2015. That really surprised me seeing as it's been 2 years since I've been in school, but I'm not complaining.

The pets are all doing pretty well, Tony & Horus have been fighting a lot more then usual but it's pretty easy to stop. As soon as they see me walking towards them they split apart. Eeva has been doing fantastic! She is almost a completely different dog. She's been around people a lot more lately, especially kids. It's quite cute to see how happy and excited she gets when she's around kids.

As for Michael he is back on nights, which he doesn't really like, but he'll be switching back to days in the middle of May so that he can go to ALS. ALS is a leadership class that Airmen take before they become a staff. Mike won't find out until August if he made Staff but we're fairly sure that he made it this time around.

Overall it's been a quiet but fun week. Enjoy the picture below from the week!

It's only been 4 Months....

Hello All,

Big time no long no talk, life has been crazy here in Hawaii. Mike has been working, I've been working, life has been happening and I haven't taken the time to write about it. Well time to catch you up on anything that you may have missed.....

I quit my job! After a year Michael and I decided that it was time to leave Target and to focus on school and our little family. It's only been a week but I've spent that time with Mikey, the pets, and catching up on being a lazy person. Hopefully within the next few days I get myself back into a routine so I can be more productive.

Michael took his promotion test! He took it last week and with a little luck he will make it past the cut off, who knows with the military downsizing, but he thinks that he did a good job. He even studied this year!

Eeva is actually behaving! It's quite amazing, we aren't sure what's happened with her but lately she's become a really great dog. She is even walking around with toddlers in the room and isn't trying to tackle them while playing. We're quite impressed.

School time! It's about time that I get my butt into gear and finish school, I've applied to Hawaii Pacific University, it's just time to wait and hear back from them. I'm feeling pretty good about it though, the school is on base, online, and on a bigger campus downtown. I just gotta wait to hear back from them.

The Island Adventure, the past few months we really didn't do much around the island, we stuck close to base, however the past few weeks we have done a lot! We went and stayed at a hotel downtown, we've been traveling around the island, enjoying food, and even bringing Eeva along for some adventures.

Overall there haven't been too many crazy things going on, just a few changes here and there. With a little luck things will keep going smoothly here in Hawaii.

Hi, My Name Is Katie & I Have Been Neglecting My Blog.

Way long time no talk! I can't believe that the last time that I blogged was in July, whoopsie. Not too much has changed since I blogged last, we have been living the daily life with a few eventful things happening. Where do I begin?

First off we have a new cat named Horus! He's a little black cat (as you can see below), who is very energetic, cuddly-yet mean, & he is obsessed with food. He will literally steal food off your plate if you aren't paying attention. We got him back in August from an animal shelter on the island called Joey's Feline Friends. He has made a great addition to the family, however there truly is never a dull moment in this house anymore. Horus is about 6 months old & is pure cat, one minute he loves you the next minute he wants nothing to do with you. He's fit in great with Tony, they've become brothers who occasionally get on eachother's nerves, however he has made Tony way more active & helped him to lose much needed weight. Him & Eeva are well, they have a complicated relationship. Eeva doesn't realize she's a big critter compared to him which often scares Horus, however whenever Eeva is passed out in her cage Horus loves to go sleep near her, it's an odd relationship. 

Eeva has been doing pretty good, she's still a constant terror but we've learned to live with it! She actually just "graduated" from obedience class, she has improved so much since I started taking her to Achilles K9 (https://www.facebook.com/achillescanine), she is actually going to be doing a working dog class starting in 2 weeks. She is still constantly full of energy, however we have learned to manage it & help her burn it off. Eeva B also goes to doggie daycare once a week in order to get some socialization in, burn off some energy, & give me a chance to catch up on the cleaning since she keeps me busy whenever I'm not working. She is turning into a great dog, the only thing we have to work on with her is being gentle with the cats & her barking problems. Eeva has a very sensitive stomach which makes for some not fun times. She is on a special vet diet which is no fun because we love to spoil our pets with lots of treats, however we make it work. We've managed to regulate what she eats & were accident free for almost a month before Black Friday happened & I came home to a mess at 1:30 in the morning. BUT none the less we love her to death & she has definitely become my little baby, my mom was right, dogs really are like having a kid.

Meow we move on to Tony, not much has happened with our adorable first child. He has however lost a large amount of weight, he went from 22 pounds to 17 pounds! He still looks very big but that's because he's freakishly long. He gets along well with both the other pets, he also seems to enjoy the fact that we aren't constantly bugging him for attention, though sometimes I can tell that he is missing it. He still hates baths (unlike his brother Horus) & he will still eat anything that you will give him. He's our little golden pet because he doesn't do much bad things, however he has been chewing on my Christmas Tree lately...

As for Mike not much has changed for him either. He's still working the flight line & he has made some pretty good friends here, he still also keeps in constant contact with some friends back home by playing video games with them a lot, A LOT. He was also attending American Military University for a semester, however his TA got messed up this semester so he has to wait to start up classes again. I can't really ramble on about him as much like I can with the pets so.....


.....I've been doing great! I'm still working at Target in the front end, however I have started doing other jobs so I am not cashiering as much (& I love it!) I've been working on the end caps, side caps, & 1 Spot (the dollar area in the store). I keep it full & organize it on the daily, I surprisingly love it! I think it's because I get to organize things for hours (something I love to do). I have really been enjoying it! I also don't work as many hours as I used to when I first began, we decided that I needed to spend more time at home so that the dog wasn't in her cage all day & so that I can actually see Michael & spend time with him. Other then work not too much has been happening with me, I am however finally getting braces put on this coming Thursday. After years of being told that I need them I am finally biting the bullet & getting my teeth issues taken care of, the time to procrastinate is over. Other then that not much has changed for me, as I mentioned before Eeva just graduated from obedience class, that was something huge for me & her. I would spend hours training with her (as would Mike) in order to improve her disruptive behavior & it is finally paying off. I am really excited to start training her in working dog classes. I take Eeva on hour & a half walks almost every night, that's actually something that I look forward to everyday. I think that's how you know I've grown up, I look forward to walking my pup. I guess that's what happens when you turn 22.

Anniversary Photos!

Hello All,

This past week I had a small vacation from work and during that time I decided I would be productive and get stuff done. I had appointments for things I have put off, including dog microchipping and dentist appointments. However we had one very fun appointment set up, getting professional photos taken. We were really excited to have them taken and they turned out amazingly, most of you have probably seen them on Facebook but if not you can follow the link below and it will take you to an online album of them.

http://kbmccain96.imgur.com/

My vacation is almost over which kinda stinks, but I had a lot of fun relaxing and spending time with friends and the pets. Now it's time to get back into the swing of working and planning our next fun activity.

~KbM

It's Been a While!

Hello All,

Long time no talk! It's been quite a busy time in the McCain house with trying out school, work, and the newest addition to the family I feel like we haven't done much worth talking about. However I want to get back into writing the weekly blog to keep everyone up to date with what is happening in our lives. So here is a quick catchup in a nutshell:

We got a cute puppy named Eeva, she's 4 months old now and she's a German Shepherd. She certainly is a handful, we've had her for about a month now and she's still as crazy hyper and annoying as she was when we first got her. The good news is that she's in obedience classes now so she will hopefully become easier to handle.

After playing with the hose on a hot day.

When it comes to school I was accepted into the University of Hawaii but I still haven't decided if I'm going to attend after doing some intense thinking. Michael also needs to get his bum into gear and decide what to do about school but working so much makes it hard to start school.

Speaking of work Michael and I are both working, Mike is still working maintenance on heavy air craft and I am still working at Target as a cashier.  I'm liking it, it's nice to get out of the house and make some extra money however I keep spending it all on stuff at Target that I want!

Tony is doing fantastic still, he's not too sure about the new sister he has but he likes playing with her, as long as he's up higher then her. He's still the little baby of the family and still acts like the star of the house (which he probably is). We also found out that he weighs 22 pounds, which means he's on a diet, and he's not a fan of it. He misses getting fed a bunch of food but we gotta keep our little kitten healthy!

His 2nd favorite spot in the house.

We haven't gone out and done too much stuff, ever since I started working and Mike being back on nights we just haven't had much time to do very much. However now that Mike is back on days hopefully we'll be getting out and about to do more stuff which means I will be blogging all about it!

I hope that everyone back home is doing well and that we get some new visitors here with us soon! We miss everyone and wish that we could go back and visit, unfortunately we won't be able to go back to Ohio until atleast next summer.

Hanging out on a beautiful Hawaii day.

 ~KbM

New Job!

Hello All,

I have exciting news, I finally was able to get a job out here in Hawaii! It is as a cashier at Target and I'm very excited about it. I should be working between 30-40 hours a week, which will be a big difference from my usual hanging around the house that I've been doing since I moved from Ohio November 2011.

I'm still waiting to hear back from The University of Hawaii, but I'm hoping I got accepted so that I can finally finish my degree. I'll be finishing my bachelors in History and I should be finishing my degree in May 2015.

Michael has been staying busy with work and preparing to study for a promotion he has coming up, I'm pretty sure he's going to do very well, as long as the video game Eve doesn't distract him too much.

Tony has been doing good too, he's become more cuddly lately however he's in for a change when I start work. He's used to having me home with him all day everyday, it's going to make me sad not seeing my baby kitten all day everyday.

For now not much is going on, we're just getting into the swing of all the changes that are going on here in Hawaii.

~KbM

March 2013

Hello everyone,

Yet again it's been a long time since I last posted on the blog, it's mainly because of the lack of activities we have been doing here on the island. Lately we have been staying home more often and just enjoying the comforts of home here on the island. We have still been going out and about doing different activities, mainly going to the beach and enjoying the sun. We plan on doing more activities within the next few months, such as more beach outings and some hiking trips.

Michael also hopes to start school soon, if the Tuition Assistance Program doesn't disappear. I also plan on applying to college here soon, I'll probably be doing that after I am done with this post. I have also been trying to find a job, I've filled out so many applications and done a lot of searching, however I have yet to find a job. Tony is doing good here, we bought him a new bed that is actually big enough for him to lay in and he loves it. We have also been looking into getting a dog, I am open to any dog, however Michael has his specifics. I hope we can find one before I go to school in the Fall.

Other then that not much has really been happening for the McCain family here on Oahu. We miss our family and friends back in Ohio terribly and we miss our friends in Jersey so much! I should be coming to Ohio in the middle of July until the beginning of August so hopefully I can soak up as much Ohio life as possible while I'm there.

Our March in a Nutshell

~KbM

Elizabeth's Visit

Hello All,

Everything has been going good for us here on the island, not much has changed since my last post. Michael still enjoys his job and I still spend most of my days playing with Tony. However a few weeks ago we had our first visitor. My best friend Elizabeth came for a two week visit, it was a blast. We did a bunch of random things, going to the beach, shopping, taking pictures with Tony and with exotic birds, we did a lot. We also convinced her to come back every year that we are here! (Whoop Whoop)! It was so nice having her here, it was like having a piece of Ohio in Hawaii.

It's been a little over a week since she left and our lives have gotten back into routine. Mike found out a bunch of information about school so hopefully he'll be going back soon. I need to get my butt in gear and find out more information about what I need to do to get started in school. The job hunt is also still going on for me, hopefully something comes up soon because I need to save for my trip back to Ohio this summer. Until then my days will be Tony-filled, I can't complain too much.

WE HAVE A HOUSE!

So it's been a very long time since I've had a new blog post, but honestly not much has really happened here lately until now. After being homeless for just shy of 2 months we finally moved into our house last Monday. We absolutely love it here! However there have been a few bumps along the way of unpacking, it seems that every time we went to unpack something happened. I was recovering from a staff infection when we first moved in and then after a few days here I broke out in an all body rash. We found out it was caused by an allergic reaction to some medication I was taking for the staff infection. However as soon as I got better Mike got worse! He has a cold that is turning into something worse (hopefully he gets to go to the doctor tomorrow).

After about a week though the house is almost done, we're waiting for a few more key pieces of furniture to be delivered before we can be officially unpacked and done getting the house ready. The furniture will be arriving on Tuesday afternoon (hopefully) which is also the same day that our friend Elizabeth will be arriving! We have our first visitor coming in less then a week! Hopefully we will be 100% healed by the time she gets here. We're both so excited to have someone visiting, it'll be nice to have a piece of Ohio with us for 2 weeks.

While she's here we'll be running all over the island, exploring and having a blast so I'll be sure to blog and post pictures about all that we do!

Tony is doing good too, cause I know your all wondering about our baby. He loves being able to run around and have his own space. However he has seemed to have turned into even more of a mama's boy within the last few weeks, I'm not sure what brought it on but I can't seem to go anywhere without him (including bathroom, he'll push the door open)!

The house should be put together next week so I'll be sure to take some pictures and post them on here for you to all to see! 

~KbM

Quick Little Update

Hello All,

Not much has been going on with us lately which is why there has been a lack of blog posts. For the past week and few days we've been staying with some of our new friends here on the island. We're still waiting for a house and the hotel we were staying at wasn't available anymore so they opened their home to us. It's been a lot of fun staying with them and I'm so glad I've had someone to hangout with. We're actually going to change houses today though, we're going to be staying with some other friends for about a week until the hotel is available for us. We're so thankful that other families are being so helpful and nice to us while we're still trying to figure this place out.

As for housing we have received a house, however we cannot move in until December 28-January 3 (sometime between those dates, hopefully December 28)! It's also only a few blocks away from our friends so I'll be able to visit whenever Michael is at work. Our personal belongings that were packed up and shipped have already arrived here in Hawaii (about 2 weeks early), however we won't be able to have them delivered until we have a house. We also still don't have our car, which stinks, however Michael bought himself a bike so he's been able to bike to work. Hopefully our car gets here sooner because we wanna start going to the beach more!

Michael is also really enjoying work. He says the people are awesome, he still gets to work on KC10's every now and then, and he likes learning about the new planes that he is working on. As for video games he still finds the time to sit on his laptop and play games, so don't worry I'm not depriving him of them, he plays just as much as ever.

Tony isn't such a big fan of Hawaii, but that's mainly because he's trapped in rooms most of the time. He can't roam free like he's used to in our old apartment, but soon he'll be able to be as hyper as he wants to be. He's just as cuddly as ever and is still eating like a fatty.

As for me I'm really enjoying our time here. Making friends fast has definitely made this stressful move much more fun. I'm just really looking forward to getting our house and getting all settled in. Once we get everything moved in and things start to settle down I plan on getting a job and starting school. I'm going to try to get a job somewhere on base and will be taking Vet Tech classes online, hopefully I'll be able to finish my classes quickly!

For Christmas we'll be keeping it very low key since this move has made a very big dent for us financially, so don't be surprised if you don't get Christmas presents until January or February when things have settled. We will also be setting up a P.O. Box soon (Michael's had that job for about a month now but it hasn't happened, tomorrow the meanie wife will come out) so if you have anything to send us let me know and I'll get you the address!

That's it for now, hopefully this wasn't too much to take it. Things haven't been too hectic here and if anything changes we'll be sure to update everyone.

~KbM

Hawaii Week 1

Hello all! This has been a very interesting and life changing week. We have been in Hawaii for about a week and so far we love it here! The people are nice, the food is good, and the beaches are amazing. So far this week has been pretty laid back with a few ups and downs. Work wise Michael spent most of the week getting in-processed to the new base and I spent my time in the hotel waiting for him to come back. We are still waiting for a house here on base and were told it's going to be a 2-4 month wait, we highly doubt it will be that long, but we are calling everyday hoping to annoy the housing office so much that they will give us a house sooner (so far it's not working too well). The hotel we're staying at is also being difficult, they say they don't have rooms open after next week so we have no idea where we're going to stay. We also won't have our car until the middle of December, so we've had a rental car for the past week, it may be convenient, but it is getting expensive. However we can't complain too much because we are in Hawaii.

We've already met some really nice people here and are making friends fast! The environment and the feel of the base is much different than it was at McGuire, however we still miss our friends there! Thankfully the people here are very welcoming and are super helpful. We've had people feed us multiple times, offer to show us around, I also spent the day with one of some of these awesome people when the hotel was doing a day long maintenance routine. We also won't be alone for Thanksgiving, two different families offered us a place at their table. Sunday we're going surfing for the first time which will be interesting, hopefully we come back in one piece!  

The View from the Beach on Base

Overall we love it here already, we just wish we were in our house! Hopefully soon we'll be given a house so that we can get more into a groove here. We miss everyone so much already and the time difference is really throwing us off, being 5 hours behind everyone at home makes communication a little bit harder! Remember to call or text us whenever you'd like and we'd love to Skype or Facetime with anyone who wants to! We're also open to people visiting us whenever they feel like it, especially when we get our guest bedroom up and running!

Love & Miss you all!

~KbM

1 More Week

It's crazy to think that 1 week from today we will be in Hawaii. It seems like yesterday it was June and Michael had gotten orders to Hickam and now we're a week away. Tomorrow the movers will come and get all of our stuff, they pack it and carry it down to a moving van so we don't have to do too much work. I'm making lists of stuff that we have so that we can be sure that we get it (some veteran Air Force wife advice I was given). We're also about to pack all of the clothes that we will need this week and that we will have for about a month and a half while we wait for the rest of our stuff to arrive in Hawaii. We won't be getting our stuff until the middle of December (or so they say, it'll probably be longer). We are also very far down on the base housing list so we will be staying in a hotel for possibly a month or longer. We're in for a treat.

This week has been very quiet, just preparing for the movers and the move. We had a little goodbye/21st birthday party for me which was fun. There was even ice cream cake thanks to my best friend here. I also finally got to hangout with one of my Air Force girls that I have known for over a year which was a ton of fun!

Leaving here is going to be sad, but we're going on an adventure. We're going to miss all of our friends dearly but we're so excited for what Hawaii has in store for us!

 

 

 

 

 

Here's Your Daily Dose of Tony!

~KbM

Gettysburg & Petting Zoo

I'm not sure how many of you knew about this but on our wedding night the hotel we were supposed to stay at canceled on us (so we ended up staying at Michael's grandparent's house). However we were given a $100 Expedia coupon, so we spent it and went to Gettysburg for the day followed by a petting zoo and IKEA the next day. It was so much fun! 

We spent the majority of the day at Gettysburg, we drove around the area and we walked it as well, taking loads of pictures the entire time. There are so many pictures, too many to post on here, so we posted a few of our favorites and the rest can be viewed on the link below. It was so neat to walk around the same area that many people fought and died on. I'd have to say that being on Little Round Top was my favorite part of the whole thing. The view was beautiful and we were on it as the sun was beginning to set. When it was time for dinner we went to a restaurant in downtown Gettysburg called "Gettysburg Eddie's". It was a very cool environment, however the food wasn't so good, especially for the price you had to pay. When we finally checked into the hotel we relaxed and ate our dessert, it was a very nice hotel, however when we were about to go to bed I looked out the window and realized we were right next to a graveyard (our window was less than 20 feet from the closest grave.

Check Out all of Our Pictures from Our Trip: http://kbmccain96.imgur.com/

The next day we headed out to a petting zoo that was out in the middle of no where in Pennsylvania. We discovered that it was an Amish petting zoo, it wasn't any different than any other petting zoo except for the little shop we could go into was full of nothing but homemade goods. 

Petting the animals was a lot of fun, I even got over my fear of deer and fed one (given I was freaking out the whole time, I still did it). We also fed a potbelly pig and some creature that I can't remember the name of. Overall it was a blast. 

Feeding the Pig!

Michael feeding a cute animal!

After the Petting Zoo we sanitized our hands thoroughly and then went off to Buffalo Wild Wings. The closest one to us is an hour away so when I figured out we were close to one we decided we had to go there. After an interesting lunch we headed off to IKEA to get our new kitchen table and chairs. We had an adventure finding the furniture inside of the store and had an even more interesting adventure getting it home. All of it didn't fit into the car, so we ended up tying it to the top of our car, that was an interesting ride home on the PA Turnpike.

When we finally got home we unloaded the car, cuddled Tony, and passed out. Overall it was a very good two days that we won't forget.

-KbM

Philly & Memory Lane

Hello everyone! As we count down to our move to Hawaii we've been staying very busy. Over the weekend we went and saw the movie Sinister (which Michael was not happy about) with a few friends. In the end Michael loved the movie but I still had to cuddle him when we went to bed just in case (isn't the man supposed to cuddle the woman?). Overall it was a very fun Friday night.

The next day we headed off to Philadelphia with those same friends, Sarah & Derek Young. We had a blast! We took a tour of Independence Hall & got to see the liberty bell. There was also a really neat restaurant that we ate at which had interesting burgers & even more interesting bathrooms. After being tourists for a bit we headed off to IKEA (after taking a detour thanks to the GPS). The boys loved it as we wandered around IKEA for over an hour, but Michael started to love it when I told him we were picking out some furniture for the kitchen in Hawaii. Overall it was a fantastic day with good friends and a good way to fill up one of our final Saturday's here.

The Front & Back of Independence Hall.

The Liberty Bell.

Independence Hall.

Michael surprised me on Sunday and took me for a walk where we took all of our engagement pictures. It was such a nice day and made us realize how much we are going to miss the Fall weather once we are in Hawaii. We walked around the park for about an hour and took some pictures, we even took a few that resemble some of our engagement pictures. After wandering for a bit we ended up getting some of sushi & going to a Halloween store to look for some costumes! Then we went back home and cuddled our Tony Meow. Overall it was a great weekend. 

6 months ago & now.

I couldn't leave Tony out of a blog post.

 -KbM

 

Pumpkin Day!

So we spent our Saturday at the Indian Acres Tree Farm (they sell Christmas trees when it's Christmastime). We went with our usual gang, us and two other couples. We got to go on a hayride back to the pumpkin patch and then we spent about 15 minutes running around trying to find the perfect pumpkins. Michael and I agreed on two different pumpkins, both were somewhat small, but we loved them.

Then we split into two groups (one of our friends is allergic to cornstalk so they stayed behind) and we went into a corn maze with another couple. The guys decided to be cool and try to run the maze and us girls walked it (we ended up finishing about 30 seconds after them).

After another hayride back to the front of the farm we enjoyed some cider and went back to a friends house to enjoy some dinner. We then decided to work on our pumpkins! Michael & I painted ours to look like a cat (that's the pumpkin we got for our Tony). Then we carved our other pumpkin, we gave him a very cute face. After that it was time to go home, we were all exhausted and we immediately passed out once we got home! 

Overall it was a great fall day and a perfect first Halloween for me & Michael as a married couple. It's crazy to think that we only have a few more weeks here in Jersey before the big move! We're both going to miss the fall weather, but being in Hawaii right before it gets very cold is going to be very nice!

-KbM

Tony & his Bubbles

At my brother's wedding instead of throwing rice or bird seed as the bride and groom left we blew bubbles at them. It ended up being very cute and mess free, but we had leftover bubbles that we brought home. I had the bright idea to blow some one night earlier this week and Tony LOVED it. It's his new favorite toy, he will actually cry when you stop blowing bubbles. It's quite cute, but can get kinda annoying. I'm not sure what we'll do when we run out of the bubbles we have, we just might have to go and buy some more.

-KbM

Quick Update!

So not much has changed here in Jersey for us. Mike is still in his transition class but he graduates sometime next week (I think). We also have a date for the movers to pack up our stuff and ship it to Hawaii! It also looks like we'll be flying out to Hawaii on November 11, yippie for spending my 21st birthday on a plane! 

This past weekend we were in Ohio for the last time before we move. We got to be a part of my brother's wedding which was a ton of fun for both of us. Now all the Blossom children are married! 

For now it's just counting down until we move, however we have lots of fun planned between now and then. Hanging out with friends, going to Philly, pumpkin patch, Gettysburg, and a few more things! It stinks that we've made a bunch of new friends just in time to move, but we'll keep in touch with them for sure. Mike and I are ready to get to get to Hawaii and get everything moving, I'm especially ready to get a job and get started on school!  

-KbM

My brother Matthew & his new bride Courtney during their first dance.

Michael & I during my brother's wedding reception.

Me & my niece Megan dancing during my brother's wedding reception.

Sick Days

The past few days I've been sick, I'm pretty sure that it's a sinus infection. Michael had been feeling kinda sick earlier this week, but it seems that he has avoided the infection (lucky duck). Michael has been getting things ready for the Hawaii move and started taking his transition classes onto C17s. I've been trying to get better and watched most of the episodes of Law & Order: SVU. Guess that's what happens when you have lots of free time! Today Michael brought me home some beautiful flowers, I was so happy, it definitely helped me feel better.

I'm lucky to have such a great husband who is taking care of me while I'm sick! Hopefully I'll be better by the weekend so we can go out and have some fun. Otherwise it'll be a video game weekend! Which Michael will love.

-KbM