Girls Night!

Saturday night was a lot of fun! I had Katie and Jacki come over for girls night again! We had fun! We were going to order Pizza but when I called they had a hour and a half wait. We decided against that! So I made TV dinners. That is what I eat when Matt is gone so that is all I had! Katie left at about 9:00 because she had to get home to her family. Jacki and I had some wine of course and stayed up until about 12:30a.m. We watched The Office blooper real and then a couple of episodes from season 4! They were pretty funny! We are definitely going to have to make it a habit! Sunday Jacki left at about 8:15a.m! It was so beautiful outside. It was actually kind of cold outside. I knew I didn't want to stay in house but I didn't know what to do! Katie called me and asked if I wanted to go with her to Staples and the Mall with her! Of course I did! It was fun! We went to Staples and looked at stuff for work. I didn't buy anything yet but I know now what I need to get! That store is way too fun! Now that I actually have reason to shop there it is going to be dangerous! Then we went to Starbucks to get some coffee and we sat outside and drank it since it was so beautiful outside. The boys seemed to like being outside also! Then we walked around the Mall for a while! We looked at puppies. They had a Basset Hound that was so adorable I almost took it home! Good thing I had no $. Then we went back to Kaite's and they cooked me dinner which was awesome! That was my weekend and now late tomorrow night Matt comes home! YEEEAAAAH!!!!I am so excited to see him. I am also excited for him and John to see each other. John has changed so much since Matt left. He is going to be amazed! I will post some pics of the 2 of them when he gets home!

Overwhelmed!

I have been going to training everyday since Monday and it is really fun! We have learned a lot about a lot I guess but not enough about the things we should be. Monday we just talked and the training brokers told story's the whole time! Tuesday I just went into the office to sign all my paperwork and ask Terri a bunch of questions. Wednesday we had class again. Anthony came from Century 21 Mortgage to talk to us about what they offer. I definitely would recommend checking out Century 21 on you next home loan. They have some great incentives and are very friendly! I also learned that Scott Furtney, and agent with American Properties West is the #1 Premier agent in the U.S. and has been for the past 3 years! I feel very privileged to be working at the same office as him. What an amazing title to have! After all that we went over some contract and I have been practicing writing them so that once I actually have to do one I will be able to with no problems. They are not easy! Today we went to Hubert, NC to tour a model home built by Atlantic Construction. We sell a lot of their house's so they wanted us to be able to do a walk through with the builder so we can get to know the product and feel more comfortable selling it! I had to bring John because it was a last minute thing. The house was really nice but it seemed a little small. It was 1600sqft but it seemed smaller. But it seems the builder does a good job. John was really good the 3 hours we ended up being there! Katie, who I went to school with brought her son too who is 5 days younger than John. He was really good also! They were so cute, we would stand next to each other and they would hold hands and touch each others face and smile and laugh at each other. It works out nice that they get along because Katie and I are going to help each other out with daycare! Daycare on base had waiting list that we are both on. Until then we have to use the drop-in option. That is paid hourly and you can only schedule it 3 times per week. So we are going to work Tues, Thur, and Fri together and put the boys in daycare. Mon, I am going to take care of her son Alex and Wed she is going to take care of John so that we can each get in 4 days a week. I am not going to work weekends so it works out really well this way! I also got my car generic car magnets today. They will be personalized soon but for now they look pretty spiffy! I have training again tomorrow morning and then I am good for the weekend. Saturday night Jacki and Katie are coming over. I think that we are going to order pizza and have a few drinks! I am very excited for that!

I Passed!

I am happy to report that I finally passed my Real Estate Exam this morning. Thank God! I took it twice before today and failed both times. The 2nd time I took it I only failed by ONE POINT! How frustrating is that. Anyway, I passed this morning and Monday morning I will start training at the firm I will be working for.(American Properties West) They are located in Jacksonville and have 2 locations and will soon have 3.
I am very excited to start my career in Real Estate, and if anyone knows anyone who needs to buy or sell a house in Jacksonville, NC tell them to contact me!

The USS North Carolina Battleship

Just a few pics of the USS North Carolina Battleship

New Pics!

This was Johns first time at the beach! His face is funny in this Picture!
This is my favorite picture out of all the ones that were taken!

This is a really good picture of Kendra!
Eric and Kendra both said that East Coast Beaches are prettier than West Coast Beaches! I have not seen one but from how they described it I would have to agree! This is beautiful!

Labor Day Weekend!

Labor Day weekend was fun for us! Eric and Kendra came to visit. It was nice because we hadn't seen them in about a year and a half. They got here Saturday afternoon at about 1:00p.m. We just sat around all day Saturday and caught up! I made dinner for them and then we watched the movie Four Brothers! It was pretty good. Then on Sunday we got up early and went to the beach. They had never seen a East Coast Beach. Kendra is from California and Eric is from Nebraska, but was stationed in California while he was in the Marine Corp. So they have only seen West Coast beaches. It was also John's first trip to the beach. He seemed to like it. I wanted to put his feet in the water but I thought since he was sick it probably wouldn't be a wise idea. Once we left the beach I brought them to the PX so they could get some Marine Corp shirts. When we left there I let Eric drive the new truck so he could get his fix! He liked it but said it was hard to get used to driving a diesel. We drove to Wilmington to the USS Battleship NC. I had already been there with Matt , Marc and Cara but they wanted to see it. It was fun. It was kind of hard with John though because the stairs in the battleship that you have to climb are pretty much straight up and down so lugging around a 20lb baby is not easy. Besides that, air conditioning a large Battleship is not easy so underneath was extremely hot.
We were going to eat there but got done sooner than we thought and none of us were hungry so we headed back to Jacksonville and got dinner at the Texas Steakhouse. It was really good! We got back to the house and played with John for a while before we watched a movie. We watched Into the Blue which was really good. Monday morning they left at about 10:30am. I was pretty sad when they left. The only thing that sucked about the weekend is that Matt could not be here to see them and have fun with us. We really miss having them around. They became some of our Best Friends when we were in VA. They live in PA along with Hank and Stacy and Andy and Cynthia. Eric said that it was nice having everyone together in VA and I agree. We are going to try and visit them when we drive back from MN. Hopefully it will work out!
They were very helpful all weekend. They love John and are both really great with kids. Can't wait until they have some of there own! Won't be long!!!!!!!!
To wrap it up it was a great weekend and as soon as Eric sends me pics I will post them. Not that anyone reads this or anything! But, just in case!

Congrats to Hank and Stacy!

Hank and Stacy are getting Married in Jamaica today! I hope there day is as perfect as they are for each other! They deserve every bit of happiness they will find in one another!
Congratulations!