Operation Enduring Freedom!

Today I was at the PX with Katie and Alex! Kate picked up this hat and tried to put it on Alex and he did not like it! I took it and put it on John and he loved it! He wore it around the PX the whole time we were there so I had choice but to by it since it was so fitting! He is too cute! So when we got home I decided to put his Devil Dogs onesie on to go along with the hat! He loves to support his Daddy! We miss him a lot!

D~Day

Tuesday October 30, 2007 Matt left for Iraq again! He will be gone for a year this time! He was pretty excited to get there but now that he is he says it is really boring. He said that it is going to be a long year and he can't wait for next November. I would say it is going to be a long year if he is saying that already. Tuesday was a hard day for us. I am still having a hard time. I just can't believe it is going to be a whole year. That is a long time without him. But me and John have Matt to help us through it and he has us. We are very proud of Matt in all that he does and he is our hero. Hurry home baby!

Our Date!!

One of the night that we were home Matt and I got to go on a date! On our first date we went to this restaurant called Moscow on the Hill! It is fantastic. They serve Russian food(the snails are the best) and over a thousand selections of Vodka. We like to get dressed up and go there whenever we go to MN. We had some shots there of there homemade vodka. They make homemade Cherry, Tiaramisu,, Caramel, Pepper Infused, Horseradish, and Garlic vodka. All we had was the Cherry and Tiaramisu. Good enough for me. It was definitely the best vodka I have ever had!
We left there and went to a place called Fatboy's. It is a biker bar about 10 miles from my Mom's house. We had never been there but heard it was pretty cool. I didn't even get in the door and saw a couple people from High School. Once we were inside, I think there was only 3 people I didn't know. It was a High School Reunion. Because Matt was wearing his uniform we did not buy a drink the whole night. We had drink tokens stacked up all night. You know it's good when we are ordering shots and drinks for ourselves and for other people and still not have a tab. We closed the place out and needless to say we were both extremely drunk. The next day was very harsh. Especially for Matt, he was sick until the next night. We had fun but probably wont drink like that for a while again! Probably until the next time we go to Moscow on the Hill again and we rent a limo so that we can take shots of Vodka all night! Anyone is welcome to come! Here are some drunk pictures from our date.

Our Trip Home!

I got an email from a friend the other day informing me that our blog site was a little out of date! I would have to agree. Here are some pics of when we went home! We left NC on October 8th and arrived there late on the night of the 10th. We stayed with my Mom! It was tight with all of us in her new place but we managed. Matt and are now chopped liver as John had his own room and crib and we got the pull out bed in the living room. At least we got a bed I guess! We stayed for about a week and a 1/2. It went by fast but at the same time felt really long. We are happy to be back but miss everyone already. We had John baptized while we were there. I will send pics of that as soon as my Mom sends them to me. That could take a while. She is like Matt and I when it comes to sending pics! She doesn't!!!!!!!!!! These pics are of my family, Matt's family, John and Auntie Steph and the 3 of us!