Colorado was fabulous and loved being able to live there for a few months. It was nice having a normal relationship with Brandon for a change! I also met so many great people and was lucky to form some great relationships while living in Colorful Colorado! Huge shoutout to Megan and Jared and your amazing kids! Miss those energetic guys! : ) Also thanks, Allison, for being a great friend and it stinks that we didn't meet before April!
Practicing backpacking!
Grad week was another exciting time for us! Brandon's family and my parents came out to support Brandon. It was so nice having everyone there even though it was a stressful time back in New Kent since the wedding was so close! Luckily the weather held out for all of the graduation events because leading up to the commissioning ceremony and graduation it had been raining nonstop for quite a few weeks! The thunderbirds got to fly and I watched in awe the whole time. It is crazy what they can do and made me pretty excited about what I was to experience during Brandon's Air Force career.
Oh, also in Colorado, Brandon and I rescued a puppy. Kelby, which means "my dog" in Arabic, is a border collie mix (quite small) but such a great dog! :)
Oh, also in Colorado, Brandon and I rescued a puppy. Kelby, which means "my dog" in Arabic, is a border collie mix (quite small) but such a great dog! :)
I'm very thankful for Jimmy, Janice, Charlie, Tammy, Trey, and Angela for helping me pack up my apartment the day after graduation because Brandon and I wouldn't had made it home without y'all! Thanks for road tripping with us, Trey and Angela! Made the trip not as bad! :)
The next week was quite hectic and I don't remember everything that happened. O.o I do remember it raining and my mom freaking out all week! The day of the wedding wasn't looking promising and even at 3:45 it looked pretty bad! I think I was the least worried of anyone. Whatever the weather I would still be getting married! I also misplaced lost my engagement ring a little before the ceremony! Whoops! Luckily, after the ceremony, Camden found it! Thank goodness for nieces! The wedding was everything I could have dreamt of and I am so happy to finally be married to my best friend!
On Monday, Brandon and I headed off to get my dependent I.D. and then realized we needed to take our space a flight to Europe the next day! We had to get home and pack our backpacks! Thanks to Rita and Linda for taking us that day! There is so much I could say about the honeymoon and I will have to write a post or two on that after I finish this one! :) It was a story for the books and thank you Brandon for letting me experience Europe with you! Short story is we weren't big fans of Paris, really liked Italy, and LOVED Slovenia! Slovenia was amazing and I could had probably spent the forty days just in that one country but just gives us more of a reason to go back. We made it to a total of 12 countries and 22 cities, I think, in 40 days. At the very end of the trip I lost the GoPro camera which I was pretty bummed about so we never got to see a few videos we took but I am just glad we made it mostly hassle free. I lost a few other things BUT we won't dwell on that fact! Now we know who needs to take the important things in their backpack! ;) Our backpacks worked great and we were even able to bring a turkish lamp back from Istanbul!
We got back to the states in the middle of July and then spent about a week and a half at home getting ready for our move. It was nice to have a few days to hang out with our families before moving to Mississippi. Brandon ended up driving a twenty foot U-Haul and pulled my car, while I drove Brandon's. We had it packed!
It took us three days of driving and then we finally pulled into Columbus Air Force Base! The base is nice and Columbus (the city) is bigger than we expected. There's a Chick-Fil-A, Walmart, Krispy Kreme factory, TJ Maxx, Hobby Lobby, Dick's, countless restaurants, and our new favorite: Lowes! We had to stay in a temporary house for about five days because the house we were assigned wouldn't be ready until then. The TLF was nice, but Brandon and I became pretty bored because there was nothing for us to do besides watch TV. I convinced Brandon to ride to Lowe's so we could start on a small project (the flower planter) before we do something big (the bed). We got the materials and I tried to get Brandon to buy a circular saw but he knew he had one (a baby one) and that did not cut 2x4! We had to ride back to Lowe's and at that point we were two power tools in: a circular saw and sander. It was my first time using any power tools and it is quite fun! I am enjoying it and now instead of the patio at the TLF, we are able to work in the garage!
Beautiful morning fishing with Dad on the Pamunkey
It took us three days of driving and then we finally pulled into Columbus Air Force Base! The base is nice and Columbus (the city) is bigger than we expected. There's a Chick-Fil-A, Walmart, Krispy Kreme factory, TJ Maxx, Hobby Lobby, Dick's, countless restaurants, and our new favorite: Lowes! We had to stay in a temporary house for about five days because the house we were assigned wouldn't be ready until then. The TLF was nice, but Brandon and I became pretty bored because there was nothing for us to do besides watch TV. I convinced Brandon to ride to Lowe's so we could start on a small project (the flower planter) before we do something big (the bed). We got the materials and I tried to get Brandon to buy a circular saw but he knew he had one (a baby one) and that did not cut 2x4! We had to ride back to Lowe's and at that point we were two power tools in: a circular saw and sander. It was my first time using any power tools and it is quite fun! I am enjoying it and now instead of the patio at the TLF, we are able to work in the garage!
We moved into our a day early and all I can say is that it is great! Although, I do have to say that lightly because our friends were assigned a house in a neighborhood that is older and not as nice but hopefully they will get a house in our neighborhood soon! :) There is so much space and we were able to find a spot for everything we had! Brandon was finally assigned a casual job where he will be working in an office helping out until February when UPT (undergraduate pilot training) starts. I have been working on the staining and restaining other furniture we brought with us. We haven't finished hanging our pictures, but the downstairs is mostly straight. Our bedroom and the others do not have much furniture either, hopefully soon though! Brandon and I are starting our bed this weekend and hopefully won't be sleeping on our mattress on the floor for much longer. Its still comfy but I am ready to see a bed in there. :) If anyone is in Mississippi let us know! We have plenty of room! For now, we are staying pretty busy, but we are enjoying the married life and living down south (We do miss everyone at home, too!)!!
Love always!
Caroline
Love always!
Caroline
