TDY to Nellis

I got to go on a TDY to Vegas for 10 days. Not much happened but a lot of missions and little sleep. here's me in a tank

me in the sidecar of course, my Buddy "Lew" on the bike

me standing in the cockpit of a Mig-29 FULCRUM

me being cool. I only went to the strip on my last night there, but 1 trip=$155 in blackjack. my odds were good so i left :)

HAIL IN TUCSON

Well it happened!! It hailed for about 30 min. to a full hour. These were the biggest i found, about pea size.

Nattie's new hobby

so we all know how much Nattie enjoys her sleep right? Try waking her up when she's cuddled in between the dogs!!!! it's literally impossible!!! but I have to admit, whenever they cuddle with me, the last thing i want to do is get up. the above picture has Luke under Nattie's arm and Jack is on her leg.

Here's Jack up on the pillow with the red collar on and Luck is tucked in Nattie's neck.

WHAT!? a new puppy!?

I know, I know.... we were ridiculous with 1 cute puppy, imagine how bad we are with 2 cute puppies. We were gonna wait til we moved into the house to get the second one but Jack hated being alone and had really bad anxiety whenever we left. so Nattie had some creative search methods on craiglist and low and behold.... (keep reading below)

we picked up Luke from a guy that was moving and couldn't take him. He came with all his shots and already fixed. Best part was.....$75!!!!!!! As you can see, they're as cute could be and has turned out to be an awesome addition. he currently is sick but we caught it early enough so we're expecting him to come out alright. Lil Luke, aka Lucas

a visit from Germany

Everyone has probably heard me talk about my German buddy Lennart. few of you may have known that he actually flew down here just to see me and nattie the last time he was in America. He was an escort for the exchange program that brought him here the first time so he got a free ticket to America. He was in AZ for about 5 days and couldn't believe how dead and brown it was when he flew over it lol we had a great time taking him out on the town and up to Phoenix to stay with our buddy Will and his family. Thanks for comin out man. it was awesome to see you and it meant a lot to us. miss you and can't wait til we can come visit you!

Jack's first swm

here's Jack and I trying to get out of the summer heat. He didn't know what to do about the water so I had a floating pad that he thought he could walk on. He sank instantly and that's how I tricked him into swimming for the first time. :)

Long time no blog!

We had some credit on Southwest airlines we had to use by august so I decided to take Natalie to Monterey, CA where I was stationed for a year and a half. We stayed with my best friends and second family, the Hanlines. It was SOOOO good to see them again and the have Nattie meet some of the people have have been in my life the past few years. it was an awesome trip it's hard to say who enjoyed it the most. The Hanlines enjoyed having us, we loved staying with them, and we all had fun together. Thank you again Hanlines and we love and miss you sooo very very much. GO JAZZ! ;)