T-T-F-N!

Ta-ta-for-now! 
I'm a day late posting this, but as of yesterday, Sean is officially at boot camp.  It was hard to say goodbye, but I know I'll see him soon. Time flies!!
Anywho, here are some random pictures from our Florida trip as well as a few we took shortly before our goodbyes.

Stacey and I got to hang out with horses after we got our hair done :)

A girl and her horse :)

Don't let the beauty decieve you.....it was 924874445 degrees out that day.

The newest addition to the Tyrka household :) Phoenix!

So cute :)

Brotherly/sisterly love <3

Happy family :)

Sean's last civilian meal at Bahama Breeze

The last picture before I left.

Chunky Misti enjoying the empty apartment...

The pic msg I got last night...so jealous of his new digs :P

xo

Today is the day...

2 months went by waaaayyyyy to quickly!!  At 4pm I have to drive Sean to the MEPS hotel to check in.  After that he can check out and we can go get some dinner before the final goodbye :(  In other news, my awesome friend Lucia, of Jason Angelini Photography, got our pictures up on their blog so Sean got to see some them before he left!  We can't wait to see the rest :) 
Here are some of my faves...

I am super proud of my husband, and can't wait to see him graduate BCT and OCS!!  And thanks to all of our friends and family for helping us get to this point.  XOXO

It's the final countdown...

One week from today, possibly around this time, I will have to drive Sean to the hotel he has to stay the night before he ships off to basic training.  It still doesn't feel real.  Even though we spent all day today packing up our apartment in the rain...and unpacking it into a storage unit...in the rain.  The weather was not our friend.  But the giant beach umbrella that we've never used before came in handy, and I got a good arm workout carrying the umbrella back in forth between the truck and the storage unit with my dad or Sean underneath carrying our junk :)  Thanks for the help dad!!

Anywho, we spent the last week in Florida, tying up loose ends, seeing friends and family before Sean heads off, and securing homes for most of our animals.  My fantasical in-laws drove both of our ginormous lizards and Sean's corvette down to FL, and we drove 2 of our cats (NEVER AGAIN) down to stay with our AWESOME friends Jesse and Jessica.  They are all lifesavers!

Some other highlights besides hanging out and eating WAY too much...
-I got to see my BFF Stacey :)  We got our hair done together, then got to ride horses :)  Random combo, but sooo much fun.  It wasn't long enough to see her, but I'll take what I can get.
-We had dinner with Jason & Lucia (our fabulous wedding photog team) and their 3 hilarious kids :)  Then the next day we met with Jason to do a photo shoot!!  We climbed trees, swung on vines, and rode dinosaurs.  You know, just a typical shoot.  I am super excited to see how they turned out!
-On our last day, we had a nice little going away party for Sean :)  It was great having (almost) everyone together before he leaves!

Minus the cat craziness on the drive down, it was a pretty fun trip.  It was good getting to spend so much quality time with Sean, especially since I have to work his last week here :(    Other than work we are just trying to wrap up loose ends and get everything prepared for Sean to ship. 
So far so good!!
xo

P.S.  I do have pictures to post, but my computer died so my editing programs are non-existent.  Sad face.

It's almost that time...

Four Sundays from today, I will be driving Sean to the MEPS hotel and saying goodbye.  It still seems so far away, when clearly it isn't.  It's definitely hard not knowing when I'll see him again...but then again the army is full of unknowns (see previous post).  I am ready to get this show on the road!  Bring it :)

xo

Thoughts running through my head...

We are currently playing the waiting game.  Waiting for Sean to leave for Basic...waiting for Graduation...waiting for a duty station (hopefully overseas).  So with all this waiting, naturally, I have a lot of time to think.
A few things come to mind:
- We both have to be a little bit insane to take this journey on.
- I need to stock up on my Big-Girl panties.
- I need re-learn how to tell time.
- Hoarders should be my motivation to de-clutter before the many moves I'm sure we'll make.
- I will no longer be in control.
I AM READY TO GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!!! 
But for now...

xo

My Size Barbie!

I miracle happened during this photo shoot...I got Stacey's hair to curl!!  Like super curl...like, OMG I have an fro! curl.  It was glorious!  What resulted was a curly Grease-style faux hawk :)  I love curly Stacey.  Which, I will remind her, is much different than 6th grade perm Stacey.  Yes Stacey, I did need to mention that :)
Enjoy!

Also, heres a bitchy cat.

And heres Stacey and I...its amazing the difference 12 years makes! 

xoxo



A few changes.....

The most recent (and biggest) is that Sean will be heading off to Army Boot Camp & Officer School on August 8th!  We didn't expect him to be leaving so soon, and I was a bit shocked when his liaison said "How's August 2011?" My reply: "What just happened?!!"  So...yeah.  I have less than 2 months to prepare.  Anywho, after a LOOOOOONG day of waiting around in MEPS this past Tuesday, Sean was finally sworn into the Army.

So proud :)

The other obvious change is this blog.  I still plan on using it for my photography (when I have time to do it), but I will also use it to document this new journey we are starting with the Army.    

Thanks for reading.

HOOAH!

:)