Pinned!

Friday June, 29th was an exciting day for Josh and I......I got a call on Thursday evening the 28th from Josh's captain telling me to be at the dive the next day at 4pm and to not say anything to Josh.....let me tell you that was the hardest thing that ever did! Turns out that at 4pm and the Dive on base Josh got pinned with his dolphins. I know some of you are probably wonder what in the world that is or means and why it is so important. Well...it is a big professional milestone for the Navy.....it means that Josh is now qualified to drive a $2billion Navy submarine! I am very excited and so is he....I am so proud of him! Here are some pictures of the pinning....I am going to be getting some better ones from some others that took pictures and will post those when I get them. There are also some pictures of Josh the Sunday following when he wore is uniform to church for the 4th of July Service and got to carry the American flag in church with Kyle(Rachel's husband) who carried the christian flag!



Josh after church on Sunday wearing his aviator sunglasses....he thinks he is Tom Cruise!

Getting PINNED by the Captain!

Josh and Kyle getting ready to carry the flags during church!

RANGERS Dominate the RED SOX!

The Sunday before the Fourth of July Josh and I went to watch the Rangers play the Boston Red Sox....It was a lot of fun....we had good seats and we got to spend time with some great friends! Christie, Eric, Val, Dave and Karen and us all went and cheered on the Red Sox....well Josh and I cheered for the Rangers but we did it with Red Soxs Shirts on....I know a little crazy but we would have gotten killed....for real...if you have ever been to a game at Fenway then you knhow what I am talking about. It was really exciting for us because TEXAS WON!

Josh, Me, Chrisie and Eric...the red and blue couples!
Val, me and christie with Fenway!
Josh and I with Fenway!
GO RANGERS!!!!!
Christie and I being silly on the way to the game!

Walking to Fenway!
TEXAS!
Josh and I at the game...it was bright out!

PENNSYLVANIA!

Living in the NorthEast has its advantages.....one being that the states up here are all close together and VERY small. A few weeks ago Val and I took a road trip down to Pennsylvania where Christie is from to pick her up from her parents house after going on a cruise with her sisters. It was fun and interesting at the same time. Lets just say it took Val and I 9 hours to get there! (it was only suppose to take 5) It was fun to see the different states....Pennsylvania is actually very pretty.....but i was not lucky enough to see any omish people....I was very disappointed....guess I will just have to go back! While we were there Christie decided to get a kitten so we drove all the way back to connecticut with her KITTY! Here are some pictures from the trip!

Litte Tanzy...she liked the headrest!
We finally made it to Pennsylvania!

Our mascot and the drink that kept us going!
Finally to Christie's house in York!
Val's BIG gas spill on the way home!

VACATION...sort of....

After working so much Josh took the week off last week to just relax and catch up on sleep and things around the house. It was nice to have him home all the time.....even though I couldn't take the whole week off with him. I did get 3 days off including the 4th of July. We didn't do much but hang out around the house....we did go on one small day vacation....I guess you could call it that.....we took the ferry from New London to Block Island(an Island off the coast of Rhode Island)....we stayed there for the day with Christie, Eric, and Val. It was a lot of fun. We got to lay out on the beach and get some sun....shop...and eat of course! Here are a few pictures of our trip!


Me, Val, and Christie FREEZING on the ferry ride back!
Josh and I at the Beach!

Our side view from one of the Beaches!
Christie, Val and I posing for our photographers(Josh and Eric)!
Being Silly!