Visitors....Home...showers....and celebrating.....

This past Thursday my friends Ashley and Austin from college that live in Boston came to visit. Ashley graduates with her masters this coming Sunday and they are moving back to Texas....so her and Austin came for one last visit before hitting the road back to Texas. Its kinda sad b/c Ashley and I moved up to this area at the same time and now we are both leaving....but not both going back to Texas. I've really enjoyed being able to have her up here and being able to go and visit when Josh has been out to sea. We had a lot of fun while they were here....we went to both of the casinos....Jonathan Edwards winery.....and we went to this great local, hole in the wall restruant for breakfast( Kitchen Little). They even got to watch Josh drive the boat in for the LAST time! Thats right....he is back and doesn't have to go out again for at least 2 years! That is the most exciting thing EVER! He is so happy to be back and to not have to go out to sea for a long time. Although he is having to work a lot....and late. Since he is the only guy on the boat that will not be going on deployment....he is having to stand duty everyday while all the guys go to training during the day. Needless to say I am really excited to have him home!

On Saturday I went to a baby shower for a friend of ours here. Jessica and Chris....they were actually at/in the wedding. They are expecting their first baby...a little baby girl....and so we had a baby shower for her on Saturday. It was a lot of fun and it was really good to see everyone...b/c that is the last tiem I will see most of them before moving to California. We were going to go to NY with Ashley and Austin on Saturday but Josh wasn't not feeling to good after getting home the day before.

Saturday night we went out to eat with Rachel, Kyle, Christie and Eric to Johnny Rockets at Mohegan Sun. That is not the restraunt that we had planned on going to but with Saturday crowds...that is what we ended up doing.....but it was good and fun to go out with them and hang out. They actually paid for Josh and I as congrats on being done/goodbye thing. It was really sweet of them!

That is all for us for now.....we are just waiting now for the movers to come the last week of May. Josh is having to do a lot of checking out with the base and things here. We are dropping his car off to be shipped this coming weekend. I am taking Ollie to the vet to get his 1 year shots and to get him and Izzy weighed so that we can get them some medicine that will relax them so that they don't care what is going on when we in the car for 4 days straight. It is not going to knock them out though. I will try and post some pictures later of Josh pulling in for the last time and the shower...going out and friends visiting.

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Not quite 3 months....RACHEL!

Rachel said that it would take me 2-3 months to post picuters from out party...she was wrong....!:) Well...since the guys were gone....and Josh for the last time.....we decided to have a wine glass painting party! Rachel and I have been wanting to do this for a long time like she mentioned on her blog....so we decided to take advantage of having a girls night...while of course watching American Idol. Rachel, me, Mary and Christie all got togther at my house and hung out, ate snacks, painted glasses/vases, and watched American Idol! We had so much fun! Here are a few pictures from that night.

One of my glasses....pink,green and white polka dots!
My other glass....water w/ fish and bubbles!
Mary's Vase!

Inside of Rachel's now broken glass!
Rachel's other glass...water scene....w/ a sub!
Rachel, me, Mary and Christie!
Christie painting her yellow/orange flower glass!

Leaving for the Last time....for two years at least!

The beginning of Last week Josh headed out to sea for his last time for a long time! It was kinda exciting in a crazy way....of course I was sad to see him go....but so excited that it was going to be the last time! Here are a few pictures of the boat heading out:

Farewell...from the Alexandria Crew!

Saturday May 3 was our Farewell from the boat. We had a Kentucky Derby themed get together at the Captain and Krysti's home. We ate Kentucky Derby themed food, watched the derby and bet on our favorite horses, and had a derby hat contest. It was lots of fun. We also of course had the normal gag gift exchanged to and from Josh. Josh gave out some pretty funny gifts and got some good ones in return. Of course he got some Dr. Pepper and plenty of candy to hopefully last him through our drive to California! I also got a few gifts...mine were MUCH better.....because mine were not gag gifts! Thanks to the bestest friend in the world I got some great things......the ladies of the Alex got me a beautiful Vera Bradley duffle bag, a gift certificate to Under Armour, a glass candy dish with the boats seal engraved on it, and a wine bag.....and a GREAT book on California and what there is to do there and were it all is. I will have to take some pictures of the things I got and post them on here! We had a lot of fun....and I am truly going to miss everyone so much! The good thing about being in the Navy is meeting some amazing people and knowing that there is always a possibility that you will be back in the same town and some point or another!