Clint is home!

Yay Clint is home from 29 Palms. It is so nice to have him back. I got to pick him up from base on August 6th, it was great. His younger brother Joey drove back with me to stay until the 10th of August. On Saturday we all went to the shooting range on base. Clint got the tightest group he has ever gotten with his Vaquero, and with some great instruction from Clint Joey key holed 3 shots. I was so proud haha. On Sunday we went over to Shane's fiance, Kelsea's, house for dinner, good as always. Monday we all went down to a beach in Oceanside and played in the water, Joey and Kelsea went surfing, but Clint and I just played around. It was a nice clear day for swimming. Joey flew home on Tuesday, so it has been Clint and I since then. Clint has gotten off work at like 10 o'clock all week so we have been able to play all day. Yesterday we spent half the day in bed, eating snacks and watching all three of the Indiana Jones movies, it was awesome. The weather in San Clemente is absolutely beautiful. It was so hot in Utah, I was worried it would be more hot here, bu when we got here it was sunny, and breezy and perfect. I guess that's one of the perc's to living by he ocean, always nice weather. Also, I was going to keep my all brown hair for a while to keep it healthy, but I decided that just isn't who I am so I added some blonde in it today, and yes in the picture I am wearing an apron. Our ward is having a BBQ down on the beach tonight, so I made some pink lemonade cupcakes, I hope they turn out well. That's all for now. Just loving life with my wonderful husband being home!!

Counting Down

In a week from now I will be heading home to California to get ready for Clint to come home on the 6th. YAY!! It has been so long, I don't know what 8 months will be like if this was unbearable. Clint has been out in the field kickin' butt, and being awesome. I went to Park City for a couple of days with some family. Slowly but surely the time is widdling down, not fast enough though. Anyways, that's the update. The next one will be super happy 'cause he will be home!

Apart

This post doesn't have any fun pictures, just an update. Clint is doing his pre-deployment training at the 29 Palms base in California, so I am in Utah for a couple of weeks. He says it is super hot there, over 110. I feel bad for him because they have to wear their cammi's and all of their gear, that weighs a lot. Nothing to exciting going on in Utah. I can't sleep through the night, I wake up every hour or so. So I have started staying awake until I can't keep my eyes open anymore to see if that would help me sleep. Nope. I still wake up all night. But I guess this is just preparing me for Afghanistan. Anyways, not a whole lot going on here.

Happy Un-Birthday!

This weekend was so great! Clint is going to be in Afghanistan for his actual birthday, so we decided to have his birthday on friday. It was great, I made a cake and decorated the apartment. Then on saturday we went to Sea World, and Olive Garden for dinner. Clint got off early on friday which was really nice. We got to spend pretty much the whole day together. He got 30 Rock season 3, an external hard drive case, The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard, and some new shoes. Saturday was the first time that Clint has been to Sea World, it was a lot of fun! Then we had one of his favorite dinners for his birthday dinner on Sunday, Navajo Tacos, very easy to please. The weekends are the best because we get to spend every minute together, definitely can't get enough of each other.

Surfing

Clint and I went surfing for the first time on Saturday. It was so much fun! And we did way better than either of us expected. We went with our neighbors and friends Dollie and Ryan. We both got up on the board, it was great. I am scared of the ocean, but I wasn't a baby this time, and it turns out I'm not scared all the time.

Memorial Weekend

Clint and I got to go home to Utah for Memorial Day weekend. It was so nice. The drive there took us 16 hours because of a stupid accident, but we made it. We got there early Saturday morning. My parents had cinnamon rolls there waiting for us. That night we went over to Clint's sister and brother-in-laws house. It was great! We had such a good dinner, played guitar hero with vocals, and Clint got to see Tungsten for the first time. Which that little boy just keeps getting cuter and cuter. Then Sunday we got to go to my cousin Tyler's homecoming, I am so happy he is home!! It was so good to see him. We just hungout and talked, and Clint played Botchy Ball with my cousins. I love seeing all of my cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Then that evening we went over to Clint's parents house for dinner and visiting for the night. Monday was great, in the morning we went to the Bluffdale cemetary where the American Legion came and did a wonderful program. Clint had the opportunity to sit with the Veterans, he was the only younger guy sitting there, such an honor. Then Clint and I took Grace and Melanie to get a Jamba Juice, so good! After, we went bac to Clint's house for a BBQ, all of his family was there and my parents came over. It was so much fun! Definitely a genuine BBQ, so much good food! I made sunflower cupcakes. It was an easy drive home, which was nice.
Clint got promoted to Corporal on Wednesday! It is so exciting, he has done such a great job, and put in so much hard work! He got his blood stripes and his new chevrons, so he is excited to get those put on his uniform. I am super proud of him!! And we just got a new niece! Clint's sister just had their fourth baby, her name is Ellee Renee Millward, and she is soooo cute!! It's been a pretty good week so far, and we get to go to the Newport Temple tonight.

Utah/Shooting

It has been quite a while since I have updated this, but never fear, here is the update. I was in Utah for the first two weeks of May. It was sad to leave Clint, but it was so nice to see everyone, and I had some fun times. My mom, Ellen, Grace, and myself went shopping in Park City for the day, then watched Biggest Loser. We also went to Gardner Village one evening, ate at Archibalds, and definitely visited Sweet Aftons fude and candy shop. We did some fun crafts from Wood Connection while I was there. Clint and my sister was in the Ms. Bluffdale pageant, and she won 2nd attendant. Yay for her! My dad, mom, Dean, Janine, and Meagan, and I went four wheeling. Which was a great time! We had a nice little lunch on the mountain. I did so much hair while I was in Utah, it was great to see everyone. And I changed my hair to brown! I got to hangout with Kerstin and her family a couple of times, which was great. And I went to lunch with Jessie, Michelle, and Stephanie. It was a fun 2 weeks. But it was also so nice to come home to my wonderful husband!
I came home friday night, and on the way home from the airport we had dinner at tgif's. Yummy! Then on Saturday we got up and went shooting at a range on base. It was way fun! We had a little competition with each other, and both shot really well. It has been a great month so far. I am very hapy to be home, and able to hangout with m husband all day everyday. Too bad he has to start going to work like a normal person on monday. I'm so spoiled. :)