July 09, 2009

Us

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June 28, 2009

This Weekend

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Hope you had a great weekend!  xox, k

June 26, 2009

Trip Up North

 J and I took a trip up to Connecticut to visit his family.  The rain stopped and I was a able to shoot around his parent's house.  The bottom pic is of J's pride and joy (besides Hank), Bowman.

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June 07, 2009

This Weekend

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the beach; breakfast sandwiches and coffee; buying civilian clothes; getting used to the AC; holding hands; bliss.

June 05, 2009

Homecoming (i.e. best day ever)

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June 04, 2009

The Longer the Waiting, the Sweeter the Kiss

And so, J arrives home from deployment today.  He is making his way back to me as I type.  The end came suddenly, which is the best way.  All of sudden I looked at my calendar and asked, "Wait, what?  June 4?  That's 14 days from now!" 

It was a long 7 months.  It was a long and hard 7 months.  There were moments that I couldn't believe it possible to smile through another day.  There were moments when my knees went weak when the doorbell rang.  And like last time, I learned more about myself, about my marriage, and about life in general.    

1) I have the best dog ever.  But you knew that.  And I knew that.  But he is.

2) Stress really does cause wrinkles.  Who knew?

3)  Hiring someone to mow your yard is much easier than doing it yourself. 

4) If you don't start a car for a really long time, the battery dies.  (You'd think this lesson would have carried over from last year...but it didn't.)

5) I can still replace a car battery by myself (see above). 

6) Good friends make hard times easier.  Champagne helps too.

7) The hands-down strongest women I know gave birth during this deployment.  Their husbands will meet their sons for the first time tonight.

8) Saving money is really just as fun as spending it.

9) I now know how to buy a house.  We close in July (whoop!).

10) Love is, and always will be, an adventure. 

Thanks so much for all the love and support.  

Semper Fi, 

Katie & Hank

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June 01, 2009

This Weekend

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detailed cars; Cici's Pizza; raspberry sorbet; a clean dog; the first wave of Marines; the last brunch bunch; the last weekend without J.

This week is going to be a good one.  

xox, k 

May 27, 2009

Weekend at Grand Lake

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(view from my mom's lake house)

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Megan and Jesse

My adorable sister, Megan, and my brother-in-law, Jesse:

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Will & Michelle

I traveled home to Tulsa for the long weekend and brought my camera along (of course).  Here are a few of my brother, Will, and my sister-in-law, Michelle.  I hadn't seen them since my wedding two years ago, so it was a real treat!

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