HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Josh and I are enjoying a long weekend to celebrate the 4th of July. Today, we're heading to the San Diego County Fair - we hear it's huge! Can't wait to see what's in store there! Tomorrow, we're heading over to have a BBQ with some friends we met here, Nadia & Nathan, then probably going out to the beach to watch some fireworks...let's just hope Liam doesn't hear them because he is terrified of fireworks. He is totally fine with all the big "booms" from the training exercises that take place here on base, but is so scared of fireworks...go figure!

Sunday we will be going back to San Diego to have dinner with our friends Summer and Gene for Summer's birthday! They will be leaving for Okinawa on the 8th so we wanted to be sure to spend some time with them before they set off on their new adventure!

Josh has his first detachment next week - he'll be heading to El Centro with some other Marines from his squadron for some training. So it will be just me and the furry kids - of course, the dogs will be happy because they'll get to sleep in the bed with me until Josh returns! Please pray for a safe trip and safe training for Josh and all the Marines going on this detachment.

I'll take some pictures of our long weekend and hope that Josh will be able to take a camera with him while he is in El Centro - I'll get them posted as soon as I can. I'll also load some pictures of the house...we went yesterday and saw some great progress...the framing is complete, stucco is almost done, all the dry walling is complete, and all the electrical and plumbing is finished. We also have tubs/showers in all the bathrooms...they still have to tile ours, but the infrastructure is there! We're getting really excited!!!

Everyone have a safe and happy 4th of July! We love and miss you all!!!