M.I.A.

Hi friends! I apologize for being so M.I.A on this blog the past month, but life is starting to slow down so I hope to get back to my regular blogging schedule!

Andy got a surprise week of free leave time last week, which is always great! It was perfect because my dad's side of the family was having their annual week up north in MN and we were actually able to go! We thought we'd never be able to have the time to join in on the trip, so we were beyond happy. It was such a last minute choice to go up but man oh man did we need a little relaxation time! It is SO nice to be only a 6 hour drive from home for when these things come up! My mom was nice enough to watch Layla for the week too :) We spent a lot of time in the water, on the boats, eating and golfing. My uncle recently bought a "sit-n-ski," which is a pair of skis with a seat on the back. It looks ridiculous but we had so much fun goofing off on it. We had gorgeous weather, just patches of rain  here and there.

Golfing one of Madden's courses

I will NEVER get sick of jet skis....

Pre-Storm coming over the lake

Post Storm over the lake

Other than that, we've just been settling in to a new life here in Great Lakes. I've been applying for lots of jobs and already had one interview (I didn't get that job but I have faith there will be more interviews to come). Andy has to be in an in-doc process for the next 5 weeks to "learn more about the command" and then they'll have him start in the lab. We still love our house as well :) I've been living in so many dorms/apartments the past few years having a whole house is like a dream! I still LOVE walking the dog through our beautiful neighborhood too. We have noticed that there is definitely a family of skunks in the neighborhood...yuck...one was even on our neighbors driveway the other night. Andy also spotted a wolf/coyote last night too...eeek! Guess we're going to be extra careful of the critters in our area :)

Some of my best friends from high school were visiting Milwaukee this weekend (where my lovely friend Mara lives) and I made the 1 hour drive up there so we could all have a night of fun! We went to a street festival and saw a drag show. I've always wanted to see a drag show and not only was this one HILARIOUS but it was just such a blasts! It was a fun night with good friends :)

For some reason the bartender put this bottle in the picture? Ruined a great picture!  :(

Well I'm hoping life settles down bit now :) it's been an absolute crazy month and I'm ready to slooooow down! Hope you all have a fabulous week and I promise to start blogging more! I'll leave you with a picture of our obsession (the dog of course...):