Two Really Cute Boys

Kevin and Wiley... hanging out... pumping gas...

Have a Wonderful 4th...

Homecoming

Yesterday was our 1 week anniversary... of Kevin being home. It's seriously so awesome to have him back.
 It's been a little hectic since he's been home trying to get back into a routine that includes the other... so I've finally gotten a minute to share a few pictures.


Yay!! Ps. this dress did me no favors in pictures.. it looks like an optical illusion



That is one handsome guy!



Check out that mustache!



Pillowcase banner that was hung in the hangar to welcome home the guys... Mine is the bottom right with the 2 American flags on it



I decorated the apartment... I couldn't help myself!





Welcome Home Kevin!

He's baaaack!!!

Wahoo!

I made this patriotic cake for Kevin's homecoming (red velvet, cream cheese frosting, blue writing) and it was delicious!.. even though it looked like I hired a group of kindergartners to make it.

Those frosting pens are not as easy as they're advertised to be! Or perhaps I should have practiced a little first.

Wiley in Heels

I thought I would share this picture of Wiley because it's so darn funny.
He is constantly pawing everything... and last night he kept putting his paws on my friend, Katherine's, shoes. I helped him in them and he loved it! He happily stood in them until I didn't feel like holding him in there anymore.

Lunch with Kevin

One of my favorite things to do is meet with Kevin for lunch during the week. When he's home (and his schedule permits) we are able to meet once a week... if not more, for lunch. He goes out of his way to squeeze in a little extra time with me during the day and I love it.  A typical lunch date consists of him picking up sandwiches from our favorite place, then swinging by my office to pick me up and driving to the local marine base to get a little outdoor time at a picnic table.
Our dog, Wiley, is the latest addition to the lunch date... once we're done with our lunch we usually spend the rest of my lunch break playing with him and his favorite thing... a tennis ball. It's the best cure to break up a regular old work day. I can't wait for him to get home so we can start it up again.

Here's a picture I took of him the on our last lunch date before he left... (he didn't know I was taking this picture - I'm sure he'll be thrilled when he sees this).

Kate Middleton....

Just another military wife.

ROYAL WEDDING

O-M-G

I can't wait for the Royal Wedding. A lot of people are getting annoyed by the amount of coverage this is getting. I'm not. I've read almost every article. Looked at almost every picture.

Plus, Prince William is a helicopter pilot! Just like Kevin! Which makes me.... Kate Middleton? I'll take it.

HS 15

Here is a recent picture of Kevin and the officers of his squadron. If you are unable to make out which one is him... just locate the tallest person in the picture and you got your man.

I'm so proud of him.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! That little leprechaun above is my nephew Brady... don't you love the green tuxedo shirt (and the green visor AND the green bagel in his hand)?

Kevin and I live across the street from an awesome Irish pub... and since Kevin is still home with me and has not had to leave for deployment yet (like he was supposed to do today) ... I know exactly where we'll go when I get home from work!

Oh! and a very Happy Birthday to one of my oldest and best friends Kellyann Hennessey!

Ouch

Yesterday was a bad day. I slipped and fell while I was stepping up from a curb onto some very wet grass (it rained all day here yesterday)... it caused me to do the most unnatural split of my life - the right half of my body landed in the mud and my left half landed on pavement. It caused some serious damage folks: my left ankle is bruised, I jammed my thumb and cracked that nail, I got really muddy, and saddest of all.... I broke my glasses. If you laughed at my glasses breaking, I don't blame you. It was a really sad sight to see.

Luckily, no one was around to see it... but it was still awful. When something like that happens to me I really need someone around to feel bad for me and comfort me... unfortunately, Kevin is away right now... so I did what any other person would do... I called my mom.

picture above found here

Engagement Pictures... for real this time

Okay everyone... here is a link to our engagement pictures. We took all of our pictures by our apartment - the first half by the bay and the second half on the beach... the very last couple are on a park bench on our street.
Enjoy!

Weekend

Well I guess I lied to you on Friday... we ended up having a jam packed weekend and there was no lounging to be had. One of the fun things we did was go to a concert with friends on Saturday night at The Casbah in downtown San Diego to see Justin Townes Earle. It was the first time I had heard of him but he was really awesome and put on a great show. He's playing in New Jersey in April if anyone back home is interested in seeing him (which I totally recommend).

P.s. How did everyone like the Oscars last night?? Some highlights for me: Anne Hathaway did a wonderful job hosting, I loved Reese Witherspoons hair, and I loved both acceptance speeches for the best supporting actors

TGIF

Happy weekend everyone! I'm a little jealous that as I type this it is 5:00 pm on the east coast and officially the weekend... I have 3 more hours to go :( ... Oh well, I'll get there soon enough.

For the first time in literally months Kevin and I do not have any plans for this weekend which I'm actually really excited about. I'm also pretty excited that the forecast shows rain for this weekend. I never thought that I would hope for that but the weather is always perfect here you feel guilty not going outside and sometimes it's nice to be lazy and have an excuse to just lounge around.

Whatever you all do... hope you have fun... see ya Monday!

Palm Springs

This weekend we decided to take advantage of the long weekend and took a little trip up to Palm Springs with friends. It's such a gorgeous town...

It was so funny seeing snow capped mountains next to palm trees

Amanda and I spent one of the days at the spa... and the Kevin's (Amanda's husband is named Kevin as well) played golf... the rest of the time we explored the great shops and restaurants that Palm Springs had to offer.

Kevin and I getting ready to go out for the night

Amanda and Kevin

Kevin and the ladies

The 4 of us after dinner

Wiley and his girlfriend, Macey Sue, came along for the trip too...

Wiley and Macey

It's so much much fun exploring the west coast!! Crazy to think that only a 2 hour car drive gets us to Palm Springs. It was such an easy trip we'll definitely be heading back there soon!

Engagement Pictures

The title of this post is probably a touch misleading... you probably saw it and thought, "Wow, I know exactly how I'm going to kill the next 1/2 hour at work." Well sorry gang... I only have one little teaser of a picture for you that the photographers just posted on their blog... you can't even see our faces. Sorry.

Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had such a great weekend... engagement pictures Saturday morning, The Centennial of Naval Aviation during the day on Saturday (and it was approximately 80 degrees here!), took Wiley to the dog beach on Sunday.... and then Kevin and I celebrated Valentine's Day last night because he has a big flight tonight.

He surprised me and took me to a gorgeous and really romantic restaurant called Prado in Balboa Park.

If anyone is planning a trip to San Diego in the future... you seriously have to try this place. The food was incredible and the entire experience was just.... lovely. I really can't say enough good things about it. While we were there I said that it looked like it would be an amazing place to have a wedding... so I was not completely surprised when I went on the website today and discovered that they have lots of weddings there.

picture above found here

Celebs Love the Suber Bowl

We had some awesome celeb spottings at the Super Bowl... some we were able to document... others we just weren't able to act quickly enough to get our cameras out/they were D list.
Anyway, I'm not going to try and write a clever post... just enjoy the pictures.

Picture taken right after my mom whispered in Mario Lopez's ear how many times she voted for him on DWTS



Maroon 5 performed at our Tailgate Party... they were really great live



Kevin and my brother, Sean with Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon)

Me and Kevin Dillon

Keith Urban performed at our Tailgate too... what a hunk!

we sat right in front of the Jonas Brothers during the game

more JoBros

Randy "The Dawg" Jackson

Annie & Kevin

I just found photos from this wedding on Style Me Pretty. Apparently, there is another couple out there named Kevin and Annie.... and they have great taste.  Have a looksie.

Super Bowl!

Kevin and I are headed to Dallas this weekend for the Super Bowl! Yee haw!
We went last year and had a blast... so I'm super excited for this year.
And even though Dallas is having a bit of an ice situation right now I'm still super pumped about it. I'm hoping we get as cliche as possible... have a big steak, see some bull riding, go two-stepping... you get the idea. We're only going to be there for approximately 2 days (one of which will be at the big game) so this may not happen... but a girl can dream.
Anyway, check out some of my dad's articles for the big game. Yes, that's my handsome father below.

I don't think that it's been much of a secret that Kevin and I have had to change our wedding date... more than once. Turns out that the Navy can be a really inconvenient factor in planning a wedding. I think that's why I stopped blogging for a while... the Navy was discouraging me from thinking I could ever have a wedding planned more than a month in advance. Recently, things are starting to look up again and it looks like the wedding is set for August (I hope I didn't just jinx myself).
Anyway... now that I'm cautiously proceeding back into the world of wedding planning I thought I would share this website I found 100 Layer Cake. It's a great place to get decorating ideas, find vendors, and best of all buy/sell used wedding decorations. So all of those candles, vases, etc. that you bought in bulk for your wedding you can resell them on this website... or scoop up someone else's at a good price.
Also... Kevin and I are finally getting our engagement pictures done next weekend!!!! I really wanted to get them done in San Diego to capture our time living out here (and to longingly flip through while Kevin is deployed... kidding!... kinda)... so we'll be heading to the beach and pier for a fun Cali vibe.  Check out the photographers website here.

The Oscars

I love the Oscars. I love the Red Carpet. I love all that star power in one room. And I love... Oscar parties.

Each year I try to see a majority of the movies that have been nominated so I can have an opinion on what I want to win on Oscar night... and I hope you don't all judge me when I say that I like to print out ballots for whoever watches the Oscars with me to make things more fun and interesting. It's a tradition in my family!

This weekend Kevin and I saw The Fighter on Friday night and The Kings Speech on Sunday night.

I'm sorry... but The Fighter kicked The Kings Speech's butt.

Both were awesome movies... and I'm sure The Kings Speech will clean up on Oscar night, butttt in my humble opinion The Fighter was better.

Here is a full list for the categories and their nominations. I've seen 6 of the 10 movies nominated for Best Picture (side note: Black Swan scarred me for life. It was AWFUL). The only movie that I haven't seen yet that I would like to see before the Oscars is True Grit... luckily I have time to get back to the movie theater.

Anyway, print out the list above. Mark your favorites and ones that you think will win.

Example: my favorite movie for this year - The Fighter. The movie I think will win: The Kings Speech.

It's fun! I promise.

WILEY

Kevin and I have been toying with the idea of getting a dog since the day I moved out to San Diego. We both love dogs but it seemed like there were a million reasons not go through with it... Who would watch him when we wanted to go back home? Would I be able to handle him alone while Kevin is deployed? Would we be able to handle the financial responsibility and time commitment that a dog required? We continuously weighed the pros and cons but could never talk ourselves out of getting one completely.
One Saturday morning back in early November we got up early and decided to grab a coffee and go for a walk on the beach. We had walked about a half mile down the beach when we started to see a bunch of dogs running around. We discovered that there was this incredible dog beach and these dogs were just having a blast running around, playing with each other, and swimming in the ocean. We hung out there for a little and watched the dogs play and on our walk back we just knew that we had to get one of our own to bring to this beach. I mean... we live so closely to it... it seemed silly NOT to get a dog.
We knew exactly what kind we wanted - a Wheaten Terrier - I needed a hypoallergenic dog and Kevin refused to get a little girly dog... it was the perfect breed for us.
We met with a breeder shortly after and were told we could pick up our puppy right after Christmas. The day we got back from being home in New York (and stuck in JFK for 2 days) we drove up to pick up our puppy. The name we ended up choosing was Wiley... actually, his full name is Bob Wiley after my favorite movie of ALL TIME... What About Bob?
Wiley is such an awesome puppy. He's so much fun and brings so much life to our home. Here are some pictures of the little guy...

Wiley after his first walk in the rain



Oh yea, sorry for deleting the blog. I had no idea so many people enjoyed reading it. I promise I won't do it again!