Welcome to Military Life

Well, it's that time of the year. The time of year where a LOT of military members get new orders. Which also means a time of goodbyes. This is all new for me. So I'm NOT excited at all. John says you get used to it. I DOUBT IT! I HATE, HATE saying goodbye to people.
One of my dear friends that I've had out here is moving to Japan. I'm so sad, and a bit jealous. After all, the two of us spent Christmas in Japan with our husbands.
So here are some pics from our last evening together. Hopefully we will meet up someday at another base. At least the Marine Corp is a lot smaller than the other branches. We will miss the Wests!

Lindsey's trip to see us

My sister came out from California to visit us for a week. She just graduated from BYU (WooHoo!), and is in between figuring out what she is going to do with her life. So we figured it would be a good time for her to come out.
While she was here, we went to Williamsburg, which she found to be 'a total letdown.' Apparently it was not exciting enough for her.
We also went to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. While we were down there, we rented a Jeep, and drove onto the private beaches to go looking at the wild mustangs. It was really neat, and really beautiful out there. The wild Mustangs are direct descendants to the ones that were brought over by the Spanish hundreds of years ago. So it was really cool.
We also went up to DC and spent time in the city, and with my cousin and his family. We had a lot of fun there, although it was record temps the days we were there. It was so humid and nasty. It was pretty miserable. My sister loved it there! I'm trying to convince her to move up there!
Here's some pics from her trip! Hope you enjoy!