2008 Vacation

Sorry no slideshow.  I have been having issues trying to post it to my blog because there are way too many pictures to post.  If anyone has any answers to my problem let me know.

On June 15th we headed for the states.  We were taking space-available travel, so it was quite the adventure.  On Space-A you never know what kind of plain you'll end up on, so it was kind of fun to fly on the KC-135 which is the same jet Jay works on.  I actually didn't mind that we were sitting in jump seats because we had a lot more room to move around.  We first flew to Guam and spent the night in the terminal.  Then the next morning we flew to Hawaii and were there for a few days.  It has been such a blessing that Justin & Sharamie Henley are stationed there.  They have been great friends to let us pop-in on them and spend a few days on the way to the states and the way back.  We then flew to Travis AFB in California.  Jay's sister, Sarah, was wonderful to come and pick us up.  We spent a few days with her having a great time, as always, playing games, going to the beach, and more. Then all of us headed up camping to Fort Bragg in northern California to meet up with Jay's family.  The drive to Fort Bragg is a dreaded one.  Tayson and I have thrown up every time and several times.  Sarah was so prepared with some meds for us that I slept through most of the drive and Tayson did great.  Thanks Sara! We had fun with everyone.  Tayson loved playing with all his cousins and friends and Tatum was a pretty good sport considering the cold and only being about 4 mos. old.  It was so great to see everyone.  Even though it had been a year since we had seen them, it seemed like we were back in the groove like no time had passed.  Jo, Jay's sister, planned some great meals and we enjoyed sitting around the fire talking and laughing.  We then flew to Utah to spend 4th of July with my family and to see our friends.  It was such a blast being able to see my family and talk with my sisters and my girlfriends.  It had been a year and there was a lot to talk about.  I was blown away by how much all the kids had grown and that a lot of them were taller than me now.  It was great to meet my new niece, Capri, and nephew, Leif.  4th of July is always great with the fam.  We went to the parade and then to the park and hung out and had a picnic then at night we watched the fire works at PG high school.  We were able to spend time with friends too.  We went to dinner and then went to the club house to hang out.  I loved hearing what everyone had been up to and seeing all the kids.  My dad set up a barbecue/swimming party at the clubhouse too.  We all had such a great time.  We were also able to see Jay's sister, Debie, and her family.  They invited us for dinner and then we all watched, "Escanaba in Da Moonlight".  A crazy movie, that of course Jay picked out.  We then started our adventure back home.  We flew to California and Sarah drove us to Travis AFB.  We found out a flight back to Okinawa wouldn't be leaving for a few days so we hung out with Sarah and had a great time playing card games, sleeping in the terminal,  almost starting a fire in Sarah's car, going to the movies,  all sorts of crazy stuff.  We finally got a flight out and ended up in Hawaii for a couple of days.  Justin and Sharamie graciously let us stay with them again and we went to dinner to a really cool aquarium restaurant.  Then we were headed for home.  It had been such a great month and we were worn out and ready to be back to everyday life.  We are really going to miss everyone and can't wait for the next time we'll see you again.