Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

First of all, i would like to point out that this is post number 9 where i have titled it a song name... i am awesome!

Riley's Graduation was this last Tuesday. and i am SOOOO proud of him. seriously i have like the freakin awesomest husband ever... wow anyone wanna count the made up words and grammatical errors in that sentance :) So he was one of the Honor Grads so he got his promotion. it was pretty cool to be there for that. after graduation he got to take me to the chow hall and we had lunch..... it smelt like high school.... and totally was NOT worth $5 but it was fine.

He had to ride the bus to the airport so i hopped in my car and beat them there by like an hour. anyway after a few minutes together i sent him off to Hawaii to get settled and wait patiently for me.

so this weekend i am back up at the Steven's house. Mark and Paula needed to head down to st george for the weekend to tend to their "up for sale" condo. so i am here with Jenny... my AWESOME adopted sister in law! it is just what i needed to cheer me up after saying goodbye, YET AGAIN, to Rye. can i just say how OLD saying goodbye can get. i'm so over it. so here are mine and Jenny's adventures of the weekend...... so far :)

Thursday night- we hopped in Jenny's convertable mustang and headed down to Sarah's (Jen's sister) he put the top down, it was like 8 at night and pretty freakin cold. and we BLASTED Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber all the way down to orem. it was an AWESOME drive! we went out to dinner with Sarah then headed back to Sarah's and played "he said, she said" had some laughs and then headed home for the night. on our way Jenny's boyfriend called and asked what we were up to this weekend.

Jenny- "i dunno"
Me- "we're painting the town red!!!!!!"
Jenny "we should paint the house!"
Me - "WE SHOULD PAINT THE WALL!!!!"

her family moved into this house like 3 years ago and there is ONE wall that has yet to be painted. because Paula cannot pick a color. her exact words were "we just need to pick a color a paint, cause i'll never pick." and thus the plan was made!

Friday- Kat stopped by the house that morning and we invited her to breakfast, we went to Magleby's for breakfast (SHOUT OUT TO LALO! I FREAKIN MISS YOU LET'S GO THERE!)

so after the best french toast in the world we went to home depot to get paint. then went to the shop and picked up all the painting supplies and headed back to the house to paint. the parents still have NO idea we have done this :)

as you can all see... i was not TRYING to look glamorous :) just threw on my kick ball jersey and had at it. so the wall is now painted! yay! so Kat left and it was just Me Jenny and Tyler (Jenny's boy)

Me and Jenny had already decided we were going to watch "The Princess and the frog" Tyler decided he'd stick around. so i made a TON of top ramen with hard boiled eggs for us and we headed down to the theater room. after that movie we threw in "Hercules" on VHS so we went from BluRay to VHS...... wow, i am so thankful technology has evolved PAST that!

Saturday- Jenny wanted the Big M for breakfast, but i convinced her i knew a better place. and since i have yet to bring her someplace gross, she trusted me. so Gandolfo's for breakfast it was.. and it was SOOOO GOOD. then i went out to lunch with my good friend Kara, i hadn't seen her in YEARS, me and Rye were pretty close to her back in high school. it was WAY nice to catch up. then i went back and got jenny. we drove to Orem and got my brother Phil cause i was going to do his senior pictures. he had to go home for a few to shower and change. so while we were waiting for him. i taught Jenny how to drive a stick shift! and she did AWESOME! Paul wanted to tag along, so the 4 of us drove down to utah lake...

note to self, Utah lake is SUPER boring for pictures... don't go there again. the Zombie house would have been sooo much better! anyway while we were there Jenny climbed a tree and i was taking pictures of her. i told Phil to go climb up. he did.... and has horrible judgement we've decided! he stepped on like a TINY branch and it broke... cause it was like 3 fingers around.... idiot :) he fell like 15 feet.... and onto a log... OUCH.

sorry brother!!!!!!!

so saturday night we had a girls nightr and watched "Anastasia" LOVE that movie!!!! and then since i'm getting old i went to bed :)

Sunday. we decided we should probably clean up the house before the parentals got home. so we.....

-Vacuumed downstairs

-Vacuumed the Stairs

-Vacuumed the WHOLE upstairs

-moved the furniture and Vacuumed under it all.

-killed some ants

-did all the dishes (dry heaved a few times from opening mystery containers)

-SCRUBBED the tile in the kitchen

-AND took all the trash out

now tonight i'm going to make Riley's recipe of his AMAZING orange chicken... sooo excited.

and it's made this week so much nicer that i can Text Rye ALL DAY, and then call him anytime i want. i LOVE being able to call and wake him up. which i did so this morning. he was soo sleepy but happy to talk to me. it's a 4 hour time difference which sucks cause i have to wait so long after i wake up to talk to him. and i go to bed so much earlier than him. when it's midnight for me it's only 8 for him... this SUCKS

i am soo over being apart. soon though i'll be on a plane on my way to Hawaii... and we'll be together.

He's strugglin more than i am. probably cause i'm used to him being gone and having to keep myself entertained and happy. cause i know how miserable i can be... and it's MISERABLE! so i am keeping my possitive attitude and trying to rub off on Rye... cause he need to stay happy. LOVE YOU BUM!!!!

Somewhere over the Rainbow

it's mothers day morning, i'm sitting up in bed at my grandpa's house. and my amazing husband has fallen back asleep about 6 inches away. can i just say how innocent a 23 year old man looks when he's asleep. in about 10 ours he has to report back to base. this weekend is bittersweet. it's his last week of training which is AWESOME. cause now he'll be a fleet Marine, not a student. and on Tuesday he'll graduate from SOI-ITB (school of Infantry, Infantry Training Battalion) and as if i couldn't be any prouder of him. he worked so hard these past two months he's graduating as a Lance Corporal. he's being promoted again. this promotion comes because he's graduating the Honor Grad for his Detail. not only did he have the highest GPA, but he's displayed all the perfect qualities of a Marine. so i'm sooo excited about that.

the sad part of the weekend is this. last night as i was falling asleep in his arms, it hit us. last night was the last night we'll spend together in a while. this time there is no clear finish line for our seperation. on Tuesday after his graduation, i'll take him to the airport and he'll fly over to Hawaii to meet his Unit. and i'll have to stay state-side until there is housing available. hopefully that won't be TOO long.... but i am determined not to stay away for too long. if i find out the wait will be a long time. i'm going over there. i'm going to look into temperary housing on base, and figure something out. because i think i deserve to be with my husband.

anyway, found out more about Hawaii, and can i just say i'm pretty excited. i'll be more excited when i can actually go over and BE with him. but i'm still pretty excited. this is going to be such an adventure, and i am ready to take it on! i'll do so with a positive attitude, until then, i'll get things done around here that need to be done.

Next weekend i'm going back up to utah county. i'm going to stay with Jenny (my adopted little sister-in law) :) i'll hang out with Lauren and everyone else, and just wait until i can be with him.

p.s. i don't think learning how to surf was a good idea, seeing as i refuse to surf in Kaneohe.....

i was googling something about surfing where we're going to be stationed... and this picture was the FIRST result.... umm no thank you, i'll keep both my feet. i'm quite fond of them :)

big time update!

ok so with Riley's Graduation, his 10 day leave, and him being at SOI i haven't even had a chance to update. so HERE I GO!!! by the way. my camera deleted most of the pictures i have from graduation... so i won't have too many pictures to put up!

Day Before Family Day- Feb 24th
Me and Kat show up in San Diego the day before family day to check into our hotel and get settled. we're staying in a 3 star hotel... so not like AMAZING... but no bars on the window... right.... well not exactly. the room was probably the worst hotel i had ever seen. the wallpaper was peeling off. the fixtures were all coming off the wall... not good. so kat ran to hurry and shower since we'd just been at the beach. while she was in the shower i sat on the bed and got out my laptop to check out some pictures. while sitting on the bed i look down.... there is a blonde chunk of hair sitting on the bed... me and Kat both have VERY dark hair. Kat came out of the shower and pretty much said we weren't staying there. and she didn't want to have to shower in there again. apparently the bathroom like was on a motion sensor timer. so you'd be in the shower soaping up. and 90 seconds later the lights would go completely out. so you'd have to open the shower curtain completely and close it and it would go back on. but that only worked about 3 times. then you 'd have to get out of the shower completely naked run across the bathroom and press the button again. so i took the floor lamp from our room and put it in the bathroom. right after i showered, we went down stairs... told the guy the room/hotel was unnacceptable.. and checked into the hilton.... SOOO WORTH THE MONEY!!!

Family Day- Feb 25th
we showed up on base around 6:30 so we could watch them practice. then right about the time that the festivities were going to start.. me and kat hopped out of the car. i went to open the back door to grab my back pack... but kat had just locked the doors and closed them. so i asked her if she still had the set of keys... "oh... i don't think so" yes everyone... my keys got locked in my car AGAIN! so Mark and Paula showed up (Zack's parents) and after a few minutes we had unlocked the car. and there was much rejoicing. we ran into my new amazing friend Kristy.

So we ran over to where we needed to be. watched to presentation from one of the SDI's( Senior Drill Instructor) and then lined up for the moto run (motovational Run) we all stood on the sidelines and watched as each platoon went for a run, yelling cadences the whole way! after that we headed over to the theater for a video and another presentation. me and kat left that a little early so we could get good seats for the family day formation ceremony. we sat and watched the ceremony, i saw Riley and was soooo excited! then they got the magic word "Liberty" and it was a mad dash for everyone to book it to their families. i saw Riley and watched him head towards his parents direction. but he was looking around frantically... for me. we made eye contact and i smiled... and he looked away from me. then he looked at me again and cocked his head to the side, he couldn't decide if it was me or not... you see i now wear glasses which i had not told him about, i had also lost 25 lbs since he last saw me. it was a pretty big compliment to NOT be recognized. and then the tears started. i felt like that day would NEVER get here. and i couldn't stop myself. i was BAWLING. luckily i had a feeling that would happen so i wore water proof mascara and eyeliner. we drove over to the church and had a picnic, then he wanted some time with just me so his parents drove back and we walked back and just chatted. we hit up the museum and one of the gift shops... and then it was time to drop him back off at "home" so i walked him back over to the barracks... we kissed... and he left.

Gradation Feb 26th
So i got up early because i was doing my hair curly. so we arrived on base around 7 am. and went directly to the bleachers to try and save as many seats as possible. Curt came over to help. and my dad and grandpa both wanted to be there for Riley's graduation so they drove down for it. so we saved ALMOST enough seats. the ceremony started and it was SOOO LONG! well it was only like an hour... but i was ready to have him back. i had my camera with one of my bigger lenses so i could zoom in way far and could tell which one was Rye from way far back. then they moved closer... and i couldn't help myself... i made some of my classic "Sav" faces... and then i would look through my zoom lenses and could see that he was trying not to smile. i leaned over to Riley's sister michelle and told her that Riley saw me. so i tortured him for a while... then after what seemed like forever they were released... and i had my husband back. we grabbed his bags... and took about a million pictures and then booked it the heck out of there!

So ya... the rest of the day... IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.... :)

Riley's 10-Day Leave
so the day after graduation Riley wanted to take me shopping... since none of my clothes fit me anymore. so we went to an outdoor mall. and the weather was terrible. it started raining so hard at one point we were both dripping wet when it finally stopped. i mean my hair looked like i had just gotten out of the shower! we went to california pizza kitchen for lunch, and that evening we went to see a movie "cop out" which i REALLY liked... i thought it was funny. then we headed back to st george. we hung out at his parents house most of the week. we went down to Vegas and stayed in the condo with them. did some more shopping. Rye took me out to the CheeseCake factory cause i'd never been. way yummy! we were going to go out to dinner at this super nice restaurant and Rye was going to get dressed up in his uniform... but as we were getting dressed to go... he realized he'd forgotten his belt and so we had to cancel. then on sunday we had to head up to provo cause Riley was flying out of salt lake to go to SOI (School of Infantry) the day before he left my best friend of a billion years did some pictures for us. i got a few back and they look awesome!

So He's been gone for a week now. but being the dedicated Marine Wife i am... i drove the 12 hours to go see him. me and Kat drove thursday... left at 11pm got to san diego around 10 am on friday. Riley wasn't expecting me till saturday. so when he got a few hours liberty on friday night. he just wanted to call and say hi and talk for a few minutes... but i showed up... he was SOOO SURPRISED. it was a good surprise... i was pretty pleased with myself. he LOVES being able to see me on the weekend. but said it's going to make the weeks harder. but it's worth it. i met a bunch of his buddies. and got a whole bunch of "is this the girl from the postage stamps?!" and i'd reply with "the very one!" so i sit here on tuesday morning.... knowing that the day after tomorrow... i'll be getting ready to see Rye the next day. and he has OFF base liberty this next weekend, so we're heading down to san diego getting a hotel and hitting up sea world and the beach... i am so excited. this is SOOOO much easier than bootcamp.. but hard in completely different ways.

so there you go... i promise i'll be better about blogging. cause i really don't want to have to do such a long post again. plus there are so many things i left out.. so i'll be better i swear!!

Thanks for reading :)

Graduation outfit... whatdoyathink?!

so i didn't get ready before taking these pictures. and i'm planning on wearing red converse. but what do you think. yes or no?