The tough life

Today I got our of the shower to the sounds of dogs barking from several directions in the neighborhood. I ran to the backdoor to assure our dog was not adding to this racket. This is what I found... She has become quite the sun worshiper and, on most days, prefers the comfort of her chair....

Here and almost gone!

May has presented itself as a complete whirlwind in the Vancil household. Jeremy arrived home by Cinco de Mayo, as promised. We hit a few Mexican food joints and enjoyed a few hard earned margaritas. From there, we hit the ground running...

First, and most importantly, after years of looking we found

the perfect rug for our living room at Lowe's! It has changed our lives. Annie agrees. She and Jeremy gave it a trial run while catching up on bonding time after his return.

Jeremy completed his in-processing while getting construction running on

the house

again.

After ordering a dumpster, which they originally delivered BEHIND my car in the driveway, we now have a dumpster in our side driveway to handle all the siding "we" are removing from the house.

Jeremy is working on adding several layers of foam to our house and then new siding, we are hoping to have that complete before the first snow! Between work and upcoming trips Jeremy will have quite the challenge with that.

I worked hard to finish my semester of grad school before heading up to Eielson, yes we

enjoyed all 9 days together before we had to part again. After a week long inspection, mostly working night shift, I am back to town trying to get caught up on paperwork, summer travel plans, work scheduling, and getting my next semester rolling. I guess studying for my upcoming checkride should also be on that list...

We are planning a get away to Haines for our first anniversary. I can't believe it's been a year already! The time has flown by and I'm looking forward to the many years we have to come.

A little Easter

Without Jeremy here Annie and I dyed some eggs on our own. I went to church with my mom, had a nice breakfast with both sets of parents and then we had some dinner at the Vancil's. Annie was very excited about the mechanical hamster I got in the Easter hunt.

A little busy...

So I've been a little delinquent in my posting. Jeremy has been deployed for over 2 months now and between the house, work, school, family and friends I've managed to stay very busy. Somehow most of the picture for the last 2 months have been of the dog. So Annie will give a little recap of the last few months.

First, Annie is very helpful with my homework.

Next, Martha and John got a puppy so Annie and I babysit sometimes.

We had several fresh dumps of snow this spring.

I got to visit the Gastrocks in Tucson. The one sunny day we hit the zoo.

Finally, Annie is very particular about her sleeping area. This night she did not want her blanket in there...