Tobin and Erin

We haven’t updated in a while, but we’ve been legitimately busy!  Last weekend, Tobin’s grandparents, Grandpa Tom and Grandma Norma Jean, came down to visit, and we had a great time with them!  We played cards (Gpa Tom and I smoked Tobin and Gma Norma Jean in Euchre…but kings in the corner and golf were a different story!), watched Casino Royale, went to church together, and visited the Naval Aviation Museum and the beach.  It was a full weekend, we had a great time, and we have no pictures of it!  Well, we do, but they are on Grandma Norma Jean’s camera.  Well, I do have a couple pictures of Tobin from my phone, so that will have to do!

The first is Tobin ready for work!  And the second is at the end of our beach visit with the grandparents.  It was a little cold, all we did was get our feet wet!

Tobin started API on Friday.  It was an inspection day followed by briefings, and he will actually start classes on Monday.  Of course, he also has to be there early for a PT test. (physical something…training?)  He was told he would be doing a lot of swimming for API.  Yikes!  I’m glad he’s a better swimmer than I am.

And an announcement…our puppy was born yesterday (Friday the 30th of January), and in 8 weeks or so we will be going to pick him up!  There were three males and two females, so we will go visit in a few weeks to pick out our male.    If anyone has any pet crates or odds and ends they would like to sell us, let me know!  We’re in the market now. 

We’re also working on selling the Prizm.  We’ve had several interested calls, we’ll see how that goes.

And Superbowl is tomorrow!  I have to pay attention to more than just the commercials, the guys at work will expect me to know the score.  Have a great weekend, everyone!

That’s right, my favorite sport is in session once again!  Tobin and I are playing in a church league in our brand new gym.  It’s a lot of fun, and we are getting to know some of our fellow life group members a little better, which is wonderful!  We have had two open gyms, and next week is our first tournament.  Pumped!

Tobin starts API on Friday the 30th, one step closer to flying his planes!  And I have picked up some new responsibility at work; I am now part of the Scrap Reduction Team (ooo…hold the applause), which is supposed to occupy 50% of my time.  I’m learning to adjust my other tasks for this new job.  I’m glad I keep getting to learn new things and face new challenges!

And last but NOT least…we are getting a puppy!!!!!!!!  I’m so excited, I haven’t been sleeping very well.  I have lists made and pretty soon I’m going to be making a call to the vet, I have lots of questions…aaaand, the puppy isn’t even born yet!  Haha, I know, I’m ridiculous.  We managed to convince our home owner to allow us to get a dog; AND he lowered our rent, which we didn’t think he would do.  Also, I finally located a Shiba Inu breeder in Pace, which is seriously 20 minutes from our house.  The next closest breeder is around 4 1/2 hours away, so I was very excited to find them!  We went out to their kennel to visit and met the parents.  The mother is due early February, so late March or early April, we will be getting our puppy, a black and tan Shiba.  We chose a male, but we’ll take a female if there aren’t any males in the litter.

Pictures of puppies, so you can smile too!