Oh my...too long!

WoW! I'd be really surprised if anyone out there is actually still checking our blog! =) I'm sorry! I've been without internet! Ok, let's see...where do I begin with our updates? Well, first of all, just to clarify for those of you that didn't know...after my last blog I made a surprise, sneaky visit back to AZ! We'd been planning it for a long time now, it was just a surprise for my family so I had to fib a bit on here in order to pull it off! Brandon was at BTM school in South Carolina and I was in AZ! He had a great time learning how to arrest people and manly stuff like that! =) I'm so proud of him! And I had a wonderful time back in Green Valley with my familia! We did all kinds of fun stuff... from going up a mountain on a one lane dirt road to an observatory, being the host of the Blast again and even getting to see my brother Joshy play a couple football games! Yay! It was great! Oh and before we left we got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Miles! They took us to Northwest Trek and my husband looked like a little kid in a candy shop he was SO happy to go there again with them! And I too looked like an idiot because I saw a real live MOOSE!!! I was THRILLED! I've always wanted to see a moose... and I did! =) (I know, i'm a dork!) So that was great fun for us all! Let's see...now we're back at home and happily together again! Yippee! It was a long 3 weeks without him. Oh...WE GOT ORDERS! Brandon will now definitely be going to the January 20th class of BM 'A' school! He is very excited to finally be taking the next step in his Coast Guard career! What that means though, is that we will be leaving here possibly as early as mid-December and taking a road trip cross country to Virginia!!! Woohoo! And then(boo) I will be flying back to AZ for 3 whole months! Ahhh! "I'll be fine, i'll be fine, i'll be fine..." I just keep telling myself that! I will. But it'll be nice to spend more time with my family and hopefully i'll be able to find a little job. Well, I think i've pretty much got all the important things covered! Lots of Christmas stuff has gone up in our house! Yay! I convinced Brandon that since we might not be here for Christmas then I needed our tree up ASAP! And it worked! It's up, and it's beautiful! Aunt Linda made us a beautiful tree skirt and it matched perfectly with our other stuff! My hubby is just amazing and spoils me rotten! I love it! We are so happy here, i'm sad to leave. Oh well, life goes on, we are extremely blessed... Ok now i'm rambling! Sorry! Have a blessed day and thanks for catching up on what's happening with the Derton's! I took some gorgeous pics of our beach the other day! Enjoy!