Trip to the States- Aug 2008

I took a semi last minute trip home a couple weeks ago to visit family & friends. I was also able to do most of my name change stuff that I had to do in person! So I'm officially Katie Talbert now!!!

Jay had a 6 week TDY with work and part of that was done in Panama City, FL @ Tyndall AFB. I was able to go over for the weekend to break of the time apart a little. We were both very grateful for that and lucky as well. While I was there we went to a party of some friends of ours from England that just got out of the Air Force. It was great to see some friends we hadn't seen in a while too! Thanks again Roland & Tracey for a great Party!

After that weekend I went back to St. Augustine for a few days and were able to visit some girlfriends of mine from College, two of which where my bridesmaids. It was great that it all worked out to get together...unfortunately we didn't get to take any pictures! Thanks again Kelley, Cher, Becky & Trisha for getting together! It was fun...even if it was way too short!

Sally (my sister) and her kids were able to come down as well and then she, the kids & I went up to North Carolina to our family's house up there. My parents came up later and we spent 4 days up there! It was great being with you all and in Brevard.

Evan and I on our deck after a long drive up! He was taking in the sights w/ his binoculars!

Lauren and I hanging out...man that smile is great! She is crawling all over the place now and starting to loose all her baby rolls! Her 1st birthday is coming up...time sure does fly!

Mom and I eating lunch at Hobnobs, one of the many great resturants in Brevard!

We always walk around town and there is a great toy store downtown. Evan and I were watching the trains in the window!

Dad, Evan, & Sally in our "new to us" canoe. Papa got Evan his own paddle but needs to get a little taller before he can really use it! He had fun going on the boat ride none the less!

Jay flew a jet home from the states and I was able to meet him when he landed! It was a very special thing they do...especially for the families! I'm really glad to have him back in England with me!

Alicante, Spain

So Heather, Amy, & I went to Spain this weekend to get away and enjoy the sun. It was great, we did some Wedding planning for Heather and had lots of Girl Talk!

We laid on the beach...
and the Pool (and of course took part in the great Spanish Tradition...Sangria!)

and even did some Water Aerobics!

Our Hotel from the Air

For Kelley...

So it has been a while since I have posted...what can I say Jay is gone and with no dog or child there is not much to update everyone on. I am heading to the beach this weekend with a couple friends and then heading to the states for a little over a week.

While I'm there I plan on seeing my best friend

And we are going to see: http://sisterhoodofthetravelingpants2.warnerbros.com/!! I can't wait to be back in Florida for a little bit and see all the people I love!

Jay's Birthday

Jay's 27th(yes I married a younger man!)Birthday was the 14th. It was the night before most of their Squadron left for their TDY, so it was a quiet evening at the house; but we had a friend of ours over and Jay grilled Steaks & pineapple! It was delicious. I got him the Sleeping bag that he has wanted from REI for his Birthday. He had to try it out!

Later that night Alice (a 1 yr old Yellow Lab that belongs to a friend of ours that we are watching for a little while) was being very sweet with Jay. Hopefully having Alice here will help us get a dog faster!

English Weather

You gotta love English weather... It has been raining off and on all day long. Just to give you a visual the 1st picture is looking out one of the windows in our office , the 2nd is looking out the other window on the adjacent wall, and the 3rd is the Rainbow connecting the two skies!

Window to the South...

Window to the East

Just after a downpour!

4th of July Weekend

After working in the morning at the 4th of July Celebration that the base puts on Jay and I drove to the airport and caught a flight to Italy. Jay's good friend from the Academy (and one of his groomsmen) and his wife are based there. They live about an hour north of Venice so we took the train in on Saturday. It was a quick trip but we had a lot of fun! Thanks again Tyler and Nikki for hosting us and we hope to return the favor soon!

Tyler & Nikki on the train ride into Venice

Jay and I on the Vaporetto (basically the Venice version of a Subway system!)

Nikki and I

Shopping on the island of Murano...Tyler was super excited!

View from the Rialto Bridge...one of the more famous and well known places in Venice.

Happy Birthday to Me!

My birthday was on Tuesday and it happened to be one of the most beautiful days we have had here lately! Unfortunately I had to work but we were able to celebrate with some good friends Tuesday night at a great place not far from our house called Ravenwood Hall! We sat outside in the garden and had a wonderful dinner!

Everyone...Amy, Heather, John, Chuck, Jay, Me, & Emily Watson