Our Weekend...

We had a really fun weekend this past week. We were able to go to the Dallas Temple again with a group of airmen from the base. Honestly, I think the temple and the small area surrounding it is one of the only pretty places in Texas. After getting back from the temple we went straight to Chuch E Cheese's for our neighbor's little girl's birthday party. Her name is Adielle and she turned 2 yesterday. So we went to her party and watched her play. She is super cute! Ironically her dad (William Presgrove) was in the same mission as Joshua. We spend a lot of time with them since they live just a few apartments down from ours.

Also, on Sunday, we found out that Camarron's sister Sereneti had her first little baby. It was a girl and they named her Grace. We decided, since the sun finally decided to come out, that we would go for a walk on Sunday to the "Wichita Falls." It was nice to get out and just go for a walk.

Our little Lady Bug friend at the "Falls".

Simple Beauty

We finally managed to get a good picture of the pretty tree. We really do enjoy driving past it everyday. We take in every second of seeing it since everything else here is by far the opposite of pretty. Oh man, how we miss Alaska!

Sorry, I know it has been a while...

It has been a little while since I have updated our blog. That is mainly because our computer is broken and we don't have the funds to just go out and buy a new one. However, I am pretty sure my dad has a "New Computer Fund" going around at work that my little brother helped me set up, so if any of you are feeling generous you can contact my dad...ok, so you'll never get a hold of him, so you can just contact me directly. :.) (Just kidding.)

So to start off, we are still here in Wichita Falls. Nope, it isn't any better than last time I posted. However, I did finally find something that deserved the word pretty yesterday. I attempted to take a picture so I could post it, but the batteries died before we were successful at getting a picture. Anyway, it was of a tree that had bloomed and it was bright pink and purple. Hopefully we will drive past it again and I can get a picture.

The other day while driving to the store we saw this awesome hawk. Luckily there was nobody behind us so we backed up and stopped for a second long enough for Cam to get a picture of it. You should also know about the other animals that are attempting to overrun the the base here. There are Jack rabbits EVERYWHERE! They are huge and only live on base. There are also millions (ok, so more like thousands) of black birds that are apparently causing problems on the flight line here as well as other things so they get poisoned. Again, for some reason they only flock to and hang out on the base.

Today we went and looked at an F-16 fighter jet. They have old planes and jets that are no longer used all over this base for display. So we went and looked at the F-16 and Cam told me all about it and what he does with it since that is the aircraft he is training to work on.

This picture is only here upon Cam's request. He thought we needed it cause we both look so funny.

Nothing too exciting has happened here. It is Texas...what can I say. Camarron is still doing extremely well at Tech. School and currently has the highest G.P.A. in his class. He studies hard and it is definitely paying off. I have started substitute teaching here to help pass the time and make a little extra money. Let me tell you now, kindergartners are a terror! However, high school students I can handle. We are patiently awaiting May 1st. That is the day that we are supposed to head back to Utah and get out of this terrible place. I wish there was a better way of stating it, but there really isn't. We are happy as can be and love every minute that we do get with each other. The Air Force is really tough, but we wouldn't have our life together any other way.

He aced it!!!

So I need to brag about my husband just a little bit. He took his block 4 test yesterday and he got 100%. So far on all of the tests that Camarron has taken he has gotten 90% or higher. Some of you might not think that is such a big deal, but let me explain Tech. School a little bit to you. Each of Cam's "blocks" can be compared to a college course. The stuff that he has to learn in one week or less is often something that would take close to a semester of college to learn normally. However, here they go to class from around 7am in the morning and finish anywhere from 4:30 to 6pm in the evening. They do get a lunch break in there as well. Their schooling is extremely intense and when you take a block test you have to get above 70% or you can't move on. If you fail more than 2 you can get washed back and re classed into something different. Pretty much what that means is you start Tech School all over and learn something different that is easier. There are a lot of people that we have met that have failed a test or two and are struggling with how much information they have to learn in such a short period of time. Cam studies so hard and amazes me with how quickly he picks up and understands all that he is learning. So yesterday's test was a pretty exciting accomplishment. There aren't many people who pull that off while here in Tech School. So I just thought I would do a post on how amazing I think my husband is and brag that he just aced his last test!

More of the Dallas Temple

Last time I posted I couldn't get these pictures to load right, so here they are.

I have to tell you about this picture. There was a dad with his two little girls playing by the fountains. When they saw Cam they stopped and watched him, so Cam walked over towards them and waved. He had no idea I was taking the picture, he was just admiring the little girls. He was so cute, my heart just melted. He is going to be the best dad in the world when we have kids.

Mr. GQ!

Finally...Heaven!

The Dallas Temple

This past Saturday a group of us took a temple trip down to Dallas and went to the Dallas temple. It was AMAZING! I can't tell you how nice it was to be in the temple with my husband. It has been a while.

From left to right: Lydia Golden, Me, Camarron (He is only phase 2, that is why he still has to wear his "Blues". The others are all phase 3 and can wear their civilian clothes off base.), Bro. Chavez (He is also a 1st or 2nd Lieutenant.), Sis. Capener (Bro Capener was the one taking pictures.), Bro. Coombs, Richard Farnsworth, 2 more great guys that I feel terrible I don't remember their names :.), and Matt (who is a Staff Sargent and been in the Air Force for almost 6 years.) We had a blast!

Super Nova!

This is kind of what it was like! :.)

Yesterday was the first day that Cam was able to leave the base. He had to be wearing his "Blues" while off base, but we were able to go hang out together off base. We went exploring around Wichita Falls and found...well...nothing. There isn't much around here, really. However, since we were out away from everything and all of the lights of the city, (Which is very small so there weren't many lights to get away from in the first place.) we decided to go star-gazing. So we pulled off to the side of the road and layed on the front of the car and looked at all of the stars. It was so fun! The one car that drove passed us the whole hour we were star-gazing probably thought we were crazy, but we thought it was awesome! Moments like that make all of this worth it.

I tried taking a picture of us in the dark looking at the stars. The flash was rediculously bright and we couldn't see anything after I took the picture. I was having a hard time getting both of us in the picture (as you can see) so we had to keep trying. Cam told me that he was going to be blind for the rest of his life, but I insisted on taking more pictures until we got a good one. He finally took the camera after the third blinding and unsucessful try and he took a good one of us. We were laughing so hard that it was hard to even take a picture! I had to post all of the bad ones as well so you could get an idea of how funny we thought the whole thing was. :.)