Christmas with the Wrigleys

After an it-could-have-been-worse trip, we finally made it to Memphis, arriving at 1030pm, instead of 630pm. We spent three relaxing days in Olive Branch, doing lots of cool things like reading ;) We had a great 96-hours of leave, marred only by the fact I broke my back on the morning of the 26th. All I did was bend down to pick up jeans, and three days later i'm still stuck. Luckily Jenny was my pharmacist. I'll be going into Sick Call tomorrow morning. Otherwise, we thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with everyone.


Tom, a very pregnant Samantha, and Madison.



Don't tell Madison, but she's touching Uncle Dave. Since Madison never sees Dave and I, she was pretty intimidated by Dave for awhile. After making faces at eachother for a while, she didn't even realize they were friends :)




Sam, enjoying his pig nose.



Dave's first cat, Lucy, who is 18 and still kickin... although maybe for not much longer. Funny thing, she's not really that nice either. So apparently Dave's cats are just mean?

Elf Family Dance

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Quid Agis? Chant

This was probably my favorite part of the Recitation. These 1st and 2nd graders chant in Latin. Aaaadooorable. Dave thought it was pretty cute, too.

Tidewater Recitation!

Last Friday was our last day of school

Poll Results

It was later discovered that the mysterious substance that covered the floor was hot chocolate mix. This explains the wide diameter of gunk, its chocolate smell, and the lack of chocolate-poo.

The end.

Today's Poll

One of three things happened while I was at work:

a) Slider discovered and ate an unknown cashe of chocolate

b) the Christmas tree turned into chocolate, Slider ate some of it, and then it turned back into a tree

c) the cat is made of chocolate and is hiding a missing limb

All of the above would explain the substance I found disbursed over my carpet upon my return home. Which do you think is the cause?

The Graduate

Last week, Slider graduated from Beginner Dog School. We didn't order his school photo, just his class photo.


Slider, annoying small dog, Sikx, the sweetest lovingest pitbull ever.




Instructor, Philip, who states Slider's ready for Intermediate classes... :)

Thanksgiving in Arlington

We began the day with a two mile walk with everybody.



My fam - picture courtesy of Dave.



My fam - picture courtesy of Dave.



The table is set!



Aunt Susan making Gravy.


In a post-dinner game of Trivial Pursuit, the playing teams were:


Jeff and Lynn


Susan and James



Bryan and Mary



Daddy and Mommy



And Dave and I. Dave was pissed we were losing very badly.

Winter Weddings

We attended a wedding on the one year anniversary of our wedding. Drew and Jeanette had a wonderful Catholic wedding at the NAS Chapel.












In my return route from Germany, I landed in Cleveland, OH, for my cousin, Jessica's, wedding! I had a great time with my mom, aunts, and cousins. I even saw snow!


SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Jessica, Alexis, Ellen and I = Cousins!



Aunt Julie, Mommy, and Aunt Debbie

My trip to Germany

Nathan receiving is Reading Certificate.



Outside Nurenberg.

For Scott's birthday we took the train to Nurenberg to make a "pub crawl" trough the two Irish bars in town. It was a great time! (Don't worry, Diane, i didn't post the picture of you and Scott asleep on the train on the way home!)



Scott and his beer.




Diane and I with ours.



We found purchasing a pitcher was more economical.


We spent hours working in the basement and on photos from the previous Ball. Scott and I watched movies while Diane worked after dinner. I helped the kids with math homework -which means they might be worse off. I loved spending time with my family overseas!

Deployment friends

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Our friend Tom is seen taking off in this video, which gives insight into deployments :) The pilot they interview is based out of Oceana, where Dave is, and is from a squardron that dave could attach to in a few weeks (though unlikely)...

Photo-Shoot!

Last weekend Dave and I did a one-year anniversary photo-shoot on the Nolan Trail by CNU. Photos courtesy of Lindsay Pearson, aspiring photographer.










(Sad because we miss all of you!)

A Roll of the Dice...

Today, Dave submits his "preference" sheet for his next duty station. Our options are these:

6 squadrons in Oceana - 5 of which are not taking pilots currently.
6 squadrons in Lemoore.
2 Navy squadrons in Japan.
2 Marine-Support squadrons in Japan.

So those are our chances... All is at the whim of the Navy.

Halloween

While Dave and I did dinner and a movie for halloween, Slider celebrated it last week at Petsmart's halloween party - he attended as an academic, dressed appropriately in argyle. (He's taking obedience classes at Petsmart.)

Happy Birthday, ConnorBoo!

Today Connor is 9! Happy Birthday! We are thinking of you here in Virginia Beach, and I will see you in 10 days!! Love you,

Aunt Ann and Uncle Dave (and Sliderboo)

Wrigley's What Not to Wear

While Clinton and Stacy were unable to attend our shopping trip, Dave and I managed to create a make-over for Dave. Instead of $5,000 that Stacy and Clinton give for these occasions, we had less than $200. Dave was in dire need of some winter-wonderland clothing. Stayed tuned for his make-over pictures. :)

Dave's Heroic Return from Key West, FL

While two weeks in Key West, FL, sounds glamorous, especially as the weather is getting cooler in Virginia, we who guessed this would be wrong. Two week: 14 days, flying 12 of them, getting up at 5am 10 of them, having two flights per day most days, getting sunburned on your one day of "vacation." (Not to mention the fact it was Fantasy-Fest 2008, so men and women were strolling about town in just body paint. Yikes...) Dave's class was worked so doggedly they all came home and got sick. Cam had to cancel a flight on Thursday, which Dave was able to pick up. Dave's been feeling under-the-weather and has been downing Airborne like it's his job. Note to selves: Take 1000mg of Vitamin C while on Detachments. Here are some photos from his one vacation day.



Dave at Ernest Hemmingway's typewriter. This room is usually closed off, but Will and Dave impressed the curator with their jet abilities and they were permitted to take a photo :)




Classmate, and fellow 05 USNA Graduate, Will Vuillet, at the Southern-Most Point in the US.



Photographer David J. Wrigley



A ferrel Hemmingway cat befriending Dave (who's a sap for cats, anyway).



Hemmingway's cat's watering trough -- which in a previous life served as a urinal in a local bar. Yum.




Hemmingway's cats have 6 toes! Hemmingway's original cat had 6 toes per paw. Therefore most of the descendants have 6 toes as well.