Trick or treat.....I'm back.....

Job Update!!

MATT GOT A JOB at AIR TRAN!!!

Check out their website at

http://www.airtran.com/Home.aspx

YEA MATT!!!

The V-Rod

Thanks to Jeff (very good friend, and dude farthest to the left), Matt now want's a Harley V-Rod. The day after we got back from Minneapolis, Matt drove to Tx for some interview training....and stayed with our good friend Jeff. Jeff is also a motorcycle enthusiast and has great taste in bikes! They rented a bike for Matt and off they went to drive up into the hill country of Texas. Matt rode the V-rod (that sweet looking bike on the far left) on the way home and now he wants one. I told him that was fine (cuz I don't really like sitting on the back of ours...so we really do need two) as long as we got a new house to go with the new bike because we need a bigger garage. He said he would work on that... :).

Minneapolis

The wedding on St. Patty's day!

Very festive, can't you tell? It was one big party weekend to celebrate friends, old times, and new times.

Matt's last day of vacation on the Air Force was the 9th, so that was cause for celebration too!!

I'm still waiting for the crazy and wild bachelorette photos too!! Stay tuned....I need the crazy lady on the left (in the picture on the left) to send them to me!!

I'm on TV

Dude....check this link out.....
http://kuat.org/misenplace.cfm?ID=442

If I can figure out how to get the video on my blog, I will but this will have to do for now....

Indian Rock

It was time for some fun with the Sisters....so out I went to CA for a visit. All us girls were under one roof and that was awesome!! Times can be hard, but when you have sisters like I have, nothing can ever be that bad! There are no pictures (evidence) to document that fun. BUT while I was there, I made a trip to Berkley's historical Indian Rock. The place where modern rock climbing was developed. It was awesome...Of course I got pictures of that. Actually met someone there who knew my climbing friends here it Tucson.....small world. Enjoy the pics.

Matt's Fini Flight

As you all may have noticed, I am a bit behind on my postings....probably because so much has happened in the past few months. No more snow.....just really cold days, Oh and Matt finally had his fini-flight and his last day of work. It was a cold day for his last flight but as you can tell, that didn't stop me from spraying him down with water. Apparently I got pretty into that!! :) That's me on the right with Matt in the middle.

From then on, it was just a matter of two weeks and he was on terminal leave (paid vacation). "Just as an update.....he does have a "part time" job lined up with the Air National Guard to fly their Predator, a remotely manned air craft. This job will be in Tucson, so no more moving for us (for now). It will be pretty full time until he gets another civilian job of some sort. He leaves for Vegas, for training (well at least some things never change during a time of change), in April or May for 3 months. Vegas Baby!!!!

IT SNOWED IN TUCSON!!!

The pictures say it all.....burrrrr

Trip to the Range

After almost 10 years, I finally got to go on a trip to "the range". That is where all the air planes go to practice the bomb dropping and gun shooting. It is a 3 hour drive away or 20 min by plane, out to the middle of the Arizona nowhere. While we were there, a four ship of A-10s and a two ship of F-16s came in for practice.

The Target for the big Guns

Don't worry we were gone by the time the planes were rolling in... :)

After dropping a bomb....

Getting ready for another go

After the straif (big gun)...and some of the dust cleared
This dust cloud was from another Jet. Compare the two dust clouds. This one is tiny compared to the A-10 dust cloud...

Christmas Cats

I think I'll take a nap too....
deny, deny, deny

"What....I didn't do it!"

Sleepy Leira under the tree....

Bulldog Christmas Party

These are pictures from the squadron Christmas party. It was a fun time, a bit more casual than usual which I thought was nice. Not that I am anti-dressing up, but really, who can eat in a fancy outfit???

Lab Christmas Party Pictures

The lab Christmas party comes with a Secret Santa Exchange. I'm always wearing hats and scarfs (you would think that I lived in Boston instead of Tucson) so I got a hand made set. What do you think....America's Next Top Model????

History of the Ya-Ya (Not all could be present)

I couldn't find my oldest photo of our outrageous gatherings. That one is still in my scrapbook. Remember when Andrea's skirt stopped traffic??

Four years ago in San Antonio.....last year in Vegas.

The money it takes to get there?

The awesome photos we get, priceless (you know the one I mean).

PS....See Zoe, I clean up.....

So yes....I get to show up to work in what often looks like PJs (aka scrubs), or wear a lab coat to cover up my lack of ironing. But give me a reason, and I do dress up for a night on the town. Why have you never seen me dress up? Many of my friends may ask....What would I dress up for in a town where "Tucson Casual" is a something you put on invitations to let people know that jeans and Hawaiian shirts is considered dressy....

Helena at Work

Matt at Work

Places We Went

Sedona with Sooz

Vegas Baby.....Ok, it was just a chick trip

A Day at the Grand Canyon




New York

New to the Morrison Family

Circe and Leira
(AKA Trouble 1 and Trouble 2)

A brief look at last year-Things we did for fun

Things We Did for Fun

Drive cars and climb rocks....

....I Hang around a lot in rock gyms and on rocks.

Hi

Hello Everyone!! To all family and friends, I am so sorry that I have neglected you all for so long! This is my new attempt to stay in touch. Since I am always on the computer, this is the best way to keep everyone up to date. I will just bug you every once and a while to take a look. Just to check us out and see what we are up to! Really most of the time, our lives are quite ordinary and boring so I will try not to make it too dry. But this coming year will be full of changes and news so stay tuned...

I will also try to get Matt to write. He is much less wordy and much more witty. That should change things up a bit for ya.

And of course there are the pictures....they really say the most. So if you do nothing else....take a look at those!

Thanks to Andrea Fallin for prompting me to start this (she doesn't even know).....