Always Get His Back Side!

I always seem to get his back side.....or a hand over my camera....even when I think I am being sly with my phone.....he just keeps spinning around, and here is a perfect example of how hard I have to work to get a picture of his front side!

 

Love Him!

 

I zipped by the stables on my way home from work and look who I ran into! always LOVE running into him! Not sure if he feels the same! Hard to tell by his face! Ha! Always sooo serious! Getting all the last minute everythings done before the rodeo!

3 More Years + One...

Goodnight #164 or #529

Still sending The Dude In Cammies goodnight pictures. This is either Goodnight #164 since he left in January for our next Duty Station of goodnight #529 if i add the 365 from the deployment he had just gotten home from before leaving us again....but whose counting....i guess me! Hahahahaha! Someday we may live under the same roof again. We joke that we hope like saying goodnight face to face and not rather by text messages and face time!!! :) 

Elizabeth Colorado Rodeo 2014

The Dude on a Horse just wrapped up another rodeo. He is getting pretty good at these things. He will definitely be coming out of the gun club as a well-rounded Marine! I love that he is able to experience this side of the Marine Corps and America! He has been able to meet another sector of the American people on their stomping grounds doing what they do best and in their comfort zones. He has also been able to see quite a bit of America as he travels around with The Mounted Color Guard. This rodeo was in Elizabeth, Colorado. He said it was beautiful but everywhere you went there was just a cloud of stench because of the legalized marijuana law. He had Colorado on our list as a potential place to retire, it is now crossed off the list and I no longer have to argue with him presenting why I don’t want to live there. He was also surprised at how cold it was there! He had just come from a rodeo in northern California where it was in the triple digits and now he had to actually go and buy himself a coat! The drive out was a little rough. They had taken 2 additional horses so they were driving 2 trucks and 2 trailers. They blew 2 tires on day 2.  Thank goodness all was fine, but it is just a hassle unloading horses and securing them while changing tires on the trailer each time on the side of the road.  The weather was not pleasant during the duration of the rodeo. There was rain which meant mud. Lots of lightning and thunder which spooked the horses.  Dean went crazy on the Saturday afternoon rodeo.  The Dude on a Horse managed to NOT drop the flag while Dean insisted on staying on his hind legs for several minutes. There were tornado warnings on Sunday so they had to secure all the animals and put everyone into shelters. This delayed the rodeo until later. The tornados did not hit, thank goodness, and all ended up going well.  They blew 2 more tires on day one driving back…..i will do a follow up post when The Dude on a Horse returns to his barracks room in the desert as he has pictures for me but can’t get them to me until he gets to his computer. I rely on stocking Instagram and other social media sites for photos in the interim while he is on the road!     

 

 

One of The Nights

One of the nights at the rodeo....The Dude In Blues also now known as The Dude On A Horse sent me this from tonight at the rodeo.....

Bull Dog Uniform

The Dude In Cammies wears many uniforms these days.....he is busy! Today he wore a Marine Corps baseball uniform. His team won and he had a LOT of fun! Baseball is one of his favorite things to play. 

Empty Rocking Chair

I was sitting out on the front porch in my rocker and it has been quite loney for the longest time.....The Dude in Cammies rocker has been empty for ages it seems.... 

Stay Out of the Commuter Lane!

I got a nice little ticket in the mail.....looks like The Dude in Cammies rode in the special lane when he was driving to his sisters house. I made this funny little collage for him.....hahahahahahaha, i crack myself up! 

Goodnight #63

Just goodnight #63.....from me and Jasper to The Dude in Cammies....

It's Dark Jeans Today

The Dude In Cammies has to wear these shirts when he is off to different events with his horse and than he changes into his Cammies or Blues pending what the event is when they get there. His shirts are different colors. I guess they are wearing black today so he is in dark jeans....something I have not seen in a LONG time!!!! I think it's a Blues event today and he won't be riding his blonde, Chue, but will be riding Dean, a brunette. We had much teasing in the texting banter while he was at the stables early this morning getting ready to go to San Juan Capistrano. I just love that he has finally caved and takes selfies for me!

Another Picture On The Wall

The Dude in Cammies has another picture on the wall at his new location.....but he is obviously NOT in cammies.....so he is The Dude in um, ugh, i really should know my uniforms by now....but i don't....and i probably never will.....i am the worst Marine Wife EVER!!! But i think these are the Alpha's.....so  yes, we will just go with that, The Dude in Alpha's! If i am wrong, well than i am wrong, i don't think anyone will call me out on it and if they do, I'm blonde....so there! ;) He HATES having his picture up in places, but i guess that comes with getting old....but it is a rather nice picture except there is no smile, just that look that he gives when i know i am in trouble....the glare....the ooops i guess i shouldn't have done that look.....soooo, aside from thinking i am in trouble......it's a pretty good picture of The Dude in Alpha's! Gosh, he would probably kill me if he knew i blogged about him.....yep, this is the look i would get....... 

Good Morning From Chue

The Dude in Cammies had to be at the stables early this morning, well not SUPER early, but kinda early, 4 am early, so at 7 am right when i was arriving at work i got my good morning picture form The Dude in Cammies, but it wasn't The Dude in Cammies, it was Chue!!!  He is soooo cute!!!  I can't wait to give him a big ole hug!!!  The Dude in Cammies has to ride him in a ceremony today at Camp Pendleton so they had to load up the horses and leave early to get out there for the event. He has a parade he has to ride in Saturday or maybe Friday and than the first Rodeo starts up pretty soon he will be doing.....he and Chue are VERY busy!!!! I am hoping he will send me pictures!!!! He needs me there to take pictures!!!! Well, for other things too.....but definitely has his camera person with all the events he is always off to!!! 

I Was His 100th Like!

Vicki posted this picture of her Daddy when he received his Bronze Star. I was his 100^th like. I think I should make him a t-shirt that says “I Got 100 Likes on Facebook” J

Skype Night

Just another typical Face Time with The Dude in Cammies, although he is obviously NOT in cammies, but sometimes he is, but tonight he isn’t…..but I did see his cammies as he joked about how when we hung up he was going to go get his uniforms ready.  He has to get his ‘in town’ uniform ready and then roll sleeves on his cammies for when he is on base. He is visiting some schools tomorrow on behalf of the base so he has to wear his blues.  I told him I could watch him roll his sleeves so it would be like he was at home……he said, “no!” lol He chit chatted with each of the kids, I walked around the house so he could see and say hello to each of the furry kids as well. Jasper barked his head off as usual when he hears his voice….Leah did a courtesy howl, Tank acts like he doesn’t care and Bella gets all yippy with her barking. These furry kids are just too funny! Soo glad we have facetime with our phones and can pretty much see each other and chit chat whenever we want to. Hopefully this summer we can be living under the same roof again….but until than we have facetime/skype time or whatever time…… 

Yep, we have this even stateside.....

The cammies waiting to get the sleeves rolled....

Celebration For Ed

Ed went and spent the weekend at his Sisters house.  He took Nolan to his baseball game on Saturday and when he came back his Sister and Mom and Nolan took him out to dinner and his Sister and Mom had made him this cake for getting his Bronze Star at work on Friday.  They went out to dinner at Marie Calenders. Yum! I am sad i am missing out on all these moments with him.....but glad he has family near by taking care of him....

Mid March 2014

Just a few things going on the middle of March at the Bonanza House.....Vicki and i are cleaning out the cabinets....so it was a vanilla cake with strawberry frosting.....i made my favorite hashbrown casserole, the copycat from Cracker Barrel.......i just love my water cup that The Dude in Cammies always teases me about....i sent him a picture of it to show him my fish swimming under the lemon slices with their sour expressions......i sent him pictures of my toes while i was sitting out on the back deck reading my book.....and of course a picture of his dog being a bad dog curled up on the couch.....these are just some of the random pictures that were sent to The Dude in Cammies on this day in the middle of March from the house on Bonanza......   

He's Ready For Boot Camp

I sent this picture to The Dude in Cammies....he replies back, "He is ready for Boot Camp" lol

Good Morning & Good Luck

The Dude in Cammies HATES being in the spotlight.....i think he secretly likes it a little, but he does also hate being that center attention guy at the same time....so i took some funny pictures this morning and had fun blowing up his phone when he woke up to hopefully relax him a little and lighten up his mood....so here are just a few that i took in the library this morning and sent to him before i went to my classroom.....

He HATES this face with a passion!!!!!

Going For A Hike

The Dude in Cammies made the Barstow paper today, The Prospector from a hike they took back in February.....