My whirlwind summer.

Wow, it has been a LONG time I blogged! My summer has been flying by and I haven't had time to stop and think about writing on my blog, which is kind of a shame because so much exciting stuff has happened this summer. I will give you a brief overview of my last 2 months.

I left for California in May and went to my college graduation. It was so awesome to walk across that stage and know that all my hard work over the past 4 years was finally complete. I also got to see all my friends who I have missed so so much since I've been gone. Here's a picture from graduation.

After that weekend, I said goodbye to Jake (he left for training in Colorado) and I headed to my hometown of Turlock. The night I got home was not a good night. Bailey had to be rushed to the emergency room, almost too late, and was hooked to an IV for 12 hours. It was so awful! Apparently according to the doctor, Bailey ate a large dose of a narcotic drug and said that it was most likely marijuana. Figures, my dog comes to CA and gets some pot. My whole family was shocked and upset but all we could think about was the fact that she was okay once it got out of her system. I realized then that I don't know what I'd do without her. She is my best companion when Jake is gone and I'm so thankful to have her. Here is a pic of her and my brother at the park this summer.

June was seriously a whirlwind. I had a graduation party the first weekend of June with my best friend from home, Allison, which was so great. Then the next weekend I was off to Europe! We went to Praque, Vienna, and Salzburg. It was such an amazing trip and it really opened my eyes to the fact that we live in a huge world! It definitely gave me the desire to travel more. I will have to post some pictures from that trip in another blog. The last week of June I mostly helped Allison get ready for her wedding, worked on her wedding present (which was a scrapbook of us from kindergarten until now), went to the beach, and hung out with friends and family. Here are pictures from my grad party and one from Europe.

July started with me getting to go to LA for a taping of Family Feud! My family auditioned a year ago and finally got asked to go on the show. It was a lot of fun and a crazy weekend! I think its supposed to air around October but I'll keep ya posted. The next week was a good surprise. I got to see Jake! He was able to get some leave to see his family in Sacramento, which is only 2 hours from Turlock, so Bailey and I drove up there for a few days. It was so amazing to see him after 6 weeks apart and we were so giddy the whole week :) We got to see our friends John and Sarah while we were up in that area and that was awesome. I also stopped on my way home to have lunch with my good friend (and old roomie) Candy. It was just a great trip! From there, I rushed back to Turlock to begin Allison's wedding festivities. Her wedding was so beautiful and I bawled through the whole thing (which by the way is very unlike me...thats how perfect the wedding was!) It was a bummer that Jake couldn't be with me for that but he needed to get back to Mississippi and it was great for me to have some girl time.

Another surprising turn of events is that Jake and I got the offer to move into a brand new house on base!! It was literally finished being built in June. Its a two-story, 2000 sq ft. home with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. It has a wonderful screened porch, walk in closets, and a garage! Its my dream house that I never thought I'd get, at least not for a long time, and the best part is that its free!! My dad and my sister drove me back out to Mississippi and even stayed to help us move and get settled. We somehow managed to get the whole house moved, unpacked, and decorated over the time of one weekend. And even more surprising is that all my decor and furniture from our tiny old house seemed to fully furnish the massive new house! Now thats a miracle :) Heres a picture of our new house and one of me and my sis on our way out here.

Anyways, Jake starts pilot training here in Mississippi tomorrow and is very excited about it. We had the opportunity to have his entire class (29 guys+ 10 wives) over for a get together last night and had a great time. We feel so thankful that he has such a fun class for us to do things with over the next year. I had a great time with the wives too! We sat and talked for hours. Another great thing is that a good majority of our class lives on our same street in our new neighborhood. We can literally just walk a few houses down to see eachother.

I know I really have to enjoy this time I have now because August 10th I go back to work and foresee no vacations for a long time. Thanks for everyone who took the time to read this long post. Once I get back to back to my regular routine, my regular blogging will come back into play, I am sure of it!

Off to Europe.

Wow, summertime hit and I am officially the worst blogger EVER! I've been so busy and SO enjoying my time with friends and family that I don't want to waste any of it on the computer! haha. I promise that I will get back to normal one of these days but for now I am just writing to say that I leave for Europe this morning!!! Yay! I will be in Prague for the first part of the week and then in Vienna for the rest of the trip. Please pray for safe traveling! I will do my best to update right when I get back. Hope everyone is doing great and enjoying wonderful summertime :)
     

Quick recap.

I have not had even 2 seconds to write on my blog over this past week and wow do I have a lot to catch everyone up on. I'm running out the door to meet my friends for coffee in just a minute but I thought I would give a few highlights of what my blogs will be about over the next week.

1. My drive to California- over 2 thousand miles with me, Jake, and Bailey (and there are definitely some stories to tell)
2. My graduation events and ceremony- including my speech at the senior business banquet, pictures of all the events, and the excitement of seeing all my friends and family again
3. Bailey's near death experience (no, I'm not joking) because she ate a narcotic drug. This story basically includes me being a hysterical mess. Don't worry though, it all worked out.
4. Jake leaving for our 2 months of being apart. Boo...

Those are the main highlights of what has happened lately. Hope everyone had a good memorial day weekend!

Vroom Vroom!!!

Today has been a great day. It is my last day of work for almost 3 months, all my work took me out to a really nice lunch at a country club, and best of all WE GOT A NEW CAR!!!

I know this is quite shocking, trust me I'm even shocked, considering we weren't going to buy a new car until August. Well, ever since my car died a week ago, it has not been fully reliable, even after us getting it "fixed". We have been really nervous about taking it across the country. We decided to go to a couple dealerships in town just to look at some cars and see what kind of deals we could get now versus waiting until August. The only dealerships in our small town are Honda and Toyota, neither of which I really wanted to get. For some reason, I just had the idea that they were just cheesy, cheap looking cars. Jake loves both of those brands and so he asked me to go look at them and to try to keep an open mind. Most of the cars were nice but nothing I could see myself driving in. I have always thought that the new honda civics were cute though so I wanted to look at one. After driving it and seeing all of its awesome features, I actually loved it! It is such a cute, sporty car and because of the brand it is definitely a good investment. Because its so cheap too, Jake said we would be able to get a brand new, top of the line one (including leather, sunroof, heated seats, etc...). After a few days of thinking about this car (and going back to test drive 2 more times!) we decided it was the best compromise for us both.

The dealer in our town did not have the exact one we wanted (silver with grey leather) but they called us this morning to say that they were able to get one from another dealer in the state. We made them a ridicoulously low offer for the car and after a bit of pushing they accepted it! Today at 4pm, it will be at the dealership for us and all we have to do is sign the papers! I seriously love the car and feel so cute driving it haha. I can't believe that I get to have a new car for all my summer roadtrips!

I have to say that this is the best graduation/anniversary/birthday present a girl could ask for!    

11 months of wedded bliss.

Yep. Today marks 11 months of me being a Pruitt. I can't believe that it has been almost a year because it seems like we just got married! I am so thankful for Jake and so thankful to have someone in my life who truly cares and knows every detail about who I am. Marriage is such a wonderful thing and its amazing how strong 2 people can become when they are together. I have been reminded of all of this during this last week that he's been home again. We have just been having a great time relaxing together, going on walks, cooking together, and cuddling up on the couch to watch movies. I have missed my best friend!!

Tonight we are going to go out to dinner to celebrate a little. I know its not usual to celebrate an 11 month anniversary but we won't be together on our 1 year anniversary so we thought we'd celebrate a little early with a nice dinner. On June 13th (our one year), Jake will be training in Colorado and I will be with my mom and sister in Europe. It stinks that we have to be apart but I was going to have to be apart from him no matter what because of his training so I might as well be sad about missing our anniversary while traveling through beautiful Austria and Prague. Agree?

I guess right now I am just trying to spend every last second with him that I can before our two months of separation this summer. Anyways, happy anniversary to us! Woo hoo!