Thanksgiving - Florida Style

This year, we celebrated Thanksgiving at home in Florida again. It's crazy how little time they give off for Thanksgiving! It just doesn't provide enough time to drive all the way home just for a meal to turn around and drive back. Last year, my parents, brother and sister-in-law made the drive down here to have Thanksgiving with us, but this year we decided to just keep it low key. Our neighbors did not go home either, so we decided to cut the work load in half and just do a big Thanksgiving meal together. I did miss my family, but it was easier on everyone by no one having to travel, etc. Sadly, I didn't really take a single picture that had anything to do with the actual meal...only Millie! Millie is our neighbors little girl who we are absolutely head-over-heels for. We've been here since the day she was born, so it's nice to be able to be some family to her that she wouldn't have since they are military as well and don't get the opportunity to see family that often. Ironically we are all from the same area in South Carolina so they have felt like family to us since the day we met them. They are just precious, and we are so blessed that we have gotten to become such good friends with them.

Frying out creole butter infused turkey...holy cow it was good!!

Mommy, Millie and baby #2

"Uncle" Bradley makes her laugh every.single.time

"Bra"...as she calls him ;-)

Little diva!

Just hanging out...learning the ins and outs!

I'm (obviously) just a little late but I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! B and I had SO much to be thankful for this past year!

NAS Pensacola Homecoming Air Show

Every year, NAS Pensacola gets the privileged of welcoming our Blues home and hosting the last air show of the year. The Blue Angels are based out of here, so it's a big deal (and a huge show!) when they finally come back 'home'! Plus, this year we celebrated 100 years of Naval Aviation!!! Go Navy! We have been lucky to experience this twice in our time here. Air shows give me chills head to toe.... every.single.time. Maybe it has something to do with being married to an aviator ;-) or maybe it's just that I love my country. I can't really describe how magical an air show is (as corny as that may sound). For some reason, every time I hear those F-18's fly over at about 630 knots (about 730 MPH) it makes me want to kick some terrorist booty! (Is that normal?! Haha!)

F-18F Super Hornet painted with the 100 years of Naval Aviation paint scheme

Blue Angel

P-51D Mustang - Bradley's all-time favorite plane (WWII plane)

A-10 Warthog

A-10 Warthog & P-51D Legacy flight

F-18, F-4U/a1 Corsair & Avenger Torpedo Bomber - Legacy flight

Curtis Pusher - Replica of first aircraft to ever take off of a US Navy ship

Faaaaaaaat Aaaaaaalbert!

The Blues

We had a great day!