10 days of Wade

Wade ended his Officer training and had ten days off before he had to go back to AL for his JAG school. We spent the weekend in SF and then came home to enjoy the kids and be a family. We were home(or at my parent's house) for 2 days before we headed to Vegas for Wade's grandpa's funeral. The funeral happened at the very perfect time for Wade. Had grandpa Slade died any earlier or later Wade would have been in AL and not been able to make it. Definitely a tender mercy from above.

While in Reno we did get a little bit of just us time without any other distractions. Mall play place is a favorite.

Forgot to take out the red eyes. How annoying!

The drive to Vegas was really awesome. I usually HATE road trips with a passion but this one I got to sit next to Wade for 8 hours and do nothing but chat with him. It was heaven.

The actual funeral was amazing. Maybe one of the best I have ever been to. I think some of it has to do with how much we both (but Wade especially) love and adore his grandparents. We look up to their marriage, love and kindness. His Grandpa was Wade's hero and there really isn't a better person for Wade to want to be like. Lucky for me, Wade is A LOT like his Grandpa Slade.

 There were a lot of things mentioned at the service that I thought would be said at Wade's funeral. There aren't many people in this world that don't love Grandpa Slade and Wade. It's an honor for Wade to be like him and an honor for me to be part of Grandpa Slade's family.

Because Grandpa Slade served in the military, he was buried at a Veteran's memorial and Wade got to wear his Air Force uniform.

 After the burial, our family went to eat together at Cafe Rio. YUM! Here are 7 grand kids out of the 9 we have. 2 more on the way!

 I got really lucky in the sister in law department. I love all 3 of my SIL's.

Here are Wade and his two sisters, mom and brother. We really missed having Wendy and her family there.

I love this guy! And I love him in his uniform and aviators. :)

The way home from Vegas was really hard for me. The week went really fast with being busy with tons of family and by the time we got home it was time for him to leave again. This time for nine and a half weeks. So the way home I was pretty emotional and definitely didn't make the best of the 8 hours in the car. I regret that now. I was just so overwhelmed and sad. So I pouted a lot, cried a lot and was in a bad mood.

Love this family.

 

Also when we finally did get home we tried going on a date. We got home so late because we left Vegas so late and I ruined the date with my emotional messes. We planned on having one last date night and sadly it just ended in me bawling. I think I was just having a really really hard time with having to say bye again and I didn't know how to deal with it. Thankfully I got it together and we were able to have the next day, our last day together good. It was really hard to drop him off again at the airport. I really love this whole JAG thing but if I have to constantly say goodbye and not see him for months at a time, I am going to have a hard time with this.

Even though saying good bye was hard, I adjusted much better this time. Every day I count down the days and we miss him like crazy but we are doing ok! We move in 20 days and we see him in 22 days for Thanksgiving so I am EXCITED!