first weekend in september.

some of our friends came to visit us! 

hannah and brandon just got married on august 20.

brandon and jon went to school together in north carolina. they became friends, and introduced hannah and i to each other via facebook/texting. we decided to go visit our boys at Camp Lejeune and that's where we met! we have kept in touch for TWO YEARS and hadn't seen each other since then. luckily, they got married and stationed in yuma! i'm so happy about that, because it's only a three hour drive.

they got here on thursday night and we had dinner and caught up. on friday, jon's unit was having family day on coronado island. we all got to go and eat, play in the ocean, and eat some more. 

fun fact: hannah, brandon, jon and i went to the beach in north carolina two years ago. that means we have been to the pacific ocean and atlantic ocean together!! i don't think i can say that about very many people. in fact, i'm pretty sure its just my family and my two best girlfriends from high school, lyndsi and jessica.

this is jon with his homies. the waves were huge!! i had to leave the party early so that i could get to school on time, so i didn't get all the way in. plus the waves were freakin' me out. 

when i got out of school, i came home and hannah and i sat at the kitchen table and did homework while the boys played xbox. then we went to a friends house for dinner. jon's sergeant made us amazing lasagna. the lasagna is a secret recipe that has been perfected and passed down through his family. he said that his mom and grandma used to each make a lasagna and then have the entire family taste both of them and pick which was the better one. he would say "...this one?" and his mom would say "so are you saying you like your grandma's better than mine???" i thought that was so messed up and soo funny! 

after we had dinner, we started telling ghost stories and watching scary movie trailer after scary movie trailer. then. we watched. INSIDIOUS. watch that movie trailer if you dare. i watched the first few minutes of the movie, but when i saw that man standing in the corner of the baby's bedroom, i turned over and went to bed. 

on saturday we went to sea world!!!! military personal and dependents get in free once a year, so we knew we needed to take them there. it was a lot of fun, and because none of us paid to get in, we didn't feel pressured to stay all day.

 right when we got there, we went and rode the ride. the four of us were in the front four seats, so when we went down the hill, we were pretty much entirely submerged under water. we've never gotten that wet before. 

 (as i stated at the very end of this post, i am going to post photos of jon and i even if he's making a horrible face.)  

he falls asleep everywhere.

after sea world, we decided to go to old town. we walked around and looked at the pretty buildings, explored the fair that was going on, ate delicious mexican food, and shopped. 

this is our favorite shop in old town. they sell almost every type of soda you could imagine. its not as fun to go to anymore now that i'm off soda, but there is always yoohoo.......

we had such a fun weekend! it has been so hard to make real friends out here, its nice to have someone familiar come visit and now live so close. 

awesome news: brandon and hannah (or brannah and handon as jon accidentally said) might be able to come to vegas and go to jon's unit's marine corps ball!!! i am so excited!!!

(ps. brandon took most of these amazing photos)