wk 36.

my life has been crazy. it seems as though every other weekend i have visitors.

am i complaining? not. at. all.

in mid february, i had a girlfriend from kansas city come visit me. 

our men went to boot camp together. we met on one of those really lame but totally worth it websites where you meet girls from the same unit as your marine. 

so we talked on facebook/via text the whole summer of 2009 while our guys were suffering at boot camp. we met at their graduation in august 2009. that is the first and last time i'd seen her.

we've kept in touch really well and her boyfriend deployed a few months after jon. 

so, what are two lonely girls to do? spend time with EACH OTHER over valentine's day!

she is so cute, i love her dearly. 

she literally intoxicates me. 

i could go on and on about her. she is one of my rare friends that i can be totally open with and that makes me laugh so. hard. i haven't been that happy for days on end since jon left, haha. 

it was such a fun weekend. we went sight seeing,

(went to the midway with one of my favorite families that just moved away. ugh, another goodbye. it was awful.)

saw JB: NSN and passed out over it, 

went to dick's last resort with THIS GUY,

and even did karaoke. well, she is a professional, but that is the FIRST time i've everrr sung in front of people at a bar.

i was so vulnerable but...we sang justin bieber 'baby'
and the whole crowd (really just two black women) went wild. 

i don't have a video of it, but i DO have a video of jessi singing exactly how you'd expect miranda lambert to! i'll let the video speak for itself. 

dads visit!

gary came to visit us the weekend we got bear. thats when bear did nothing but fall asleep in weird places and positions. he is asleep in this photo. 

on friday, we went to the aviation museum right next to where we live. it was pretty cool. 

i dont know if i'd go again, but it was free.

then we went to the USS Midway! it was awesome exploring the whole ship. we were in it for about 4 hours and still didn't see everything. poor sailors had to live and work in such small spaces. 

this was the creepiest. the ship hospital. i know it was haunted. 

we thought this was so funny.

me with coronado in the background.

we took a tour of the flight deck? or something. but it was really worth it. if you ever go, you need to take the tours. sometimes, the tour guides were stationed on this ship. it was so cool hearing their personal stories of when they lived on it. 

dad in the brig. scary!!!

i got these pictures off my dads camera. yes, he took a picture of the cat playing in his shoes. 

he loved this little kitty. 

the next day, we went to sea world! jon and i are recent season pass holders! we bought one year, and got another year free. so actually we have passes for two years. it comes with free parking as well. we've been twice, and it already paid for itself. sweet. 

in true robinson fashion, we got to the park right when it opened. meaning...we were the very first people to ride Atlantis that day!

it is the funnest, cutest ride. 

dad and Mei looking at the 'dolphins'.

scared in the shark exhibit!

midday snacks.

this face is reminding me of one that amanda used to do. i will never do it again.

i got a kids meal for lunch, and walked away with a sweeet plate souvenir. 

in the middle of the day, jon and i rode shipwreck rapids. 

i really love that ride, so finally jon decided he'd come with me.

not only did my dad put a quarter in one of those things so that he could spray water at us, but you go under a waterfall. we. got. SOAKED. SOAKED is even an understatement. 

after that, i took off my shirt and put my sweater on. which is why i had my shirt draped over my shoulder. well, sometime between the shark exhibit and this last picture, i dropped my t shirt. we looked all around and traced our steps and FOUND it! i'm so happy to be wearing it right now.

it was such a fun vacation, i'm so happy my dad got to come and visit. we loved spending time with them!