Two down!

Today is our two year anniversary! I can't believe how fast time is going. I pinch myself everyday for being so lucky in my life. I have a husband that wakes up every single morning, tells me he loves me and then spends the rest of his day working hard to make our life together the best he can for us.

I am truly blessed to be his wife.

I love you honey, happy anniversary! ::gives hubs a fist bump::

Flowers and presents and candles...oh my!

As per usual the Thunder cat never misses a photo op. Its her world, we all just live in it.

The Traveling Tranbargers

Now that my parents are retired and have nothing but time on their hands to do fabulous things, they decided to pack up their car and go on a great cross country adventure. They are so cool.

Of course a stop in Newport was on the itinerary to see their homesick daughter and we were so excited to see them. As usual the week went by way too fast. I wish they could have stayed longer. :)

Cute Dad. I believe he spent the entire week out on our porch reading and chatting up people as they walked past. Seriously how cute is that?

Cute Moms at Fort Adams. Of course in typical Mom fashion she greatly improved our quality of life by reorganizing many areas of our home. When they left Todd and I were amazed at how much more our laundry area and kitchen made sense. She's the best.

Notice something missing? After being together for over 35 years, my dad shaved off his mustache. My mom, us kids and anyone for that matter (besides my grandma and my uncles) have never seen him without it. It wasn't as shocking as I thought it would be, he's still my handsome dad. Only time will tell if it will return.

Out to dinner in Newport. We ate more this week than I care to admit ::rubs slightly larger tummy::. How spoiled are we?

It rained all day on Saturday so we went to the movies and than later off to the VFW. Any place were you can hang out and drink cheap beer is a-ok with the Tranbargers. I think its in our blood.

Playing some pool. My dad 'claimed' he hadn't played pool in years however he slaughtered me every.single.time. I think I got hustled.


The weather was much better on Sunday and since its fall we decided to test our luck at a corn maze. Who would make it through first the Coyers or the Tranbargers? The competition was pretty thick.

We were pretty lost here.

Hello!



Silly parents. They had a pretty good lead on us until they hid in the field to pop out and scare us half to death.

After this we saw them take a questionable turn and didn't see them again until we all got out.

The maze champs!

The map. Without this we would all still be in that maze.

Afterwards we treated ourselves to lunch in Bristol. We had the perfect table right on the water.


The next day they left to continue their adventure. So sad. I did hear a rumor that another trip in spring may be in the works ::crosses fingers:: We miss you!!

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In loving memory - my parents Maxima 2005-2009

My poor parents. While driving in Virginia a deer walked on the road in front of their car and the Maxima did not live to tell the tale. Thank god my parents were ok (I couldn't be more thankful) but it cut their trip short and caused a lot grief. :( You were a good car Maxima and will be missed RIP.

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Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Today Todd's parents celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary!!

Yes, you read right 44 years...and yes that is awesome.
Thank you so much for being such a wonderful example in love and marriage. We love you.

cute parents. :)

Two Seahawks in the land of Patriots...

It's football season again!

Today we headed out to our local sports bar to watch the game and to our surprise were not the only Seahawks fans in New England! There are 6 of us! Who knew?

Greetings from the Irish Festival!

This is a story of an Irish lady and her cute French-Canadian husband who woke up one morning, temporarily changed their last name to McCoyer and headed down to the Newport Irish Festival...

This couple enjoys the Irish culture very much and once there immersed themselves in the festivities by drinking copious amounts of...

Irish beer and...

even more copious amounts of...

deep fried Irish food.

The McCoyer's then hung out and listened to many live bands where they were occasionally seen dancing...

and singing loudly with the crowds.

Fueled with the spirit of the Irish, this happy couple then proceeded to...

purchase all the novelty Irish products they could get their hands on...

which included a picture of an Irish bar that they cleverly had personalized to be named Coyer's Corner Pub.

After hours of merriment this couple grew tired. They then walked home to their strange cat, hand in hand, laughing about the memories they had made and lived happily ever after.

The end.

hmmm....

Dear Readers, ::waves at moms::

I am so sorry that I have not blogged in so long. You see it is not my fault, there has just not been anything blog worthy happening. Apparently our life has gotten, well, a little boring. I know, I know, you can pick your jaws up off the floor, it was just as devastating to write. I guess it was bound to happen sometime with work and what not, life can't always be super exciting right? I just hoped it would never happen to us. ::takes a moment::. I suppose I could update everyone on the disaster with which is our garden/weed forest but is that really interesting? Probably not. ::hangs head::.

In times like this I am reminded of what my very wise dad always says "there is no boring, just boring people" and I'll be darned if I become a boring person. This will be fixed, don't you worry. ::scampers off to find things to do::

- Shan

Greetings from Maine!

While sometimes having a husband in the Marines can be grueling, every now and then you get to attend some pretty cool events. This weekend we are up in Bath, Maine attending the christening of the DDG-109 USS Jason Dunham. This christening was near and dear to the Marines as it is named after a fallen Marine and Medal of Honor recipient, Corporal Jason Dunham. Todd was incredibly honored to be invited to support a fallen Marine and I was incredibly excited to be his plus one. This was definitely not something you see everyday.

The ceremony was beautiful with speeches from several Congressmen, the Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, and the former Commandant, Michael Hagee. It was a very emotional day and ended with Corporal Dunham's mother dedicating the ship to her son and hitting it with a bottle of champagne. I can only imagine what an honor it is for his family.

All dressed up.

Ok seriously, Marine dress blues have to be to best looking uniform, hands down. How can you not swoon looking at these guys?

Walking up to the ship

Waiting for the ceremony to start

View from our seats

Listening to the Secretary of the Navy's speech

General Hagee

Corporal Dunham's mom and sister

The boys with some kids in the NJROTC. These kids were in complete awe of these guys.

Gunny and Mrs.

I learned today that when these boys are in uniform people will bend over backward for them. If I lifted my camera, 5 people would hurry over and offer to take the picture. People were constantly coming over to talk to them, offer them drinks, food...anything. It was very neat to see how appreciated they are.