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Houston vacation | 9 Jun 2017 to 14 Jun 2017
We stayed at the beach house in Surfside Beach and had a great time with Lori & James, Scott and Barb, Tracy, Grey, Oliver, Lucy, and Josh & Amber. Tons of great beach time, NASA, and Galveston. Wonderful vacation!See more photos of this event
Trash talk
×Trash talk
DJ tries to distract Lori with his shenanigans when she is about to serve in a tense game of beach tennis.
Tram ride
×Tram ride
Lucy and Gray ham for the camera on the tram ride at NASA
Fire pit duty
×Fire pit duty
Oliver seems none too thrilled about his fire pit digging duty while James and Lucy look on and Kelley reads nearby.
Big boosters
×Big boosters
The tail end of a giant NASA rocket. Each of those nozzles was huge!
Dinner with old friends
×Dinner with old friends
We went to dinner with Josh and Amber Piller during our Houston vacation and it was really nice. We were sad to have to go.
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13 Jun 2023 to 16 Jun 2023Moving to Peoria, closing on house
22 Apr 2023Rescued Snickerdoodle
17 Apr 2023Starts at Caterpiller
1 Feb 2023DJ officially retires from the military
16 Jan 2023Starts at Liberty Mutual
6 Sep 2022 to 17 Nov 2022Internship at Liberty Mutual
28 Oct 2022DJ's retirement ceremony
9 Oct 2022 to 19 Oct 2022Onboarding trip for new job
7 Oct 2022Last day at Metso/Texas Shredder
4 Oct 2022Fumble passed away
29 Dec 2021Adopted L3goless
14 Jun 2021Dribble passed away
9 Mar 2021Bought Perla Joy house
Dec 2020Adopted Baymax
22 Oct 2020Awesome Theory Idle dev begins
16 Aug 2020 to 23 Aug 2020TC visit for dad's memorial service
28 Jul 2020DJ's dad passed away
17 Mar 2020 to 11 May 2020Corona virus lockdown
Apr 2020Fumble's Special Litterbox
20 Jan 2020QB passed away
12 Dec 2019Spurs Cavs game
8 Oct 2019 to 10 Oct 2019Moved to San Antonio
1 Jul 2019 to 6 Jul 2019TC Vacation
21 Jun 2019Day at Virginia Beach
26 Sep 2018 to 29 Sep 2018TDY to Beale
1 Sep 2018Promoted to SMSgt
15 Jul 2018 to 27 Jul 2018TDY for SEIMSC
5 May 2018Rugged Maniac race
8 Apr 2018 to 14 Apr 2018DJ's work Hawaii trip
18 Mar 2018 to 25 Mar 2018Our first cruise
19 Dec 2017Earned Classification Specialist Cert
3 Dec 2017Day out in Washington DC
22 Oct 2017Terrain Race Virginia Beach
28 Sep 2017DJ got PRK (eye surgery)
1 Sep 2017Cape Henry Lighthouse visit
26 Aug 2017Insane Inflatable 5K
9 Jun 2017 to 14 Jun 2017Houston vacation
Jul 2017Don's visit to Virginia
27 Mar 2017Started at Newport News Shipbuilders
12 Dec 2016Bonus passed away
21 Nov 2016We moved to Virginia
1 Nov 2016DJ returned from Osan AB, Korea
7 May 2016 to 7 Jun 2016Korea mid-tour
30 Mar 2016Kelley's mom passed away
3 Nov 2015DJ left for Osan AB, Korea
11 Sep 2015Air Force Ball
2 Jul 2015 to 8 Jul 2015TC & Ohio Trip
16 May 20154th Marine Mud Run
1 May 2015Atlanta trip
22 Mar 2015Spartan Sprint
25 Oct 2014Glow in the Park run
24 Oct 2014Iron Unit Competition
Jul 2014TC & Ohio Trip
3 May 20143rd marine Mud Run
4 Apr 2014 to 7 Apr 2014Charleston trip
1 Mar 2014Promoted to MSgt
13 Dec 2013 to 16 Dec 2013Kelley's parents visit
4 Nov 2013 to 7 Nov 2013Universal Studios trip
7 Sep 2013OSU game
1 Jul 2013 to 7 Jul 2013TC trip
27 Jun 2013SNCO Induction ceremony
11 May 20132nd Marine Mud Run
25 Apr 2013Combat Dining In
18 Nov 2012 to 23 Nov 2012Disney trip
19 Aug 2012 to 8 Sep 2012England work trip
1 Jun 2012Myrtle Beach retreat
12 May 20121st Marine Mud Run
30 Sep 20112nd Atlanta trip
17 Sep 2011USAF Half-Marathon (Our first half)
Jul 2011First Mackinaw visit
28 May 2011First Atlanta Trip
Mar 2011Ohio visit
Jan 2011Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (NCOA)
Dec 2010Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Apr 2010First Combat Dining In
Mar 2010Heart surgery
Jan 2010Rescued QB
23 Aug 2009Derek & Christy's wedding
11 Jul 2009We moved to Augusta Georgia
1 Jun 2009Promoted to TSgt
1 Jun 2009Graduates Intel tech school
19 Jan 2008Adopted Dribble
26 Oct 2007 to 28 Oct 2007Chicago Trip
8 Jul 2007 to 13 Jul 2007TC Trip
Jan 2007Earned our Bachelor's degrees
22 Oct 2006 to 28 Oct 2006TDY to San Francisco (Oracle OpenWorld)
Sep 2006Adopted Fumble
Jul 2005Moved to Nebraska
May 2005Lori & James Iceland visit
Mar 20057-level school
26 Sep 2004 to 2 Oct 2004Ruth visits Iceland
1 Sep 2004Promoted to SSgt
Nov 2003Adopted Bonus
Sep 2003Moved to Iceland
23 Jun 2003DJ & Kelley's wedding
6 Jun 2003Moved to Iceland
Jan 2000DJ & Kelley's fist date
13 Feb 1997Joined the military
Jun 1996Graduated High School
Jun 1995Graduated High School
Oct 1989DJ discovers books
Sep 1988DJ discovers video games
Mar 19884th grade musical, Antshilvania
