The Burley Tribe: March 2012

It seems like I haven't posted in so long, and I know this one is way over due.

The end of February I was able to take a 9 day trip back home. It was kind of a "spur of the moment" decision and I only told a few people I was coming. Nick and I weren't able to come home for thanksgiving or Christmas, and with his schedule we didn't know when the next opportunity would come for me to visit. Aside from college, I haven't really been away from home, and I definitely have never lived across the country before. It's hard living somewhere so new, especially without family around. I have experienced my fair share of "homesickness" since I have been here in Virginia, so a trip to Washington State was just what I needed. Nine days seems like a lot of time on a calendar, but my time with family went by way too fast.

In my 9 day trip I was able to:

Surprise my sister, she had no idea I was coming
Spend time with my mom shopping, eating out with rachael, shopping and getting spoiled at rachael's work, getting pedicures, visiting my grammy and poppy together and having movie nights
Get my hair done after 6 months. shhhh
See Shane at his swimming lessons, play baseball with my dad, and sit on a horse for the first time
Spend time with my dad eating great food, working off the food at the gym :), catching up and having great family time with Grandma in Gig Harbor and Auntie Denise in Ellensburg
Make wine glass charms and have girl time with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law
See Nick's family for his grandma's birthday at The Rock
Have a sleepover with Laura, including home cooked fajitas, fro-yo, TV night, Black Diamond Bakery Breakfast, photography, laughing, catching up, and sharing military life stories

I was so excited to be back home after being away in Virginia for over 5 months, so leaving was really difficult. Nine days really isn't enough time. I had limited time with family and didn't make it around to see everybody I wanted to visit. At the end of my visit home I was excited to get back to Virginia to see Nick and Lucy but it was so hard to say good-bye to everybody again.

Here are some pictures from my trip :)