The 1st Voigt Thanksgiving :]

Well Thanksgiving turned out great! We woke up this morning with Willow in time to catch the Thanksgiving day parade, which we watched and flipped around channels for a while. I skipped breakfast because I just knew that we were going to get stuffed at dinner. After talking on Skype to my family in Texas, I started getting hungry and bored with not cooking. Since it was just the two of us we decided hey- we can eat whenever we want! So I put the last few things in the oven and it turned out loverly.
I thought I showed pretty good restraint, waiting until the evening to start puttin the tree up, but Mike still thinks it's a little early. Well I didn't need his help, haha, I put the tree together and decorated it and I think it's a great first Christmas tree! I'm just goint to put a few of the pictures up because it's not even December yet and i'm sure we are going to have a bunch more pictures throughout the month. Happy holidays :]



Oh- I also wanted to share a picture of my side of the family, who we really missed today but are so glad to have in our lives!

Mission Trails

Today Willow and I went along with Emily, the pups, and Emily's mom for a hike at Mission Trails. I was super excited, although I still didn't want to wake up this morning, because she had told me how gorgeous it was and it's one of the places I still haven't seen out here. It was really close to where we live and was just as nice as she said it was. We decided to turn back just before the halfway mark because Emily hadn't taken the trail at Cowel's Mountain before and it looked like it went pretty far up, and we just weren't sure if her mom and I were up for it ha. We got some great pictures!







The downside; Willow got SO dirty. Eventually she faded into the dirt ha. Giving her a bath was such a hassle, and the tub was like solid brown when I finished. Totally worth it. I hope one day I can make it all the way to the top with Emily lol.

Back to blogging!

Well, it has been quite a while, and still not much has happened. As you have read in past blogs, Mike has been gone for the majority of the last month or so. While I missed him dearly, I am proud to say that my husband was involved in the rescue efforts for the collision of a Marine Copter with a Coast Guard plane. I was very shocked at how much the tragedy shook me up, as well as the Fort Hood shooting that followed, but I guess for the first time reality really hit me on the dangers that not only every day people face by going out into the world, but also that our soldiers and sailors face, even when not on duty overseas or otherwise. I would just like to take a second to say that we are very sad for the families that lost people in the recent tragedies, and we hope their souls rest in peace.
On a lighter note, I did not get nearly as much accomplished as I had hoped in my husband's absence. The first half of his being gone I hobbled around on a bum ankle, and the last two weeks I had a horrible case of the flu, in which I learned that military hospitals will nearly always have atleast a three hour wait in the emergency room. I did, however, manage to try the little recipe I got from Emily, who got the recipe here This is a double decker pumpkin pie, and while the picture I took do not do it justice, it was absolutely amazing!!

I'm also putting up some updated pictures of the adorable Willow, as she has hit a growth spurt, and a picture of my very handsom husband sporting the new working uniform, as I know a few women on my side of the family that would love to see how well-dressed the Navy keeps its sailors these days. I am very excited to soon be posting our Thanksgiving photos, along with the Christmas tree I am so anxious to put up! Happy pre-holidays to all!

Mike in Uniform

She loves the camera


I guess it was too bright for her nap?