Emerald Isle, North Carolina

When Garin called me during boot camp and told me that our first duty station would be Emerald Isle, NC, I was hardly upset! My family used to visit here while I was in high school and college and I have some wonderful memories from those times.

Garin graduated from boot camp on May 16th at 11AM, after that we drove down to Leesburg, VA to attend the wedding reception of a very good family friend, Josh Asselin (unfortunately, we weren't able to get there in time for the wedding). Then we left the reception and drove straight home. We got to our house at 4:30AM on Saturday morning. We took Saturday off and then attended a graduation party for Shane on Sunday. Then on Monday the packing began. Garin arranged for us to pick up the U-Haul on Wednesday morning. I must say, I NEVER thought we'd be ready to pack the truck by then. But surprisingly, we were and we were able to have everything in the truck by Wednesday night! So we got up at 5:30 on Thursday morning, and headed to our new home in Emerald Isle.

I had aready come down to Emerald Isle a few weekends before when I came down for Shane's graduation in Wilmington. So, I had already viewed a couple of houses and had pretty much decided on the one we wanted. Fortunately, it was available for us the day we arrived and we were able to move right in. We are LOVING it! Its about 2 miles from Garin's station and about a 5 minute walk from the beach! Its 3 bedroom and 2 bath, so we are ready and EXPECTING many people to come visit us this summer!! Please call ahead to make a reservation ;)

Our backyard (needs a little grass)!

(From the end of our drive way) On the otherside of that big pink house is the BEAUTIFUL Atlantic Ocean!