WONDERFUL WEEKEND

Matt & I with 2 US sailors from the USS Kidd on Sunday night at JUMBO seafood restaurant

We had a great weekend & now its only a 4-day work week....whoo-hoo!
Friday we had a relaxing swim in our pool after Matt got home from work followed by some delicious Thai food(curry to be exact).
Saturday we planned our route to get in sight of the Navy fleet of ships, REALLY hard to do. The base is way out past the airport & is almost in a cove-like area, probably so the ships are a bit protected. But, with the use of my binoculars,we were able to see the aircraft carrier & could see all the planes that sat on it. Those ships are enormous! Anyways, we did that from East Coast Park, which we walked to....we came home & crashed we were so tired. Saturday night we had our first dinner with 2 sailors. They were very nice, both from California. I think they were 29 & 25 yrs old & both had been in the Navy for 7-9 years. Very talkative. Interesting. 1 worked in IT & the other did navigational duties.
Sunday we took it easy. Went shopping again but came home empty handed :(
We met 2 new sailors for dinner. It was fun meeting these guys, finding out about their lives & why they are in the service. The 2 we met with Sunday(that are picture above) were pretty laid back & both very interesting. As we were leaving dinner we decided they were picture worthy & took a few pictures. We were even given a present by Seeda(in the red shirt). He's originally from Thailand & he's 35 yrs old...been in the military 9 months. Bless his heart. He was just the sweetest, most appreciative thing. He gave us a miniature bronze painted statue of a Buddhist monk. Apparently he was a Buddhist monk for like 20 years. Crazy! You never know with some people.
All in all, we had a great time meeting our sailors, learning about life on board a navy ship( and why its better to be on a small one) and learning about their life in general. We are glad we got to do it. Our sailors seemed very thankful & appreciative. I think most of them expected us to be older. But we got along with all of them & I am pretty sure they just enjoyed some nice conversation.
Matt & I loved doing this. It is always nice to learn about other people, other cultures, etc...We feel like it makes us better people & opens us up to many different things. We are so thankful for the opportunities that we have been given.
So, with that said. Its a short work week for Matt. There is a holiday on Friday(something about it being the equivalent of Labor Day ). So we are definitely excited about that. Along with, it will be 4 whole months(this weekend) since we got married. We both agree that every minute has been great & we love being newlyweds.
Hope everyone is doing great! More to come later this week.