DC, Date Night, and My New Signature

Tyler and I were able to take the youth in our ward up to the Washington DC temple. I love those kids. And it was cool for me to watch Tyler perform baptisms. I especially loved hearing him say the Chinese names! On the way home we stopped to give our kids a little taste of home...in the form of Cafe Rio! 

I am in love with these baby girls

The YM in our ward kind of adore Tyler ... HA HA so do the YW

Tyler and I had so much fun one night at the batting cages and the driving range. We are slightly limited in our abilities to hit a golf ball ... but it made for a hilarious couple of hours. We ended the night with pizza and a disc of Modern Family. 

This makes me happy ... a perfectly timed sneeze

After a ridiculous journey ... moving 3 times, not enough clinical hours, endless studying, flying across the country to take the NCLEX, months of seaching, not even any volunteer opprotunities, 3 interviews, and a shadow day ... I am so excited to finally use my new signature ... Rylee McKelvey, RN

Oh, and as a random side note ... I made these little booklets for my YW to hold all of their Personal Progress books. And Tyler wanted to see if I could fit on our bookshelf. 

Sometimes I take pictures of the strange things that happen in our lives

We learned Tyler has a hidden talent...apparently he is our family's first Butterfly Whisperer

I made Noie Pie super hero masks for his Birthday...Tyler "helped"

Tyler loves playing soccer again. And it is my life goal to get this baby girl to like me. 

We go to the beach sometimes

And we went down to the docks to watch Tyler's ship move from the base to the shipyards

Happy Birthday Fish

It was Tyler's birthday this week. Luckily he only had to go to work for like an hour that morning. I decorated the house for him while he was gone and when he got home he opened a few presents, and then we went to see PLANES. It wasn't as good as Cars, but still really cute. Plus Ty loved that his ship was in it renamed the USS Dwight D. Flysenhower! Ha ha Flysenhower. My parents gave Tyler an incredible present that I benefited from as well. They made us reservations and prepaid for an incredible dinner at Salacia, a 5 star steak house here in Virginia Beach. We had a private booth with no chairs...just couches and comfy pillows right on the beach. We LOVED it. The view was AMAZING, the food INCREDIBLE, and the company even better. After dinner we sat and listened to a sweet band playing on the beach. So glad to finally be spending our first full year together. I love you little Fish. 

Do I not have the most handsome husband EVER?

Our Impromptu Trip to Busch Gardens

Tyler unexpectedly had the day off on Thursday! Hooray for days off. We had been wanting to go up to Busch Gardens and decided it was a perfect day. Plus there are some perks to being in the NAVY ... the first time you go up to the park is FREE. They take your husband for 10 months, but you get to ride roller coasters for free. So how could we turn that down? And we LOVED it! Plus it was very educational. The things I learned at Busch Gardens...

No matter the distance you travel from Provo you cannot escape BYU fans

You will pay $27 for lunch if you don't bring your own

If you go on the river rapid ride you WILL get soaked

If you get soaked in this humidity you will not dry

It's really hard to win a stuffed corn on the cob wearing a cowboy hat

Apparently it is socially acceptable to wear nothing but a swimsuit out in public

A cold coke can solve almost any problem

And I'm getting old

4th of July Weekend

After Tyler and the "Tigers" got off the ship, Tyler had a few days of leave. 

Everyone stayed to play for a holiday weekend on the beach. 

We went to a baseball game

 Watched lots of fireworks

Toured an old WWII Battleship

 Played at the beach - boogie boarding, 

building sandcastles, and playing football 

 and ... Ate TONS of delicious food.

I don't have a ton to say about this...just a lot of pictures. 

Oh and Tyler and I are tremendous hosts if you would like to come visit us on the Beach!

Ty had NEVER built a sandcastle !?!?!