around the corner....who is getting EXCITED?!??!?!? What are ya'll doing for homecoming?

I'm not yet... :sigh Someone send me some EXCITEMENT!!!! We don't know what we are doing yet, surprising the kids, that much I do know. They don't know Daddy is coming home soon yet. :giggle

Is the Stennis coming home with the Nimitz? Lol, I know nothing! My girlfriend's hubby is on the Nimitz and I know that she is in full homcoming swing! I think they come home sometime late September/early October. But I don't know the exact dates.

Sooner than the the Nimitz... like VERY soon so long things don't change :giggle

I bet you are super excited!!!

Your kids are gonna be excited too. How are you keeping it from them?

IM GETTING EXCITED WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE ARE ALMOST THER EVERYONE WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO:bliss:bliss:bliss:bliss:bliss:bliss:bliss:bliss
IM DOING THE SAN DIEGO HOMECOMING AND IM SOOOOOOOOO FREAKING EXCITED :)
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT HOMECOMING:)

Sooner than the the Nimitz... like VERY soon so long things don't change :giggle

Well, now! That is really exciting!!:hugehug

I bet you are super excited!!!

Your kids are gonna be excited too. How are you keeping it from them?


I um... :blush.... am lying, small white lie. I told them Daddy would be home one a bit further out then he really is. That way, if he get's delayed for any odd reason, they aren't dissappointed. :giggle Well, I added a whole week. :blush But they will be happy when he walks in the door and there he is. :D And my excuse for the decorations are that you never know when things change, so it's better to be prepared.

My kids don't know either. :giggle Mara knows he's coming home "soon" but she doesn't realize just how soon.

I AM SO EXCITED FOR HOMECOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yahoo :yahoo :yahoo :yahoo the week that the ship pulls in i am going to be in full packing and cleaning and shopping for our first dinner together. We are having salmon and I am going to get it fresh. I am also making this really yummy cake from scratch. Is going to be the best homecoming ever.

I um... :blush.... am lying, small white lie. I told them Daddy would be home one a bit further out then he really is. That way, if he get's delayed for any odd reason, they aren't dissappointed. :giggle Well, I added a whole week. :blush But they will be happy when he walks in the door and there he is. :D And my excuse for the decorations are that you never know when things change, so it's better to be prepared.

We did the same thing when Tony came home cept my lie was bigger. I told his daughter that we should be home before Thanksgiving. So when we showed up at her cheerleading practice in early October she was shocked. She cried and had to stop practicing.It was so cute.

Well, we get to have them home earlier than the boat's homecoming here, because the boat has to steam home, so the day they pull into SD is the day I get to see my DH!!! :giggle They fly home here.

Well, we get to have them home earlier than the boat's homecoming here, because the boat has to steam home, so the day they pull into SD is the day I get to see my DH!!! :giggle They fly home here.

Lucky you

i am super excited. first deployment for db & me too. plus i just moved to seattle from mi. i actually wasn't planning on moving out here til november, but when an unexpectedly good job came thru earlier than planned, i jumped at the chance to get out here. i didn't think i'd be at homecoming. i've met db's fam for the first time w/o him. lol. guess i passed the meet the parents test cuz they keep inviting me over.

i have so much to do b4 he gets home. order the dress on payday (friday), get some last minute things like jewelry, sign making supplies, cookie baking supplies (gonna have a cooler of homemade choc chip cookies & milk in the car for him), nail polish, hope the shoes i ordered got here on time...& so on.

i'm gonna have a small "welcome home FOXY" sign at the pier & probably a banner for his parents & my place. might do something on the car...like "just home from deployment" kinda like a "just married" sign. we are gonna take the ferry back from bremerton because i've never taken it & taking it will give us a lil more alone time til we get to his parents. they are planning a party i guess.

i'm really sad because his parents didn't get their info to him in time, so i'll be the only one on the pier waiting for him. i don't think i'll get bored tho, because i'm way hyped up.

i have a feeling that i'm gonna cry so much that day. happy tears tho. i went to the mariner's game friday night & the coast guard presented the colors. i cried. i'm such a sappy thing. just as long as i don't make him cry.

suffice to say, if you've read all that, i've never been so excited in my life.

I can tell. Send some this way!!!! :teehee You sound so happy!!!! You have more than enough time. I have two signs painted. I need to finish doing the banner that is going to hang. And I have a few other homecoming things I have planned :ninja

I can tell. Send some this way!!!! :teehee You sound so happy!!!!


i am. disgustingly happy. he sent me some more pics from hong kong today. it's so great to see him w/ a smile on his face & know he's having a good time. he had a few down & blue periods during deployment.

we have sooooooooooooo many plans for when he gets home. since he's a native of this area, he has so many places & things he wants to show me. his favorite spots & all that. essentially, i've just been logging days since moving out here. haven't done too much because i want him to be able to show me everything that's special to him, rather than saying, 'yeah i've been here/there already."

my friends, roommates, & think i'm kinda crazy since i can't really tell them any details...they're all just gonna get pic message of us smooching. ha ha. that should explain everything.

YAY!!!! I am so happy. DH and I are just going to be doing alot of:sex:attack:boink.. We are going to drive around and look at some houses to rent and then drive back to Reno to visit our families.. thats all we have planned! :) SINGLE DIGITS GIRLS!!!!!! :cp:cp

I am, I dont know its hard to explain really. I am excited but it has not hit me yet. Maybe when I hear that ring tone come from my cell phone that is from my wifes cell, the song amazed by lonestar then it will hit home but right now I am kinda waiting until the last minute to do a real deep clean here. I have all this stuff being shipped to me for her so I hope it all arrives soon.

I know once I see her come off that ship I am going to be all sorts of excited. We really have no plans to speak of. We are just taking it as it comes that day that way there is no disappointments on either end. I have a big banner I am hanging outside the house and I will post it in here in the photo section here in a few. Not too much longer and they will be home, WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

Maybe when I hear that ring tone come from my cell phone that is from my wifes cell, the song amazed by lonestar then it will hit home

ha ha...i've been waiting to hear db's ringtone too! his is "want to" by sugarland. it's amazing how you can develop a conditioned response to different ringtones.

ha ha...i've been waiting to hear db's ringtone too! his is "want to" by sugarland. it's amazing how you can develop a conditioned response to different ringtones.

This is so true, the ringtone for my mom use to be the twilight zone theme and now it is Homer Simpson saying "say hello to the newest simpson", lol.

:weee:weee:weee:smitten:woohoo:woohoo:woohoo

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited!!!!! We painted the banners for the squadron at the hangar today. I've got to do the one for our house sometime this week. Kayla knows he is coming home soon, but not exactly when. Her and Preston are going to stay the night at my parents since they are coming in late at night/early morning. Since it's a school night I am going to tell her she doesn't have school the next day. Boy is she going to br surprised when we go pick her up!!

k, this might be a dumb question, but it's my first deployment, so bear w/ me...

will there be a public announcement of homecoming prior to the actual event...i assume there will be some kind of news media there

???

k, this might be a dumb question, but it's my first deployment, so bear w/ me...

will there be a public announcement of homecoming prior to the actual event...i assume there will be some kind of news media there

???

there will be media there, well at least in WA I know there will be. I am sure in SD as well. I do not think there will be any kind of announcement of sorts, you just have to know when it is. I just hope Lee Greenwood shows up here in WA like the fun boss mentioned. I would be really surprised if there was an announcement prior to them returning. I do know that the NEX on base here in WA will be open until 9pm vs 7pm the day before and then the day of they will open at 7am vs 9am.

there will be media there, well at least in WA I know there will be. I am sure in SD as well. I do not think there will be any kind of announcement of sorts, you just have to know when it is. I just hope Lee Greenwood shows up here in WA like the fun boss mentioned. I would be really surprised if there was an announcement prior to them returning. I do know that the NEX on base here in WA will be open until 9pm vs 7pm the day before and then the day of they will open at 7am vs 9am.


yeah, i will find out the exact times from db's mom, seeings how i will be the only person meeting him because the rest of his fam did not get their identifying info to him on time. i even reminded them!!! i'm still really sad about that. i've never been on base & never even been in that general area before...and i have to drive his beloved car up there to get him. as if i wasn't nervous enuf about driving it, i read somewhere on here there's not lots of parking & obviously there'll be crazy traffic. ahhhhhhhh!

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going outta my mind with excitement and fear... you name it!!!!:bliss
we have posters, banners, signs, and balloons everywhere!!!!
I'm actually about to go get more stuff too... It has to be perfect!!
I have his favorite dinner planned to make the night before he gets her and everything he loves ready and waiting for him. Now we just need to make time go a little faster...:please :attack

WooHooo!!
Single Digits!
I Can't Beleive They Are Finally Coming Home! I'm Excited That Homecoming Is So Close!

yeah, i will find out the exact times from db's mom, seeings how i will be the only person meeting him because the rest of his fam did not get their identifying info to him on time. i even reminded them!!! i'm still really sad about that. i've never been on base & never even been in that general area before...and i have to drive his beloved car up there to get him. as if i wasn't nervous enuf about driving it, i read somewhere on here there's not lots of parking & obviously there'll be crazy traffic. ahhhhhhhh!

Yes there is not a lot of parking on base. The FRG told me not to get there before 0800 but I am going to take a cab or bus there because of the traffic. I am also going to have the neigbhor help me and get the car on base a couple days before so it is already there. That sucks they wont be able to come but if you reminded them then there is not too much you can do about it now. From what I heard at one of the meetings when the fun boss was here, he had said there will be something like 8,000 people on base just for the homecoming.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going outta my mind with excitement and fear... you name it!!!!:bliss
we have posters, banners, signs, and balloons everywhere!!!!
I'm actually about to go get more stuff too... It has to be perfect!!
I have his favorite dinner planned to make the night before he gets her and everything he loves ready and waiting for him. Now we just need to make time go a little faster...:please :attack

Yeah I was going to cook but my wife told me she actually wanted to cook. Hey, I learned a long time ago to not argue with a woman, lol. Yeah this time needs to fly by super fast now. Dont make me swim out there with my paddles to help get the ship home faster, lol.

Yeah I was going to cook but my wife told me she actually wanted to cook. Hey, I learned a long time ago to not argue with a woman, lol. Yeah this time needs to fly by super fast now. Dont make me swim out there with my paddles to help get the ship home faster, lol.

I Know and I'm ready to put my floaties on... :lmao

IM EXCITED TOO BUT IT HASNT HIT ME YET EITHER, BUT I KNOW IT WILL AND IT WILL HIT ME BIG TIME:lol


I am, I dont know its hard to explain really. I am excited but it has not hit me yet. Maybe when I hear that ring tone come from my cell phone that is from my wifes cell, the song amazed by lonestar then it will hit home but right now I am kinda waiting until the last minute to do a real deep clean here. I have all this stuff being shipped to me for her so I hope it all arrives soon.

I know once I see her come off that ship I am going to be all sorts of excited. We really have no plans to speak of. We are just taking it as it comes that day that way there is no disappointments on either end. I have a big banner I am hanging outside the house and I will post it in here in the photo section here in a few. Not too much longer and they will be home, WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

I don't think I am going to sleep at all the night before. I am thinking of leaving for the base at like 3 am since in takes me an hour to get there and I will probably be sitting in traffic anyways

I am excited for all of you! Happy Homecoming to everyone!!!!! Have some Homecoming "fun" for me lol. I have 7 months left before I get to see my dh! But who's counting right lol?

Oh hell yeah! His banner is made, the decorations are bought, I have dinner planned but I need to buy stuff still. I have 2 dresses that are my options for the day of. I'm getting my hair done on Tues. and then sometime before they get back I'm gonna get a mani/pedi. hehe

Yes there is not a lot of parking on base. The FRG told me not to get there before 0800 but I am going to take a cab or bus there because of the traffic. I am also going to have the neigbhor help me and get the car on base a couple days before so it is already there.

well, goodie. i'll be the dazed & confused looking girl driving the yellow mustang gt, wearing the white dress w/ blue & red floral print. god help me!

of course, i made it 2145 miles driving here on my own...this should be a cake walk, right?

i have to drive out to maple valley to get his car...then to base from renton, soooooooo that's gonna take me some time. looks like i'll be getting up at my usual 5am wakeup time. anyone want wakeup calls??????

I know that the date/time of ETA can not be posted. It's not my husband, but his best friend and we want to be there for him, but I have no details. Can someone think of a way I can get them, I have a fellow KV I could call but she is outta town. Thanks :) Please e-mail me the suggestion(S), for I don't have a lot of time to get on the board these days...thanks!!
Malia_dodson1985@yahoo.com

well, goodie. i'll be the dazed & confused looking girl driving the yellow mustang gt, wearing the white dress w/ blue & red floral print. god help me!

of course, i made it 2145 miles driving here on my own...this should be a cake walk, right?

i have to drive out to maple valley to get his car...then to base from renton, soooooooo that's gonna take me some time. looks like i'll be getting up at my usual 5am wakeup time. anyone want wakeup calls??????

Oh no...I'll be up! hehehe I'm getting a damn parking spot no matter what time I have to get there!! hehe

Oh no...I'll be up! hehehe I'm getting a damn parking spot no matter what time I have to get there!! hehe

how about we stage an all nighter "lock in" like high school kids....ha ha!

I'm excited cause one of my best friends is coming back!! YAY!! Already have my Kona coffee request in as well as some postcards.... I can't wait! Too bad that I'm working that day- oh well... it'll be better later anyway :)

Have a wonderful time at the dock!! I'll be there in spirit with you ladies and gents!! :) :) :)

how about we stage an all nighter "lock in" like high school kids....ha ha!

Yeah then we can all get ready together the next morning like we're going to a dance. hehehe

i've already told db that by the time the day is over we are prolly both gonna be exhausted & it'll wind up like many a wedding night...no nookie.

Yeah then we can all get ready together the next morning like we're going to a dance. hehehe

lol...I am pulling an all night at my house. I am going to be drinking so much coffee that day....I wish starbucks was open at 3 am lol. oh well I guess I will just have to go with my coffee from home

i know we cant say on here but doesn anybody know the times they will b pulling in (in san diego) and any idea what time i should head over to the pier?

I have never been so excited in my life for anything! I am getting increasingly nervous about the parking situation, everyones elses fear of it is adding to mine!

We're having a big dinner at this great restaurant in Puyallup with the whole crazy family. My aunt had a huge welcome home sign made for him but she owns a Pepsi plant so about 1/4 of the sign is the Pepsi logo--come on over and say hi if you see it, I'm guessing NO one is going to miss it its so flipping big.

I don't know if I am going to be able to sleep until I see him!!

Happy (upcoming) Homecoming to everyone. :hi

Can anybody give me a general idea of the date and time or PM me....please. I can find out by a fellow KV and my command (Marine) but if anyone is willing to help, please do :)
Thanks!!
I can see how excited you all are...I am so happy for everyone :)
It's my husband's best friend coming in, so I just need to know, because my husband works nights, so either we go together or we will go suprise him at work (they work in the same shop)!! Thanks ladies :)

I'm exited,but nervous. I cant stand it. It seems like its taking for ever!!

I need to make a banner. Ive already got my dress and my hair done. I need to get a pedicure.

I've had my dress since March :rofl But I have 2 now and I'll just pick that day. I don't know, I'm not excited yet, :sigh Maybe when he calls to say he's on that flight home :D