Busy Busy!

It's getting close now. We're even starting to pack! This weekend we're going to Aunt Michelle and Uncle Rick's in NJ. They've generously offered to give us their entertainment center. We are SO blessed to have so many generous people in our lives. I keep thinking when we get to Vance and have all our things in place, each time I look at each piece of furniture I'll think of a different person. It'll be a comforting feeling, kinda like we're bringing a piece of each person where ever we go!
Next week is my last week of work and then I'll be spending my time packing. I'll still be doing fitness classes, but I'll have a lot more time since I won't be at work all day. Getting nervous, but still very excited. Hopefully everything goes smooth!

Ryan Christopher

Congrats to Jen, Lloyd, Andrew, Matthew and Nathan who welcomed 4th son and little brother Ryan Christopher into the world September 15th. Everything went as smooth as possible and he's as cute as can be!

What a beautiful family!

Proud Auntie and Uncle!

Jerry's Airplane

Some pics from our airplane ride with Jerry Updyde. He's been kind enough to let Matt fly with him a few times!

Sometimes I think I'm the one that should be going to flight school...I love flying!

Jen and Lloyd's house is the one with the red car out front. The kids and Lloyd drew a huge VT out front too.

Rock Harbor Golf Course is a couple blocks from where we're staying and Matt is on the range almost every night!

The Lynch's house is dead center. Huge house surrounded with trees and a huge backyard. If you look really close you can see Matt's truck in the rear driveway behind the house.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church also only a couple blocks from our place.

We had a blast that day and got some really great pics. Thanks Jerry!!

Been a while....

OK so, it's been forever since I've updated this thing. It's gonna be probably another month or so until I start doing pictures again, but I figured I could write something now and then anyway. As you all know I'm pretty bad at this kind of stuff, but I'm trying to get better since we're going to be allllll over the place.

So we're married, loving life and living with an awesome family in Winchester, Va. We move to Vance AFB, OK in exactly a month! How time flies! We just got word today that we officially have a house on base. I have to admit I was a bit worried that we would be stuck in temporary housing forever!

http://www.baseops.net/militarypilot/housing/vanceafb/
http://vance.pinnaclefamilyhousing.com/incoming/images/floor_plans/3BR_CGO.pdf

Those are links to the type of house we'll be living in.
Seeing the pics made everything so much more real. It's starting to really sink in that we're heading out on this journey. We really have no idea what lies ahead for us. It's gonna be awesome though. I'm really looking forward to seeing new places and meeting tons of new people. So many opportunities will arise from our little adventure around the world. And these last few months have only made me more sure that there's no one in the world I'd rather be doing this with than Matt. We've just had a blast the last four months (or the first 4 months) of our marriage. It's the best ever!

Some More Bridal Shower Pics

Just a few more from the bridal shower...the one's you've all been waiting for!

Oh it's hideous!

Everyone just thinks this is soooooo funny...

I thought I was gonna have a heart attack!

The Bridal Shower

So I know it's been a while, but things have been crazy! I wanted to quickly post these on my lunch break in case the business lasts a lot longer. Lots more to post, but these should get me by until I can actually sit down and write something. Enjoy!

The beautiful cake my Mom made!!!

Gotta love bridal shower games

Kara couldn't make it...but she was there in spirit!

So Anna just couldn't resist embarrassing me!

Use your imagination as to what's inside. Everytime the darn trashcan would open there was a little surprise that would pop up with the lid. It was sooooo embarrassing! Leave it to the big sis!

News!

Ok so here's the latest (I would advise against taking this seriously as I'm sure it will change again) Columbus, Mississippi is out. Vance AFB, Oklahoma is in. Tornado country here we come. Supposedly we don't report until November of this year. From Vance we will attend ASBC in Maxwell for 6 weeks and Matt will go to Pueblo, CO for 6 or so weeks. Those will both be in early 2009. Pilot training will start Julyish of 2009 and we'll just stay at Vance for that. SO moral of the story is we'll be in OK for a long time and we'll be homeless from graduation till we report to Vance. We're thinking when they set this in stone we'll go ahead and make plans for that random 5 month where we just have to find a way to make ends meet.
As far as my reaction, I'm excited to finally know something, but I'm a little bummed about the 5 months. It's a little annoying and thinking of working for Enterprise for an extra 5 months makes me sick. I'm sure we'll find something else for me, but we'll just have to take it day by day and see what happens. I'm just struggling with the fact that the Air Force can leave their officers stranded for that long and just expect them to "make it work".
Anyway, I'll get over it and it's not the worst thing that could have happened. Just makes me realize we are really at the beck and call of the Air Force and we have 12 years ahead of it. Gonna be crazy!