I know it's been over a month since I last posted! Will I ever get this thing down? All I can say is, life has been less then normal in the past few months. I think we've been home a total of three weeks since October and we're actually out of town again! 

We left off in Oklahoma, where I was really good about blogging because there really wasn't much else to do there! Believe it or not! We actually made it home for Thanksgiving, which was a surprise! It was great to see friends and family so soon. After Thanksgiving, John headed back to OK for one more week of training and then back to Anchorage. I stayed at home in Chewelah, since it really didn't make sense for me to go all the way back down there just to come back! But I got to take the trip to Helena to see my very good friend Julie (who is actually the one who reminded me I hadn't blogged in a long time, what are friends for!) and her new baby, Caleb, well he's not so new anymore! He was born on August 20th and is the cutest thing! I was so glad that I was able to work that trip in! And to see Caleb, these babies grow so fast and I didn't want him to be a year old already and to have never met him yet! And of course, I got some good time with Julie which is always so great!

After leaving Montana, I headed back to Washington and then flew up to Anchorage for about a week and a half. I was able to get a few days of subbing in and try to settle in once again to the house I think I live at! I then headed back to Washington for Christmas. I left a few days before John, to get the better rate on tickets. He came a few days later, just in time for the huge storm that came through Spokane! With the Spokane Airport closed down, he spent the night at Seatac, made friends in the morning, rented a car with them and drove over the pass, getting in just about a day late. I was just happy he was there and safe! 

We spent a few days with my family, celebrated Christmas early and then headed to the other side of the state! We were so thankful when thre roads started to clear up outside of Spokane. It ended up not being too bad of a drive. So we had a few days in Tacoma, celebrated Christmas, had some good times with the siblings, and headed back home for what we thought would be a while! Since John had been gone so much, we figured they would keep him close to home so he could catch up on all the office work he had missed during the fall. However, before the first week back, John would already find out that he would be heading to Guam for a weekend trip. He also found out that they would be sending him to Hawaii for ten days! And he thought it would a great idea to bring his wife, which I can't argue with that! So last Wednesday night, in -25 degree weather, we left for Honolulu, where the current tempurature was 78 degrees. So that was a nice 100 degree change! 

So while our lives have yet to slow down, we are taking each day as it comes and appreciating the blessings God has given us, knowing there will be days when I absolutely dispise the Air Force and remembering these good times they gave us too! 

*I would love to upload some pictures, but the connection is too slow! So next time, and I promise it won't be in a month and a half!! Love you all!

San Antonio

We've been trying to make it a point to get out of Altus as much as we can. This may sound very negative, but believe me, it's for our sanity! So this weekend we went to San Antonio, my first real time in Texas. It's a pretty nice city and we had beautiful weather. That is definitely the highlight of being here right now, the good weather and missing the dark days in Alaska! So here are some pics from the weekend.

San Jose Mission, one of four missions in San Antonio

Outside the Church

The Alamo

The riverwalk, one of the downtown attractions

Sea World
John made me go on a rollercoaster, I may look happy but I'm not, I hate those things!

Veteran's Day

Since Tuesday was a holiday, John had the day off, so we went to some family friends of his who have a little farm outside of Altus.

Good ol' Stormy

Oklahoma has something to brag about!

What a beautiful day!

You know you're in Oklahoma when...

The other night we went to dinner at Applebee's, one of the few resturants in Altus, and it was a little busy but not too bad. The waiter came and took our drink orders and left. About five minutes later he came back and said they were all out of glasses and were needing to wash them, he explained that he didn't want to give us dirty glasses, which was very nice of him. We a were a little curious at how that happens!

Sunday Pictures

I know it's Thursday:) oh well!

Sunday Pictures

Here is the view out our hotel "suite" in Altus, OK

Oklahoma!

I like to say we moved to Oklahoma, mostly because it drives John nuts, and then he kindly reminds me "we are not moving to Oklahoma." But really temporarily we are. John has been here for a week and I just got here yesterday after spending a week with family and friends! John is doing some training down here for about 6 weeks so he will be able to throw people and things out the back of the airplane! And I, well, I don't really know what I'm doing. Right now I'm hanging out, waiting for John to get out of his sim(similator). But I may do some subbing, I may read a lot of books, I may do some knitting, the possibilities are endless! One thing I've been doing and loving, is enjoying the weather! It's been a beautiful 75 degrees down here, while it is a blistery 22 degrees up in Anchorage! Not a bad way to spend the winter, well, half of it at least! So here we are in Altus, OK, where the only entertainment is to go to Walmart! Which I already did today.