Except life is rarely this shiney and if it was actually installed at our house the windows would not be clear, due to finger and nose prints. Because that is how we roll around here.
January was filled with love from Grandparents visiting and Chris visited in February. It is always hard and sad to say good bye, but we know we can't say hello with a big old bear hug without the good bye.
Eric's time not deployed this year is filled with training that is away from home. Three weeks in Las Vegas doing a grown up version of laser tag in the sky. While fun, it is crazy hours and LLOOOOONNNNGGG nights.
He has also been selected to go to Aircraft Commander (AC) upgrade this year. This is a huge honor for him to have been selected at this point. His squadron only gets 2 slots this year and Eric was selected above a few others who have been flying this plane longer. While they wanted to send him to the July slot, they needed him more on a deployment during that time and it looks like this fall he will leave for AC schooling. Once that schooling is done, he'll be up for another turn at deployment.
Since he will be gone over two thirds of this year, we have decided to join him on one of his training trips to Washington. He and I have a wedding to attend in Seattle the following Saturday of training so it works out well. It also happens to be during our two week spring break, God really does line things up when we step back and allow it.
I am curious to see just what his number of days not gone will be. I think my prayer is that the one chunk of time we believe he will be home is not filled with a tail swap (rotating out a plane from here to over there with one that needs to be brought home and the sand cleaned out). I will be taking lots of pictures of events and activities going on around here and doing my best to keep this place updated...it is the easiest way to share pictures and keep him updated as well. And I will keep to my habit of not giving out lots of specific dates as to when Eric is home or if he is gone, if you want to know that, you'll have to contact me personally.
Now, I'm going to go watch the kiddos play on their sit and spin and think how ironic it is.
1 comment:
So glad you are going on the adventure! Eric is lucky to have someone who believes in prayer so much to keep him safe and the home fire roaring strong.
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