Devon's back!...and I'm about to leave! Go figure....

Devon is back! I traveled to Ft. Leonard Wood, MO Tuesday night - in torrential down pours to Mom's great dismay.... I arrived safely however, and Wednesday afternoon I was able to see Devon for the first time in TEN weeks. I can't believe we had only seen each other 2 weeks out of FIVE months! Oh man!

Anyway - Devon looks great! He and his Company (Charlie Company - the "Comanches") marched up for Family Day shouting their cadences. Coolest thing I'd heard - I had goosebumps! It is so great to hear the men and women who serve our country up close and see how truly unified they are.

On graduation day, Dev's dad, an aunt and cousin were able to join me in the audience. We noticed one of the emblems had "send me" as one of their sayings. "Here am I, send me." The graduation began in prayer and God was certainly present for this sacred ceremony. This country for sure was built under the watchful eye of our Heavenly Father and He continues to watch over the development and action of our troops.

None of these men and women are saying "I am not my brother's keeper" or this is not my war. They are all saying "here am I, send me." I am so grateful for these men and women and I am so grateful to be a little piece of it.

I am so proud of Devon and all he has accomplished and all he is willing to give for this country, for his family and for God.

We get to spend the weekend together before I fly to Dallas Sunday night. I will be gone for two weeks, but that will allow me some time to find us a house to move into near Fort Hood. I love house shopping, but I really only have one weekend to shop, choose and deposit. Exciting, exciting!

I'll be back the first weekend in April and Devon will be headed to Fort Hood to report by noon on April 7th. We aren't sure on the exact timing, but all of the Fort Hood news seems to suggest that the 4th infantry division - 4th Brigade (his assignment) will be deploying before the summer is out. So we'll be spending every minute possible together! As much as our hectic schedules will allow.

Of course we will keep you posted as we learn more details!

Just one thing left to do...

And a whole of other stuff leading up to it!

We found a tenant for our house here in Indiana - THANK GOODNESS. I guess that makes me a "landlord" now - doesn't everyone have bad landlords? Are their good one's? Hopefully I will be a GOOD landlord. I'll certainly try.

With that down, and no worries with jobs, the only thing we have to do now is figure out how we are moving where and the timing of it all!

We know we are moving to Texas. We know it will be two weekends from now - yep, the last weekend in March! It is just around the corner - I can't believe it!

Devon graduates the 20th...there is a "family day" the day before that. So I get there Tuesday night...see him for a bit Wednesday during the day. He graduates Thursday and I THINK I get to bring him home with me, but I don't KNOW! I am hoping we get to come back to Indiana together and then drive to Texas over the weekend. I don't know what is report date is yet - good times!

I usually hear from him on Sundays - so hopefully I hear from him today and we will be able to clear up some of this mess.

At any rate - we can't fly to Texas early to look at homes - so we hope to precede our furniture by a day or two and we'll just pick our favorite house rental that is available at the time we get there. :) GOOD TIMES!

We'll see how it goes. I am just now starting to get a little anxious - I have a lot to do before we can successfully go anywhere - so I better start making a list...not that I am any good at using lists, but once I write things down it all seems to make more sense.

I am grateful that Devon and I will be back together soon - more than just pen pals! I am also grateful for the Church! It is the same WHEREVER you go! I know that we'll pretty much be on the same lessons, that people will probably have "their" spot in Sacrament meeting, that we'll probably have no trouble finding someone to watch our dogs when we are both away, that the Gospel is true and that Christ lives and loves us just as much as He loved the people in Moses' day - so we get a Prophet too! And Scriptures - and man! The list goes on.... Anyway - So basically - I grateful for the steady parts of life - the unchanging. As much as I love adventure and spontaneity - there are some things that should just be stable! I think I got the right things in each category!

OKay - well - done for now! Have a great day!


"A smile is a curved line that sets things straight."

Got a Brand new Blog....

Sometimes you feel like that baby looks! And now we can share!


HELLO WORLD WIDE WEB and SURFERS. :) Since Devon and I will be moving soon, I wanted to find a good (and easy) way to stay connected. I had NO idea how easy this was...though I still can't get a picture to load! I have no idea how often I will be on here, but I will try and update it often with whatever news I might actually have.
Right now things are crazy, but I imagine they'll slow down soon. On the list of things to do currently:
Rent or sell the house!
Rent a house in Texas!

Yep - that's about it, and that's about enough! :) I won't find out until tomorrow night whether I have 2 weeks or 4 weeks to accomplish these two tasks in. Either way - we have to remain flexible. My page-a-day calendar today said don't take life too seriously! Life is serious, but it is not THAT serious. SO TRUE. Moving is a big deal - moving to a place when you don't have a place to live in is very scary, but we have a plan and we know things will work out.

The plan: drive to Texas...spend a night or two (or three) at a hotel that takes dogs...during the day house hunt! We'll find our favorite of the currently available house rentals and we'll take it! Hopefully by that time, our furniture will have arrived and we can move it all in... GOOD TIMES.

Luckily my job has trained Devon and I to be pretty flexible...and luckily we have been flexible enough that my job is willing to be flexible with us...since the Army is kind of boss. :) Army needs first! So at least we don't have to worry about jobs - and I will get to work from home when I am not traveling! SWEET!

Slightly random...but this is my train of thought currently! Enjoy!