We are starting our new adventure in exactly one week!
Eric, Liz and the girls are hopping in our Volkswagen, u-haul trailer in tow, and headed for family across the United States!
The girls and I will then settle ourselves into Arizona with my In-laws and say goodbye to Daddy as he catches a flight back home to Biloxi.
He then has only a short 2 weeks to out-process from the (enlisted side) military, get everything ready for OTS, schedule TMO to pack the rest of our house, turn in the keys to our home, and then finally drive and report to Montgomery, Alabama before his class starts September 11th.
Estimated graduation date is December 14th, 2012.
We then report -as an intact family of 4- to Vandenberg, AFB in California for 1 year, where he will attend his tech school training for Missiles.
Following tech school, we will be stationed somewhere COLD for the next 4 years.
Following that, we will then go to the Space side, where he will retire doing Space...things...
So this really is the beginning of the rest of our lives.
Again.
We are sad our family must be apart once more for 4 months, but remember that at the end of the day, there are two very different factors going into this separation compared to previous separations due to deployments.
He will be safe.
He is making a better life for his family.
I am SO grateful that we will be reunited with family and NOT have to say goodbye to them after
the usual 1-2 week tease.
I am excited that the girls get to build a stronger relationship with them.
SO thankful!
We are ready to start this change and find out what is in store for our family.
Wish us luck!
You got this! Mike and I had to do this before Japan. Plus if you really need/want to see him during school you should be able to fly out there for like a week and see him. Hopefully anyways. The girls are so young they wont remember later down the road. Be strong and faithful to the lord and he WILL carry you through this!
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