"To Punish and Enslave"

We kinda kept it hush hush at first but it's finalized now so here you go...
WILL JOINED THE AIR GUARD!

We didn't want to make a big deal about it and tell people because last time we looked into it we didn't end up doing it. It felt right but then it didn't feel right. I guess the time wasn't right. He will be doing the same thing as when he was in the Air Force (fuels on jets) but on a big fuel plane. It will be the one weekend a month, two weeks a year. He could be deployed but were crossing our fingers for now. His unit usually goes to Turkey for about 15-30 days when they go somewhere. We were lucky and my Dad was able to be the one to swear him in. That was cool. After all the paper work we went to where he will be working. The guys there are nice. We lucked out and a plane came in. One of the guys took us in the plane and walking on the wing. It was neat. There are some scary things about it but also some good things. We will get all of his school paid for, a little money and a signing bonus to pay off some debt. And best of all... health insurance!

The Holidays

We had a great holiday season. We were lucky to have two Thanksgivings. The first was with my Dad and most of my siblings and my Dad's wife and her family. We
celebrated the weekend before Thanksgiving. The second was with my sister Andrea and her family on Thanksgiving. It was nice to have somewhere to go on the actual holiday, because lets be honest... I can't cook a turkey.

I was excited to hear that my sister Cynthia and her family were coming to visit from Texas for Christmas. They got here just in time for Christmas. We had our cute apartment all decked out in holiday decor and our beautiful tree to help us feel the Christmas spirit. The Sunday before we had a family Christmas party and that was fun. For Christmas Eve we spent some time at my sisters and then went home to be with each other. We exchanged one present with each other which was P.J.'s. I got soft pink ones that have an ice skating penguin. Will's has skiing polar bears. The next day I woke Will up by jumping on the bed saying "Its Christmas, it's Christmas". We were so happy to see that Santa had come to visit. Some of my favorite gifts were a big pink my little pony ( I had asked for a pony- who'd have thought) and Rainbow Bright the t.v. show on DVD. For Will it was moccasins and an electric keyboard. We had a great time opening presents and spending time together. It was a great day. Throughout the day we went to visit family. It was a great Christmas and we didn't want the day to end. My sister was in town for about another week so I tried to spend a lot of time with them. It was so fun to see my niece and nephew react to the snow. My nephew hasn't seen snow in so long that he doesn't remember and my niece has never seen snow. It was so fun playing in the snow and watching them sled.
I was afraid New Years would suck. Will had to work and I was afraid we wouldn't see each other at midnight. I spent the evening with a few of my sisters playing games and watching weird t.v. shows. It was a miracle- Will made it to my sisters house at about 11:57. I was so happy and relieved, I got my New Years kiss. What a great way to start off the new year.