Welcome to our blog! So this is the first time for me to blog so bare with me since I'm the one going to be doing most the updating :D
As y'all know Ricky got his wings this last September after a long, grueling year of ENJJPT (Euro Nato Joint Jet Pilot Training). I am very proud as is his whole family! He looked so handsome in his uniform and his new shiny wings. Ricky had also been assigned to fly the B-52, which was disappointing to say the least. After a lot of time with God and a few brownie sundaes, we both found peace and joy in our new road in the Air Force. God is so faithful and always keeps His promises. I personally was having to really stand on Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans of good and not evil, plans to prosper you and of a future." So we put our big person britches on and moved forward. Now we are super excited!
After a few weeks of vegging and gaming, we went rollerblading, which I am still trying to learn how to do. Anyway, when we were pulling out of the park we found a little chiweenie puppy. He completely stole my heart but Ricky was not quite as excited about him as I was. After a lot of looking we finally came to the conclusion that Sampson was now our dog. Sampson, aka Pooter (Ricky's call sign for him :P) fits into our family like he has been here all along. We all know he has found his forever home.
That weekend our cousin Cody and his girlfriend Adrian came for a visit. We had lots of fun joking, gaming and gorging ourselves on delicious food. It was quite a mix with jalapeno poppers, mixed veggies, bbq tenderloin, homemade apple pie and blackberry cobbler. It was amazing! Ricky and I entertained Cody and Adrian with a flour fight and with Sampson's obsessive humping of Cody's leg! We had a very memorable weekend and I believe there will be more in the future. We love our family and especially getting to spend time with them.
The next week Ricky left for a three week training. This is the first time we have spent a holiday apart since we've been married. Thanksgiving was still great but certainly not the same. I am forever thankful to God for my wonderful husband who puts Him first and who loves his country enough to sacrifice things that he loves. Anyway after a sinus infection, lots of shopping, packing and "Burn Notice" we are finally in the final week that Ricky comes home! Saturday we will be reunited! Then we will get ready for Christmas with my family :D Celebrating Christ's birth with people we love is definitely something I look forward to. Then a new year with new adventures. More to come at a later date.
Merry Christmas from the AF Popes
23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[g] (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:23
