Some bittersweet news! We are coming (or going) home to Utah in a month. I tried to take 18 days of leave that I have saved up but the cadre said no, so we are finishing flight school June 25th. I have one last 3 week class and then we are out of here. We expect to arrive around the 28th but don't have a job, residence or any prospects of either. We should be home in time to visit my bro coming up from Texas so that will be nice. We also get to spend some time at Rebekah's parents in LaVerkin. That means I get to learn how to milk goats and do some other random chores. I'm disappointed that I don't get to take a little time to visit Reb's family up in DC so we'll just hope another chance presents itself later. We're sad to be leaving all of the wonderful people that we've met here. There are so many great people in Alabama that have touched our lives, we'll always be grateful to everyone. GREAT PEOPLE! Rebekah likes the green South and the fact that she's been able to visit so many romanticized places while here. As for me I need mountains, dry air, places to go hiking/biking/climbing/rappelling and clean looking water. I have missed the snow these last two years as well. But most of all, we're just glad to be able to see family again. It's been an adventure here. I hope we've grown for the better while being down here but it always takes me time to see. Maybe in a few years I'll be able to recognize how far we've come. If anything, WE NOW HAVE MAKENA. That's been the best adventure. What a sweet little child we've been given. We're excited to share her life with everyone back home. We wanted to say thanks to the wonderful people in our lives that have done so much for us, those we left in Utah and those we've met and are leaving here in Alabama and elswhere. Thank you so much for all the kindness, patience and service you've shown to us. Hope we've been a blessing to you as you have to us! To those of you we've met at flight school, thanks and hope we see you again. To those in Utah thanks for always being there for us and we're excited to see you again.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
She's Here!!!!!!!!
It all started when my water broke Sunday afternoon, Mother's Day. I wasn't absolutely sure if this was for real so I didn't pay attention to the light contractions or leaking that followed. It wasn't until 10pm Sunday evening that things started to pick up and I knew that she was ready to make her entrance. It was a long sleepless night for both of us that ended with me saying it was time to go around 5 am. Of course we did exactly what my doctor said not to and went to the infamous (meaning more than famous) Waffle House for a light snack. We crossed the road and checked into the hospital at 7 am. Ten hours later we had a beautiful baby girl weighing 7 pounds, measuring 20 inches long, and looking like the alien heads from the last Indiana Jones movie. (She's looking more human now.) She has grey blue eyes and light brown hair. She has my little ears and big hands and Troy's button nose. Her name is Makena Wikle. Makena means "abundance" in Hawaiian and "The happy one" in Kenyan.
Hope you enjoy the pics!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
He's got the Lovesac Blues
Troy has been officially booted off the Love sac and now sleeps on the futon. Why the futon? Because anything is better than the bed. Why has Troy been booted off the Lovesac? Because his Roley-Polly wife Rebekah has taken over the Love sac.* She claims that she can sleep on her back and it doesn't hurt. Rebekah has never been a side sleeper and never will be. Don't worry too much for Troy though. In a few weeks things will go back to normal and he will have the Love sac all to himself again. That is of course unless their freshly hatched egg joins him from time to time. :)
*Disclaimer: Troy has been invited to join Rebekah on said Love sac but Troy can't take the "HEAT." "It's like sleeping next to the oven." Oh, Troy!
