Getting Closer!

I'm so unbelievably excited because we have 20 days left until our big Europe trip! I can barely focus on Thanksgiving I'm that anxious. Twenty days until we leave, 28 days until we get to Weisbaden to see my Mom, brother, and sister, and 29 days until my Dad comes home from Iraq. It is going to be an amazing trip. Not too sure what we are doing for Thanksgiving yet since Jeff may be serving at the Mess Hall. We will either leave that afternoon for Augusta or stay here and be thankful for our friends who have offered to share their dinners with us. Planning ahead for our 3 week trip has been a little overwhelming. Trying to plan out what we should send ahead of time, buying Christmas presents, how to pay bills, and our taking care of our pets all has to be decided a month in advance. Luckily we have two wonderful families who have willingly offered to watch Hayley and KitCat while we are gone. Ten days at one house, 12 days at another. The separation will be harder on Jeff and I then on them I suspect.
Other than our trip we have nothing new happening. Jeff continues to learn the ways of the Army in his Platoon Leader position. He has decided (after consulting with his commander) that going to Ranger School while a PL will only hurt his leadership experience. Therefore we hope he will continue with Ranger School after his PL time is over next November. I am looking forward to my first coffee group (a social group for spouses in the unit) in December. This will hopefully help me feel more connected to the wives in the unit and maybe make some new friends. Since we came here just as the soldiers of 1/15 were returning home from deployment everyone has been busy readjusting to their families so there hasn't been much going on to get involved with. Hoping that will change come January when we welcome a new Battalion commander. Hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving week.

Happy Fall

We have had ourselves a very busy October. Jeff has been busy with welcome home stuff for the Unit and has just been made Platoon Leader this week. As for me I have traveled to Chicago and Orlando this month. One was a girls trip with Sarah Faulkner and the other was to take my cousin to her Disney World Character audition. Which she made it!!! Very exciting. We had a lovely Halloween weekend. First we had the Doughboy Bowl which was a football game between 3rd Brigade and Columbus State University. On Friday Hayley had a very important "Howloween" party to attend at the dog park. We had a blast and even though she didn't win anything we came away with a rockin door prize which she has destroyed already. Saturday was post wide trick-o-treating so we went to some friends house for dinner and to pass out candy. Sunday we went to church and had a nice lunch out at Olive Garden with my sister and Jeff's buddy JP. We have had gorgeous weather but now it is starting to get colder. Which I'm really ok with.

Hayley's Costume for the Howloween Party

Burt's Pumpkin Farm


My Sissy and I at Burt's