The "Alaskan" Kings: Getting Settled In!

We are in our new house and loving it! The kids love all the open space! With Adam's parents in town we are making great progress on getting the boxes out of the house and our list of projects is dwindling each day! With his dad leading the work and his mom "babysitting" we are just moving right along. Without them we would still have random stacks of stuff in the rooms and our formal dining room filled, floor to ceiling-not kidding unfortunately, with empty boxes. Thank you guys sooooo very much! Now we need to buy some more furniture to fill the house. The weather has been wonderful lately! Having the nice weather has enabled the kids to get outside a lot. They are just loving it! Oh yea, Andrew is walking finally!!! He is still wiping out quite a bit, but I would say its his main form of transportation! Now once he stops wiping out and becoming more proficient I'm going to be in trouble. He's strong-willed as it is but he can't move very fast so its not that bad. Sarah is pretty much potty trained. We still have accidents but they aren't very common. She only wears a diaper when she's sleeping!! I love it! I think having a more consistent/normal life again is really helping the kids progress. Being so close to our family is great! Adam's parents are here now, my mom will be here for Easter and my dad will be here the following weekend! We are soo excited to be so close to them all!

Adam is getting used to his new squadron. He's been pretty busy getting spun up in the C-130 and his new ground job which is in the training shop. We just found out he has been selected to attend Safety School this May. Its a great opportunity for him. Unfortunately he'll be gone for the month of May, but will be able to attend my brother's wedding over Memorial Day weekend! From there we are possibly looking at a Fall deployment. It should only be 4 months, but its going to be a long 4 months I'm sure! We'll see what happens. We are keeping our fingers crossed.