England

Joseph will finish his residency here in Texas in August. We've been in the process of requesting and being assigned to our next base for a few weeks now, and yesterday we found out where we are going! Joseph will be stationed at the Royal Air Force station Croughton in England!! It is a base out in the country, close to Oxford, and about 60 miles outside of London.

It was actually our 2nd choice (our 1st choice was also in England) so we are pretty excited about it. But part of me is terribly scared and overwhelmed! I don't think I expected to really get assigned to England, so I'm still kind of in shock. We will be there for three years.

We have a lot of things to figure out before August, but luckily we've got plenty of time. I am having a bit of deja vu with this, remembering how I felt when we were headed to NYC almost 5 years ago. I'm excited for Joseph and the great opportunity this will be for him, and I'm sure our little family will have quite the adventure!

All friends and family are welcome to visit, so start saving up now! :)

2/21/2013

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We had a fun Valentine's Day! Anna and I got to join Matthew for his school party. They had lots of sugar and lots of fun. We made an R2D2 valentine box for Matthew and used these printable valentines to give to his friends. He loved helping me make them and was so excited about everything! And he was very kind to give all the pink or princess valentines he got to Anna. :)



Matthew also lost his first tooth yesterday! It was so loose that it came out with only one tiny tug from the Dentist. :) I can't believe how big Matthew is getting!

Our January

I have decided that Texas is not a bad place to be in January. (Although I'll probably be changing my mind in June, July, and August...) We've been able to enjoy some beautiful evening walks and afternoons at the playground.



Joseph's parents were here for a few days this month and we had a great time with them. We showed them all the cool playgrounds, taught them more than they cared to know about Star Wars, and cooked up some delicious plastic-food meals for them to enjoy. We also took them to our favorite BBQ place, which is always fantastic.


Happy February!