Update

We are doing great here in Texas. We found a great house to rent in Universal City, which is on the north east side of San Antonio. It is a great location. We are just down the street from the base, our church is just over our back fence (so we walk to church), and we are really close to grocery stores and the biggest shopping center in the area.

Jon is loving being in the Air Force. We feel very blessed. There are so many benefits and they have been really good to us. For a lot of the time we have been here, Jon has been on "casual status", which basically means that he is just hanging out until his training starts. He checks in with his group every morning and they tell them if they can go home or if they have stuff for them to do that day. He has done everything from help at a conference to move office furniture. I think it was nice for him to have a break for a little while, but he is getting restless and is anxious to get started on his training again. He starts his Navigator training this Friday. It will last about 10 months.

About a week after we moved into our house, Jon went to Pueblo, Colorado for his Initial Flight Screening (IFS). He was there a month. They taught him how to fly a tiny two person airplane and basic navigation skills. They send all pilots and navigators through this to see their general aptitude before they spend a ton of money training them. For example, if he gets air sick, he probably won't make a very good navigator. It was an intense environment, but Jon really enjoyed it. His favorite part was the navigation training, which is good since that is what he is going to be doing for the next several years at least.

I stayed here for the first two weeks Jon was gone and finished unpacking and getting the house settled. Charly, our dog, also had to have surgery on her foot to remove a cyst. Once everything here was settled enough, I went back to Utah to visit family for a week. Then I flew to Colorado to spend a week with my Great Aunt Jan who lives in Denver (she is one of my favorite people in the whole world.) While I was there, Jon was able to come up for the weekend to spend time with us. It was really great to see him again. When we are apart, I learn to appreciate the "just hanging out" even more. Jon got home about a few days after I did. (I think Jon looks pretty great in his flight suit and you KNOW he loves it!)


This one is of Aunt Jan in her car. She even let me drive it, which was pretty amazing. The pictures are pretty bad because I forgot my camera and had to buy a disposable one.

It is great to be back home together again. I will post some other updates soon.