Our Big News

So, first a little background information. We got news this past December that we would be PCSing early from our current assignment due to overmanning issues on our base. We would be leaving a whole year early and we would be getting our new assignment sometime this coming summer and be gone by fall. Right around that same time, Steve heard of a great opportunity to apply to become the Executive Officer for our base's Wing Commander. He put his name in for consideration, knowing the opportunity would be a blessing for us, both career-wise and it would allow us to stay around these parts a little longer. Well, he was called into the Wing Commander's office today and was told he got the job! This means we will be here until March 2009 and then off to who knows where, maybe school in Alabama, maybe Luke, maybe overseas, we'll have to wait and see. He'll continue to fly (although not as much as he does now) and his work hours may increase a little (I'm finding an increase in hours difficult to imagine!). He'll go wherever the Wing Commander goes, which takes him out of all of our squadrons' many scheduled TDYs and deployments this year (woo-who). He was actually supposed to be leaving very soon for somewhere sandy (and not the good kind of sandy where margaritas flow freely). But now he'll be staying here to start learning his new job working closely with the base commander. I'm excited that I'll have a whole year until I have to start packing the house again and we will still be attached socially to our current squadron (I couldn't imagine life here without my Shooter ladies!). So I know you thought we were pregnant again, get your minds out of the gutter!!!

Hope everyone is doing great and come visit us anytime! Check back often for blog updates! Love Kelly (Steve and Brian too).