January

Dinner at this Awesome Sushi place in Dallas, and the OKC bombing memorial.

Well last month was a busy month for us and I can't believe we are already half way through February! I got a job at a staffing company as the receptionist, so answering phones and making sales calls and other random office stuff. It gives me something to do everyday besides watch tv and I am grateful for it seeing as it is hard to find a job in a town this small. Did I mention Altus is in the middle of no where? I am adjusting but I am NOT a country girl and we are in the country. The biggest thing here is the base..oh and there is a wal-mart. Thats pretty much it...I can handle it til May though...at least I hope. We had a HUGE ice storm on the 28th, craziest thing I have ever seen. It was raining and freezing as it rained. If that makes any sense. EVERYTHING was covered in ice, power was out for a week and it was an experience I won't soon forget. We got evacuated to Okalhoma city for 4 days which was fun because the military paid for our hotel and gave us $80 a day for per diem. We went to the cemetary to find the graves of my great grandparents on my mom's side and to the Oklahoma City Bombing memorial, did some shopping and enjoyed having an impromptu mini vacation. So all in all it wasn't too bad. But next month starts Tornado season...so it could get more interesting real quick...Ryan FINALLY started class this month so we are one step closer to getting to Washington! He has his first flight on Thursday, after 8 months in the Air Force he is finally going to be on the plane. Needless to say he is pretty excited for that. Everything is still going well with baby Bench. We find out the end of the month what it is. We probably could find out now but the military only pays for an ultrasound at 20 weeks. So we wait very impatiently. And we also went to Dallas with some friends in January, ate a lot and did a tour of the Cowboys Stadium which was pretty cool. So as usual we are keeping busy and enjoying the tiny bit that life has settled down at least for the moment!

One of the pictures from the ice storm, and the boys pretending to be Cowboys Cheerleaders