...we will drive to Fort Benning to meet up with the love of my earthly life! Only 77 days left on this journey!!!! God has been so faithful, and I've tasted His sweetness like never before!
The adventure won't end in 77 days, however! A whole new life awaits us. The Lord has shown us clearly that our time in the Army is drawing to a close, so when Paul returns to America, he will be getting out and looking for a job in the civilian world!
The plan as it stands right now is for the kids and I to drive to Georgia to pick him up on May 30th or 31st. We will immediately drive to Orlando for a family vacation, including time at Disney. Some people in our church own a condo down there that we are renting for ten days! I absolutely cannot wait!
Paul is technically stationed out of Fort Lewis in Seattle, so after our vacation, he has to get to Fort Lewis to out-process out of the Army. When faced with another separation, we made a big decision. We will all drive together from Orlando to Seattle so that we can stay together. It should be the road trip of a lifetime! Paul bought me a Garmin for all of my traveling (a very gracious thing for my navigationally-intelligent husband to do for his poor, easily-flustered wife), and the other day he was joking that when we input the address for Seattle as we leave Orlando, the Garmin will just flash a message that says, "Are you people crazy?!" My only sadness with this plan is that Paul isn't here to see the looks on people's faces when I mention that we are driving from Orlando to Seattle with four kids! It is priceless! (The kids ARE good little travelers!)
So that is the plan. Once we finish up in Seattle, we will make the long drive home and start our new life together. To say I am looking foward to it is the understatement of the century! Oh, to be a family again!
Here are some recent pictures of the kids:
Josiah was trying to show his muscles!
Sarah decided to cook one day while listening to some tunes.
She had my ipod shuffle hooked to the top of her tights under her dress!
Micah is the lego king in this family!
Isaac routinely sticks his sword cover in his pants
to help with the quick draw!
God continues to meet our needs and give rest when I feel too weary to continue. Paul's mom came for about 10 days, and it was a tremendous blessing to have her company and help. She even painted murals of a castle and sailing ship on our basement playroom walls. What a gift!
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don't forget--we've got to be in the way or on the way to or from one of those destinations, so you'd better stop and at least say hi!
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