Update and Independence Day!

Hello Everyone! Its been a while since we last posted. We have been busy and enjoying the SUN! We are not used to the SUN, its been an average of 94 degrees for the past 3 weeks!

Peter got his wisdom teeth pulled. Don't worry he is still super smart and full of wisdom! He has been playing on his squadron's baseball team! He is loving his job as security forces-convoy!

Malachi has been busy with all of his new neighborhood friends! He is learning new words and is doing great with the move!

Nicole has been busy helping the neighbors water their lawns and flowers when they go on vacation. She is busy keeping the house in order, and helping Peter and Malachi!

We love all the new awesome friends we have made. We have been going to a BBQ almost every weekend and going to our new church!

We had a wonderful relaxing and fun 4th! We went to our new friends Michelle and Joel's house for a delicious BBQ. We were so happy that our neighbor Danielle and her daughter Payten were able to join us too! (We had to say goodbye to her hubby Jamison on the 3rd. He will be gone for 6 months.) After that we all came back to our place for games, watched fireworks, and had great conversations! We were not able to set off any fireworks here in Cheyenne because of all the fires in Wyoming and Colorado. Its been so dry from the heat! We are praying for the safety off the firemen and women, and for the fires to be done with soon! Hope everyone had a great 4th and was full of the 5 F's; family, friends, food, fun, and of course fireworks!! :)

Mother's Day is everyday, not just one day a year!

We hope all the wonderful Mothers out there had an awesome Mother's Day! We have so many great Moms that we look up to! Being a Mother is more than words, so much love, guidance, teaching, and so on! We are sad we weren't able to be with our Moms this holiday but hope they know they are so loved from miles away. Hope they like their gifts and know we think of them often.

We had a fantastic Mothers Day! We woke up early and Peter made breakfast. Then we went to church. After church Peter bought amazing 'cookie crumble Frappuccinos' from Starbucks!! :) We headed home to relax. Our neighbor across the street invited us over for dinner. Nicole loves to bring dessert, so we all headed to the store since she didn't wanna bake on this nice sunny relaxing day. She picked out Banana Split Ice Cream Cake!

Our neighbor across the street is named Korinne. She is so wonderful! We went to her church, love it there. Feels like our home church. Her husband is deployed and she has 3 kiddos. Shes a super Mom and is just full of life! She marinated some pork steaks and Peter grilled them. Lets just say "Heaven in you mouth"! They were so flavorful! We had some great conversation, then came the dessert time! The dessert was THE BOMB.COM, we recommend it to everyone! Such a great day with amazing people and family! Some of the best days are the more low key days!

Again, we hope everyone had a wonderful day! Mother's Day is just one day a year, make sure to give thanks to MOM as much as you can, she deserves to hear it! 

We love all the Moms in our lives. Its great to see many new moms and how everyone is getting married, having kiddos and starting their own families! Malachi is a big light in our lives and we continue to give thanks for him! Hopefully someday we can have more adorable, good looking, full of life kids!  :)

Its ok not to understand why things happen

Today is a hard day for us. One month ago today we heard the worst news we have ever heard. We lost our bundle of joy. Mommy was almost 17 weeks and baby had stopped growing at 14 weeks. We are staying strong in our faith. We know that is a reason why this happened, even know we don't understant it. God waited for Peter to be home from tech school and for it to happen before we moved. Not only that the same day 2 years ago we brought our son Malachi home from the hospital. So many things to be greatful for in this hard time. We are also blessed with amazing friends! The same day we found out our friends Dusty and Jeremy came over to give Peter and I a blessing. It was God working threw them. It gave us the strength and peace to get threw the procedure. All we can do is praise God and thank him for everything he has given us. The weekend after this happened we moved to Wyoming. Again God blessed us with our friend Megan. She got back to Seattle from Hawaii with her mom the night before we started our move. She drove Malachi and I all the way to Montana(where she lives). So I could rest the first 2 days of the drive, since I wasn't 100% yet.

We have been doing okay but from time to time we have this saddness that over come us. The hardest part for Peter is that he planned this pregnancy and was so happy to have the baby fit into our new state, new home, and new lives. As for me the hardest part has been the thought of my complications. The pregnancy with Malachi was a rollercoster. The first 4 months I was on bed rest. After that I felt fine, then a month early Malachi came from complications. I had an emergancy C-Section. Now with this pregnancy I had similar problems.

We don't know the cause of the loss but we hope that we can be there for others. We have so many people in our lives who have been threw the same thing. They have reminded us that we can try again and that we are still young. They helped us realize we are not alone and that it was nothing we could have done differently. Its great to have the support and we hope to be there for others some day.

Its ok not to understand why things happen! Just remember to keep faith and know that the man up stairs has a good reason. 

Cute White Butt Animals aka Anetlopes

It's been great learning about our new environment. From the first day we have arrived on base we saw what we called "cute white butt animals" aka Antelope. They are everywhere on the base. Apparently they dash out in front of cars and if you honk they are stubborn and wont move. The only problem is that if you hit one you pay a HUGE fine. The speed limits on base are no higher than 30 mph. So, I think if we are on our "A" game we should be fine. Sometimes they are in pairs or sometimes they are in packs of 20 or more. A week ago we seen them on our neighbors yard fighting. They seem sweet, just hope they keep their distance. I don't think they will come after anyone unless they feel harmed. Still a lot to learn about our new furry friends. So far we have also seen wild bunnies. Looking forward to seeing what other kind of animals are here. Just hoping the spiders are not too big here.

 

A NEW BEGINING

Welcome to our blog! This is our very first blog! We love keeping in touch with the ones we love by reading their blogs, since we all have busy lives! We had been talking about starting one and now is the best time! Last summer Peter joined the United States Air Force. He went to boot camp October 4th at Lackland AFB in Texas. From there he went to tech school. Lucky for him it was at the same base! He graduated tech school March 26th. We moved all our belongings from Washington to our first duty station, F.E. Warren, Cheyenne Wyoming. We arrived here Monday April 16th. We were put into temporary housing when we arrived here. Right after he graduated we were told we would have to wait at least a month or more for permanent housing. We received a phone call Monday, the same day we got to Wyoming, that they have a house for us! WOW! God is great! He provides for us! Since we moved our own things we were planning on unloading the truck into a storage until we got our permanent home. Thursday April 19th we signed our papers and moved in Friday the 20th. Things happened so quickly! We are so grateful! It saved us a lot of lifting and stress getting a storage unit.
The neighbors are awesome! They helped us unload the haul. So many kids in the neighbor hood for Malachi to play with! Lots and lots of playgrounds and things for kids to do. The weather has been gorgeous here, maybe a little cold in the morning but warms right up by the afternoon.
So much still to unpack. It will all come together in due time. Peter had to start his New Air Men training for this base the second day we were here. With having a 2 year old the best time to unpack is nap and bed time. It's also hard to stay inside with the amazing weather!
We are enjoying being a family again and starting our new life as a military family! We would like to thank everyone for their love and support while Peter was gone.