Happening fast.....

I'm so excited! Things are moving along very quickly and it looks like we will fly to Hawaii for the first stage of out processing on April 27th! That day also happens to be my sweet sons 11th birthday, so we told him we are taking him to Hawaii for his birthday! We just got lucky enough to be able to spend the weekend there again! So, right now, we have to decide the following things: 1. Our kids get out of school here on June 14th. In CO, they get out may 25th, so we are trying to make sure they have the proper amount of attendance days to graduate their grade level. This means that: a)we have to rush to get them enrolled in school stateside so they can finish out the year, b) I will have to homeschool until mid-July to ensure that they meet the requirements to move up, or c)keep on keeping on and pray that the district we move to will allow them to finish with the grades they have and move on. 2. We have to decide when we will ship our household goods. It takes 60-65 days to get everything shipped back to the states, so we are thinking that we will need to be without our "stuff" by next week. That means we we be borrowing military furniture until we can move into a hotel. So about 20 days. And when we arrive in CO, we will wait about another 40! 3. We also have to ship our van next week. It will take about 45 days to get to Los Angeles, so one of us will need to fly to LA and drive it back to CO. Awesome! 4. We need to book our flights and hotels and make arrangements to get our pets back home as well. Oh and sell our other van..... Despite all of the decisions we have to make, I am happy and peaceful. I know all of these things have been divinely orchestrated and will fall in place accordingly. That said, if you have tips on making a move smoother, let me have them!!!

The place we will finally call home!

I am so excited to let you all know that we have been put on assignment to Fort Carson, CO! Our report date is May 10th, so our target for departing Guam is May 1st, but it may very well happy by April 10th if we have to get back and find the kids a school! Wow! I love military life, but sometimes it gets SUPER crazy! We have decided that this is it for us - our last move (with the Army) and if we can find our forever home, it'll be our last move ever! So that said, I am going to give my non- military friends a glimpse inside a military move! I'm going to blog the whole thing! It'll be different from my blogs about moving here because I'm going to show you ALL the ins and outs and details and stress and joys and stress, oh did I mention stress? In the last 15 years, we've moved 12 times! Let's see what number 13 has in store!!!

Homeward Bound!

I have some big, fat news! We are coming home very, very soon! The circumstances that lead us here are not the best, but I do believe that the brightest outcome is ahead! We put in for a compassionate reassignment to Fort Carson, CO because we have a kiddo with ADHD that is really struggling here. And unfortunately, Guam is just too small to have the support system that we need. We are lucky enough to have a therapist that recognized that early on and has given us this opportunity.

To be honest, I had a hard time with this decision at first because we have never had an assignment shortened, or turned one down or done anything but what the Army has asked of us and it seemed a bit like we weren't "finishing" what we started, but now I couldn't be more relieved and excited! We are praying that Fort Carson is where we land because we have family there and it is where we plan to retire. I would love nothing more to buy a "forever" home and plant some roots and let our little ones grow up with their cousins! I'm dreaming of painted walls and never, ever stressing about clearing housing again! So, if you think of it, we'd love your prayers and well wishes!