Goodbye again...

Well today I brought Matt to the airport for his flight back to Germany. Stinks! We did have a great visit though so I won't complain too much. You've probably already read Matt's post so you know what we've been up to.

I'll second that our trip out to Ca was pretty great. I really did enjoy spending time with Matt's family and friends and getting to see my good friend Julie! I could have stayed out there another week! It just went by too fast.

The last few days have been pretty good as well. Though I had a bit of a cold and am just now getting over it. Matt was a huge help to me and worked on my computer, he got it up and running much faster, I am so grateful that it no longer takes 25 minutes to start it up... While Matt was doing stuff around my place I had a couple of subbing jobs this last week, and those were fun, I do love working with high school kids, they always seem to keep me entertained!

We also started the Spring season for Crew this week, so Monday and Tuesday were spent out on the water, getting back into the swing of things. It was fun bringing Matt out to practice to meet the kiddo's and to see something that I LOVE putting my time and effort into. Also! As an added bonus he offered to drive the motorboat that I follow the kids in, so I was able to concentrate on just coaching and not worry about running into giant logs, or surrounding wildlife with my boat!

Anyways, that's it from here, I'm not looking forward to spending the rest of my evening Matt-less, but that is life I guess. Til next post.

Matt's Post!

Yes! Heather's at school and Matt is left wandering the depths of the bloggosphere alone and unsupervised.

Well, it's been a great trip so far. I'm really glad that I took the opportunity (thanks Army!) to come home for a couple of weeks and see everyone. After a couple of days in DC last week Heather and I flew out to LA and arrived EARLY on Sunday the 17th. After church mom put together a little "get-together" where Heather and I visited with friends for a few hours. We were both VERY happy to see everyone and catch up. The next couple of days in Redlands were spent with friends and family and relaxing at home. It was a quick but long overdue visit!

Now Heather and I are back in DC. The weather hasn't been as good as the Southern California sunshine. On Friday it was cold and rainy so Heather and I decided to take a trip to the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazay Center. Heather was a little under the weather, but I had a GREAT time. The facility was so large and there was so many great aircraft to see that we took about three and a half hours making our way around.

Here is Heather in front of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird they have on display.



Saturday Heather and I went to the rowing boathouse and set up for the new season. Lots of dads and other coaches were there to help put boats in the water and mount outboard motors. I had a good time hangin out where Heather spends some of her time every week.

Well, only a couple of days left! What excitement will we fit in next? Find out and check back soon! (Maybe MATT will post again! WHO KNOWS?!)

Very excited!!

Last week Matt realized that he had to take 16 days of his deployment leave by the end of this month, or he would lose it once he got to Heidelberg. What a great opportunity to come to the states for a visit right!

After a few days of travel planning, and with the help of an incredible friend, Matt is arriving here tomorrow! I get to spend the rest of February with him too! I am so excited.

We've got a couple of things on our list already. Saturday we are going to a friends wedding, yay! And we will need to cut out of the reception a little early (sorry Amy!) because we were able to schedule a flight out to California for that night! Redlands, Ca is Matt's home town, and we are both excited about visiting his family and friends, we are going to be there until Thursday, so I'm sure we will be able to see lots of people!

I'll make sure to update everyone with details of our trip and time together, AND it will be exciting for you guys to be able to get some new pictures again! You may have noticed that since I left Germany there haven't been any pics added to the blog (except one I found on the Internet), there is a reason for that....I am definitely not a camera guru!

Heidelberg, here we come!!

Some good things have been happening in our lives with Matt's job! It may come as a surprise to most, but Matt has decided to stay in the Army. This wasn't our original intent, but an opportunity came up for a non-deployable job in Heidelberg, so we decided to go for it. It's funny how the last thing you'd expect to happen, just happens to be the perfect situation for you!


We are so excited to be staying in Europe, it seems we both get more and more excited every time we talk about it. Matt should be heading up there at the end of the month, so please pray for him this month as he transitions out of Schweinfurt and into Heidelberg, he has a LOT of stuff on his plate with this move.

Here is a pic I found online of the castle in Heidelberg, you can see it is a pretty cool area! I can't wait to get there!

Happy and Sad

The Sad....

I had to come back to the states and leave wonderful Germany... very sad. Back to the real world though. It will be hard being apart from Matt over these next months. It sucks, I miss him terribly when I'm not with him. Now back to phone calls, IM'ing, and Web Cam'ing I guess.

The Happy....

I'm glad that with the sad there is some happy mixed in...

• I got to spend a little over a week in Missouri with my family! That was SO MUCH fun! Plus, it was my nephew Jacob's birthday while I was there, and celebrating with him was a huge highlight! Both Jacob and Lizzie (my niece) are my little darlings, and it warmed my heart to be able to spend time with them.
• The season for the crew team I coach is just about to begin! I was able to start back with the girls yesterday at winter conditioning practice. They always seem to be able to keep me entertained! I'm really looking forward to getting out on the water with them!
• I got a wedding gown while in MO! It really was the only time that my mother, maid of honor (my sister), and myself were going to be together, so we figured why not look around...not expecting to find anything... I loved the second gown I tried on and that was it. Done.