Where's that dern sanity, y'all??

This should be the new name of our family blog! We made it to San Antonio, TX!!! YAY!! We drove up to Frankfurt the day before leaving to stay close and not have to get up at 3am the day of flight. True to my husband, the Sheraton Hotel was FABULOUS and we took full advantage of our Executive level lounge ;) We all had a good nights' rest, packed up, then walked over to the terminal. We were on the plane and leaving by 1030, saying goodbye to Europe - this time a one way ticket. The kids did AWESOME!! Our flight lasted 11 hours to Dallas, so we each had our own screen/remote. That helped!! I actually watched 4 movies, we all ate, napped, and the time flew by. We had a long wait for luggage/customs in Dallas, just making it to our connecting flight when they began to board. 45 mins later we landed in San Antonio!! It was so amazing to be back "home." Our dear friends from IL met us (they live here now) and we had a great time of reconnecting! Almost 24 hours later, we were finally in our TLF and settled - WHEW!! We couldn't have asked for a better trip :)

Almost two weeks later, we have now bought a house! We looked at renting, but buying new was amazingly cheaper and better economically! We found one that we loved, was 30 days from completion, had complete peace, and just waited for God's will to be done....and was it ever!! We have a house payment below our montly cap, tax benefits, a brand new house full of bells and whistles (including a sprinkler system and 25 cubicft stainless steel fridge my husband played hard ball to get), a great school bordering the neighborhood, AND loan approval - it's just more than we could have hoped for!! Thank you GOD! We should be able to move in the first week of April...all this was confirmed on my 33rd birthday - what a great day!!

The other great news is that J is now a Major Select and has been given a school slot. This means he should pin on sometime in the Fall and in two years he will go to a type of Command School, place TBD - I am SO proud of him!! It was a great birthday! We went out for lunch and dinner - commercial overload for us, but we love all the shopping, eating and just conveniences you take for granted until you live overseas.

Lil L turned 3 on Saturday! Wow!! She is almost fully potty trained - that helped SOOOOOOOOO much with the trip!! She is sassier than ever and holds her own with her brother - and man do they go at it!! I didn't think it was possible for any person to be louder than A, but she is close :) We took her to Peter Piper's Pizza - they had fun playing games...then we let her take a loooooong nap before having cake - birthday girl was a little grumpy :)

I'll try to do more updates now that we are halfway settled - it's just so great to be "home!"