Happy 4th of July!! Happy Birthday United States!!

Its been great the past couple of days. Yesterday Josh came home from Brazil. He looked really great!!

Then on the 4th, we went to a parade in Kaysville. It was alot of fun. There was a fly-by of some F-16s and one KC-135. In the afternoon we went to a fun waterpark in Ogden. Then that night we did some fireworks.

It was a really fun time!!

Another hot one...

Hey Ya'll!!

Well, I finally took some pictures of my place, and didn't like the pictures, so I settled for a video. Its a nice little apartment, and will be great while I am here in San Angelo.

I am very excited Josh comes home tomorrow from Brazil. Yee-Haw!! More to come...

Happy Birthday Jessica!! I hope its a great one!!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all those Fathers out there. Especially to my Dad. Happy Father's Day Dad.

Things have been kind of crazy over the past few days. Yesterday I got a car. It is a 2002 Ford Taurus. I think it will meet my needs while I am here.

And this is a picture of the place I've been staying. I will be moving into my apartment tomorrow. So, I will be busy getting settled the next few days. This is really exciting!!

On to Texas!!

So, I did all my traveling, and got here on the 9th. After a 10 hr flight from London to Dallas - it didn't seem so bad. But then the plane to San Angelo got delayed an hour. And with a thunderstrom hitting at the time, it delayed us another hour. I finally made it to Goodfellow at about 8 pm.

It is entirely too hot here. And VERY humid. But thank goodness the room in billeting has DE-humidifier. Pretty snazy - I just have to empty all the water out every so often. I always wondered if those things existed... and so the do.

But I am doing well, and getting use to the weather and getting familiar with the base.

All is well.....

Well, things are about to get crazy for me. I have trying to get things sorted for a smooth transition out of here. We will see how it goes. Well, this will be my last week at work here. It has been really great learning about my new job and learning to become an analyst of intelligence. I am excited to move on, yet I am sad to leave some very good friends behind. Last Friday a bunch of us got together - basically one last hoo-rah before I go. We ate food and played games.

Debbie and Me.

Matthias and Me singing kareoke.

Me and Isabel

Me and Kirk. And Tor.

Hannah, Me and Richard - they are going to get married soon!

Me with the Samaroo sista's - Laura and Kirsty.

Me with the Mannings. Sarah, and then Seth.

And some Kareoke and Guitar Hero!

It was a lot of fun. As you can tell - I met some great people, and have enjoyed my 2.5 years stay here in England.

Friday I move into billeting, and then I will be leaving early next Monday morning.

Finally!

It has been almost 2 months since my last post, so naturally I had to do another one.

Big things have happened - especially over the past week. First of congrats to Dad and Marty on their assignment.

Well, at work they have kept me very busy. Over the past 5 weeks I have been taking this course at work, that requires me to remain at work until late hours. Typically I would go in to work at 0530, and not leave until 2000 or even later some nights. So you can cut out any social life or church callings for that period. One of the days this past week, we had a small SERE day(we basically went out in the woods for an afternoon and we learned how to survive- or how aircrews would survive if they went down).


Well, this is the last week of the class - so I am very excited for things to go back to normal.

Also - some very exciting news. This week I found out about my new job/tech school class/when I'll be leaving. Well, this has been long awaited for. I have waiting for final approval for my retraining for about 4 months. But I've been doing other jobs since last January - so I've been very anxious to move on. I will be heading off to Texas for school in June. Somewhere around the beginning of June. And if plans work out I will be able to be in Utah for when Josh comes home.

Well, whats next for me? This class ends this week, and then I will be studying for my test for Staff Sgt. I will be taking that in May. Then I'll be off in June.

Its been very nice to spend these past 2(well more like 2 yrs and 3 months) yrs in England. I've got to know some really sweet people. But I am also very excited to move on with a new job. I will be closer to family and hopefully I will be able to get back into contact with some old friends.

Update!!

About two weeks ago I started working in the Intelligence Shop. With Intel being the shop I will be retraining into eventually - my commander approved for me to start learning the ropes of the job. But still no word on a class date. Still waiting patiently. But I am keeping busy here.

Here are some of the Young Single Adults from the church - we bowling sometimes... well, Matthias bowls, with Isaac, Adam, and Derek looking on.




On Wednesday, the 30th, I took the day off and went to the London Temple. My dear friends Kirk, and Tor went there for the first time.


Kirk's brother, Adam was there too!

And Tor's grandma, Rosalie was also there.

On Saturday, Feb. 2, was the big wedding for Kirk and Tor!! That was a most spactacular day!!

That night I was invited to attend their sealing in the London Temple! What a beautiful thing.



Through the events of the past weeks, I have been able to reflect on my life here. While I have been stationed here in England, I have had the opportunity to meet and become friends with some great people. I will miss them so much when my time comes to leave. But until that time, I hope to continue to have great memories here.

At the passing of our beloved Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley - I would like to review one of the goals he said we should strive to have - "Stand for something." I have realized over this past week that we must stand for what we believe in no matter what embarrasment, or criticism comes. And everyday our 'standing' should be a little taller. If we are not standing for something - then we will surely fall. But I have complete faith in the new Presidency of the Church.