Our 7th Anniversary!

Words can not express the emotions I feel today. Me and Chris as a couple have been through so much in these past 7 years of marriage and here we are, stronger and more confident in each other and our relationship than we have ever been in the 11 years of being together. I am so proud of the man and husband he is. He is currently sacrificing so much for our family, but for the first time in YEARS our family sees the light at the end of this dark tunnel that we have been stuck in for way too long. We love and cherish our families and friends deeply, but gladly and whole heartily embark on this new journey for our family.

So as I sit here tonight, on my anniversary without him. I am so thankful. I am thankful for him and his sacrifices to better all of us. I am thankful for all the family and friends that have nudged us along the way, supported us when we have fallen and those that have just been our encouragers.

I did get a letter today, of course as always, it melted my heart. God always seems to hold the most prized letters till the perfect time and I so needed his letter, the EXACT letter that I received today. He is doing well. He reiterated in his letter how happy and content he was with his decision to enlist and how much he is enjoying himself, for the most part of course. This week is an exciting week. They are promoted to the white phase and are doing combat simulations and night recon activities. Like a real life xbox game for Chris. So of course he is happy.

I also got a phone call Sunday. Sunday was a busy day for me, but we will get back to that later... On the phone, he was in a great mood, glad to be using his phone, plus it was superbowl. Rumor has it (had it) that they were going to watch the game and have pizza. I haven't had a confirmation of that, but they were allowed to call earlier than usual. So, more than likely they did watch the game. We didn't talk about much, we only had 15 minutes but he did say he received a package from Jacob's class and it was really cute and he's saving it for me to see. I have absolutely no clue about it. All Jacob will tell is that it says Dear Private Allen, lol... Jacob is so proud of his daddy and beams from ear to ear when speaking of him. We talked the rest of the time about moving the family to Ft. Gordon and I told him of renters that I had met that day, gave them a tour of the house and I am so proud to announce that we are moving ahead and verifying their info. If everything checks out, we will happily have renters for this house and me and the kiddos will be packing up and moving to Ft. Gordon to join Chris during AIT. Not sure exactly when we will be moving, but could be as early as 2 weeks from now! I am still in utter shock of the swiftness of all of this and a bit overwhelmed at the moment. Every single detail has fallen into place so far.