Luke swears our life away, well I guess swearing that we will have more opportunities! We found out that his package got approved when no one elses is. So we took it as a sign from God and decided to stay in another 4 years. He will not be a cop anymore as of August (which is great as far as his schedule goes...also deployments will be fewer and he will be gone for less time) and will then be in contracting. This job gives him a ton of opportunities to do this on the civilian side. Our "plan" is to finish these next 4 years, I will be further in my career with UOP, Luke will have his experience in security and as a contractor and hopefully be an officer by then and get out and do the contracting job as a civilian for more $$ than the AF pays. That is the plan anyway but the plans never turn out the way we thought so we are just gonna roll with it! We are excited for our adventure, it will be interesting to see where they will send us...if they even decide to move us from Cheyenne.
Aaaand our special brother Justin, once again caught in a Kodak moment. Yes our little Justin on Christmas morning (i know we are a few months late on Christmas) received a new helmet for Christmas since his old one was worn out...oh yeah he is also wearing one piece jammies.
Justin and Jody sporting their fun Xmas gifts, if you can not tell what Jody is wearing check out this next pic....
HUGE GRANNY PANTIES!!! Nice rear Jody
Wedding time! So a long time ago I told this girl my brother knew that I wish she was my sister in law some day. And my brother Jason and my finally sister in law Kate got married a couple weeks ago.
Me and Jas before the big moment. It was so neat, they did not see each other before the wedding, it kept the suspense. I was in the girls room one minute and Kate was talking about how her hands were sweaty then I went into hang with Jason and he was like "dang my hands are sweaty" perfect! they were already having sympathy pains for each other ;)
Me Kate and Donna. Kate did such a great job matching the colors. Her dress was champagne and our dresses were all different black styles with champagne accents...it looked so sharp.
Dad, Donna, Mom, and me. My Mom and Dad were so cute, they were totally matching and my Mom wow! I sure hope I get her beautiful genes, she looked stunning...I know my big (little) sis got them, she was so cute in her tiny little dress....no it wasn't a mini skirt she is just a peanut!
oops! this one is supposed to be further up. Luke is signing the actual papers here...I was so nervous I was almost in tears. For those of you who know me very well I cry for everything, happiness, sadness, excited, nervous, angry...? But we are both so happy with our decision!
Mmmk Back to the wedding. Jason and my sisters youngest Albert, notice his Johnny Poppers, they are john deer cowboy boots. My sister can not peel them off of him to save her life, now he has a cowboy hat to go with them...too cute.
By brother Jared secretly caught the garder but he handed it to Henry (my sisters middle son) quick so no one would see. Many think this is a myth but this garder has HISTORY! Jason caught it at Kate's sisters wedding and her husband caught it at another wedding and back and back (something like that ) I smell another wedding in my families future.
Jason and Scottie rockin it out. It was so much fun, I don't think I have ever danced that much in my life! The majority of the music played was country...perfect for my family and a straight up ho-down!
Luke even danced...THAT WAS A SIGHT
We had so much fun but had to leave that next night, its always so sad to say bye to family. I asked Jason and Kate if we could do it again this next weekend! -7 kegs and all-It was so nice, everyone kept telling me what a great family we have. I always knew we were very close but never realized that many other families aren't. I feel so fortunate to have such fantastic parents and siblings, I would wish for nothing more than the relationship I get to have with them...never thought it would be this way after all those years of my little bros picking on me :) Just hope I can do as good of a job with my future family as my parents have done with us...I am so excited to have Kate with us now to experience it all, she is the perfect addition!
