Life here has been flying by! Can't believe we've already been here in AZ for two months now! I feel like its been longer just because we've dived in and made our niche here. Everyone is involved and has activities. It makes life better when you have the sense of belonging and that this place feels like our home. Which I guess is a good thing because this family of 5 will be spending much more time here at Fort Huachuca than expected. The slate for jobs & schooling after the MICCC is over in January was published earlier this week and we will be staying here! We both have mixed feelings about it. This place is providing a great career opportunity for Brandon. He will be an instructor for one of the schools here as well as get a Command with one of the MI companies. There's a lot of pluses here and at least we wont have to uproot our lives here and start again (not yet anyways!). It just stinks being so far away from home. We hate living so far away from our family and great friends! It seems like the Army loves having us out on the west coast. Thankfully it is just a 2-3 year assignment with his school time counting. Onward & upward, good news is we do like it here and we will make the best of it!
Peighton is doing well in school and really likes it! Just this past week, she received a "blue ticket" from school meaning she got caught doing something good. Brandon got to go have a special lunch at school with her on Friday. And then she also got Star of the Week for her class! :) Also, she received a free Pizza Hut dinner for reading so many books so far this year. Score for P! She still loves to read and is reading a chapter book every few days. She has passed all her spelling tests for far this year. And she is doing well in math. Over all, this school is year has been great! P has also gotten involved in the local Girl Scouts. She is in the Daisy group and they meed right here on Post twice a month. She is loving it! It's nice for her to have her own activity outside of school :)
Henry started the Part Day Preschool here on Post a few weeks ago! He goes Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. His class is small with only about 10 kids so that's nice. And so far he likes it! They have centers and circle time and they get to play outside each time. It is a good introduction to school and next year he will go more frequently to prepare for Kindergarten. Also, at this doctor visit last month, she recommended speech therapy and TriCare approved his evaluation and his therapy sessions. We got this coming week for his evaluation. I know Henry could use a little help in that department. He does talk and although I understand most of what he says, I also spend everyday with him. So I pray that goes well!
For myself, I am loving being involved in a great bible study through PWOC at the Main Post Chapel. I enjoy the fellowship and they provide watch care for both boys. It is just a wonderful program and we look forward to Tuesdays! I also am involved a local MOPS group (Mothers of Preschoolers) that is at a church in town. We meet twice a month and I enjoy that time as well :) The boys and I spend the week visiting the local library, playing & eating lunch at McDonald's and of course many park visits. It's been nice making a routine and a niche for ourselves. Although I am an introvert at heart, I still love me some fellowship and the boys just love our park days!
All in all, life is good here. We have our moments even our days. But we are making the best of it all!
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