Home Sweet Homes

I thought I would go back to the beginning and do a brief history of where our story began and how we got where we are!

Home Sweet Home #1...Shepperd AFB, Wichita Falls, TX. Patrick was in pilot training and I was a flight attendant. We (thankfully) only had to live there for 1 year.

Home Sweet Home #2...Moody AFB, Valdosta, GA/Mom and Dad's house, Lafayette, LA. Patrick was in a course called IFF (Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals) and the AF only paid for him to go, so I lived with my Mom and Dad and we would see each other on the weekends. We did this for 3 months.

Home Sweet Home #3...Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ...Patrick learned how to fly the A-10 and I was a part time nanny. This is where we got our "first" baby, Reese. We loved Tucson and consider ourselves VERY lucky because we lived there for the 9 nicest months of the year!
Home Sweet Home #4...Pope AFB, Fayetteville, NC...Patrick's first "real" assignment. We had our precious Aiden there, and therefore we will ALWAYS remember Fayetteville with love. Patrick deployed twice while we were there...once as a BALO with the Army to Iraq (NOT fun for a brand new Mom and Dad) and again in the A-10 to Afghanistan. This was our first "normal" 3 year assignment.
Home Sweet Home #5....U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO...Patrick taught cadets how to fly gliders. This is where our sweet Elaina was born and also where we bought our first house. To date this families absolute FAVORITE assignment. As of right now it's where we want to call "home" again as soon as we can! Another "normal" 3 year assignment.
Home Sweet Home #6...Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, LA/MeMe and PopP's house, Lafayette, LA...Patrick went to Re-Qual to re-learn how to fly the A-10 (who says you can't teach an old dog?) and the kid's and I lived with my parents. Patrick came down on the weekends and then we got VERY lucky...he finished a month early and got a month off...we got spoiled! We are so grateful for this 4 month assignment. We have had so much fun hanging out with family. My parents are going to be SO sad to see us go and we are so sad we have to go!


Home Sweet Home #7....Osan AB, South Korea....This brings us to where we are now (or technically where Patrick is now and we will be on Monday) for the next 2 years. Many people have asked us "Why Korea?" We did it for a few reasons. First...Patrick has never done a "remote" assignment and this takes care of it. This is the ONLY remote assignment in the AF that your family can come with you. That brings me to the second reason...had we not volunteered for this and gone to another assignment in the US Patrick probably would have gotten non-volunteered for a year long assignment and we would not have been able to go. The third reason...if we had taken an assignment in the states (which we could have) Patrick would have almost definitely had to deploy. Korea is a non-deployable assignment. Fourthly...it's an adventure and really what's life with no adventures?