A few, much needed, updates…

I’m going to go back in time a lil bc I found some pics from when we went to College Station in April….

George Bush Library

Justin and Court as Astronauts!

Then skip ahead a few weeks to the first of May…

The 1st UPT Class 10-10 Party!

In my own spare time I have been crazily working on a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Project…

The fabrics being considered...

The horrendous wrapping paper we've been living with...

VOILA! =)

That was the best pic I could get color wise.  From left to right you’ve got a really vibrant red with a brownish pattern on it, a black/cream, and a silver with a soft mustard yellow pattern.  They sound strange but look sooo sooo good in person!! I’m thrilled with the way they turned out!  A special thanks to Tiffany for inspiring this project! =)

Now, onto the reason I even decided to blog tonight.  As many of you know, tomorrow is Justin’s 1st official day of UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training).  Today he had several briefings and got all of his “pubs”- aka: text to be studying.  After we picked all of it up from Office Depot to be spiral bound he sat me down at the kitchen table with his syllabus in hand.  He turned it over and preceeded to draw pilot wings as he’s saying “Ok, so this is the goal.”  Off of those he wrote “A-10/F-16″ and said “This is if they were to say ‘any plane you want!’”  Then he wrote “T-6/T-38″ saying “So this is what we’re shooting for.  As I see it, there are four integral parts that play into me reaching this goal”… he’s drawing four bubbles below the pilot wings.  “The first of these is God, without Him I’ve got nothing. (he fills in the bottom circle) Next, you.  You will be what gets me through all the stress of this. (he fills my name in the next circle)  Classmates will also be important bc to be considered for FAIP you need to have a good report with your peers. (he fills in classmates in the next circle).  And finally, UPT.  This is how I will learn everything I need to know. (he fills in the last circle)” …

At this point I’m thinking “ok, they must have told the guys to sit down with their wives and give them the ‘This is what you’re in for’ speech” so I ask “Did they teach y’all this?” to which he replies “No, I just think it’s important.”  Hmm, ok ok! I’m still with you…

After a few more explanations and bubble making this is what we ended up with…

THE UPT PLAN!

Yes, you read that right.  UPT was given “5 days/week and 1/2 day on Sunday”, Hope is given “Friday evening and Saturday”, God gets “Sunday morning and 15 min everyday for devotional”.  LOL! It was quite possibly the sweetest and coolest thing, not to mention SOOOOO like MY HUSBAND to do!  But also a huge wake up call…it’s allll about to go down!!

Please keep us in your prayers, as we are about to begin something totally new, exciting, stressful, important, and we’ll be doing every step of it blind!  We do look forward to this bc it is his dream but there’s no doubt about it- it will be hectic at times!  I have already told him he is to take my camera everyday bc he will never experience anything like this again and I want to capture every moment of it that I can.

GOODNIGHT ALL!! We love you!