Crossing The USA, Christmas & New Years 2011

On December 12th Lana, Liam and I started our trip back from Weapons School at Nellis AFB, NV to Adrian, MI.  We took our time along the way, stopping in Boulder, CO for a day with friends and only drove 8 hours / day.  Liam did great while driving and overall kept himself entertained in the little space he had amongst all our luggage.  Thank God for a boy with a great and relaxed personality.  Lana did well too being 8 months pregnant and not being able to recline her seat.  The first half of the trip was more enjoyable than the second as we drove through the Rockies.  East of Denver it's just farm land.

We arrived in Adrian, MI at my parent's place on December 17th after about 2,200 miles and enjoyed the next week relaxing with family and decompressing from Weapons School. Lana, Liam and I have enjoyed more time together during my time off! As I wrote about in the last post, we had a chance to visit family in Canada and take Liam to my Dad's farm where he had his first tractor ride. He and I both enjoyed it since I miss the farm.

After a week in Adrian, we made our way to Mansfield, OH to my Grandmother's place for Christmas. Lot's of family around on my Mom's side with almost every square in of the floor taken by someone at night.

We're now wrapping up our time in Xenia, OH where most of my family lives now. Lots of relaxing, eating, lifting / running with my youngest brother Devin without the routine of work is coming to an end. Tomorrow morning we'll be driving back to South Carolina where I'll return to work on January 4th. Crazy it's already 2012...seems as though that's become my normal response to each New Year's Day. This coming April I'll have been in the Air Force 9 years, and time is literally flying! April also means we move to Germany, which will be done with an additional family member due February 19th. Lots of cool changes ahead as we anticipate returning to Europe!