Cody's Eye Appointment

Today I took Cody for his first ever eye doctor appointment. He was so good and so excited to see the eye doctor. He listened so well and did everything the doctor said.  It was so much fun to watch him look at the pictures and say what it was and he was so proud. He has 20/20 vision but he is a little far sighted.  The doctor said at his age it is completely normal. His eyes are healthy and he said we should come back in a little over a year. No glasses though. :-)

UPT Decent and Landing Techniques

Living in the TLF, Temporary Living Facility, has it's perks.  Cody and I were able to walk over to watch Kile's class do there Decent and Landing techniques at a jump tower. It was so cool! I am still working on getting the photos uploaded, but what an experience!  I am so excited and proud to be a pilots wife.  The stuff they have to go through before they even touch a plane here is amazing! I can only imagine what the next phase will be like! I'll describe more and upload some photos in a bit! :-)

Altitude Chamber and UPT update

Today we had an awesome experience!!  We, Cody and I, got to go over and watch Kile in the altitude chamber.  It was so much fun!  We got a text from Kile telling us that we could come over and watch them go in the chamber.  When we got there we had to wait for a while.  At least we had some good company!  The other wives in the flight were there too.  It was great to meet and get to know them better.  I have really loved getting to know the ladies here.  After a little while of waiting the guys went in to the chamber and got there helmets and masks on to prepare for the change in altitude.  They simulated 25,000 feet and took there masks off to see how they would react at that altitude; what the hypoxia symptoms were.  Then they put there masks back on and went to 18,000 feet and took there masks off and did night flying demos.  Then they "landed" and came out of the chamber for a few minutes.  Then they went in to the rapid decompression simulation.  WOW!! What a thing to watch!  It was so much fun to see the whole process.

UPT update - Kile is in his second week of academics.  He has had two finals so far this week and aced them both!  Another one tomorrow and 5ish more week of academics before flying starts.  Lots of studying and early and long hours. Not a ton to tell right now, but we'll keep you updated!

Who'da thunk it??

Sorry for the long time in between blogs.  I keep thinking about doing it, but life happens.

So, one thing people never really expected from me so much was becoming the Suzy homemaker type.  I have though...at least I'm on my way.  And to top it off...I LOVE it!!  I have been cooking a lot and trying new things I've never cooked before.  I've been making yummy desserts like strawberry cheesecake and  brownies.  For those of you who know me well, you know that I have never really been good at cooking or even liked it, but I have found a new respect for making my family meals and keeping up the house for them.  If anyone has some good and easy recipes they would like to share, I would love to try them!