Been a while...

Wow! Long time, no posting. After we left for SOS keeping up with posting just wasn't a priority for us! So here's what we've been up to...the latter part of 2009 for us was mostly spent away from England. I got the opportunity mid-October to go to Squadron Officer School (SOS) in Montgomery, Alabama for November through mid-December. SOS is basically a 5-week Air Force leadership school that all Captains have to go to a couple of years after pinning on Capt. We decided that we would all go - it is the perfect opportunity to spend time with the family since the pace is much slower than a fighter squadron - so we packed up the family and flew back to the states. Jen, Cole, and the dog headed to Chicago a few days before I departed to Montgomery, and Jen and Cole drove down with Dave so we could have a car. The time down in Montgomery was great as many days were very short and we were able to spend a lot of quality time together. Over the 6 weeks we were able to do a little exploring around Montgomery, went to the Aquarium in Atlanta, and went to Charlotte Spaulding's baptism in Birmingham as well. That makes 2 Spaulding baptisms that I've been lucky enough to make!

Our humble Maxwell billeting room.

Cole taking a play-break in his favorite window seat.

Filterhead eating breakfast with daddy.

How do I look?

The fam at Maxwell's Santa pancake breakfast.

Thanksgiving at the Hollon's in Prattville.

No snow, but we made do.

Cole's first experience with Santa - I think Santa wants out just as much as Cole.

That's just a few of our pictures from our time in Alabama.  We really had a great time there, met a lot of people, and even got to hang out with our friends the Fogle's.  Turns out they're going to the Aggressors too so we were really excited to see them there too.  All in all it was a great 6 week stint down south!