The best day ever!

Today was an awesome day! Mason had to go out in the morning to check his e-mail on base because he can only access his government e-mail from government conputers. He found out his ENJJPT class will have about 14 US students and 14 Italian students. Last night there was a gigantic storm in our area. The power was off from almost an hour (granted we were probably the only ones awake from 2-3am) and the wind and rain was crazy. We enjoyed the storm while playing our new skip-bo card game by the light of our candles from the wedding. Today we looked around outside and there were so many branches that had fallen. The trees here seem very weak. There were many houses where trees had fallen on the roofs, and many roofs which had panels in the street. We were lucky that we only had a small branch fall in our backyard.

Despite the bad weather yesterday, today we got our new car! Finally. We signed all the paperwork and took home our BRAND NEW 2007 Toyota Highlander. With a sunroof! It is pretty sweet compared to the duck mobile (for those of you unfamiliar, that is my 95' Ford Contour,) we appreciate having two cars though. The car is great, and due to the low(er) gas prices here in Texas the SUV is worth it. It even goes beep-beep when you press the lock button. Mason will be twitching for a few days from writing his biggest check ever... After running some errands in town, we were able to get the newest addition to the our family.

Sheppard was brought home today. 1 ounce, 4 inches long, with a white/tan coat with a black spot behind each ear. Of course we are talking about our NEW "long-haired teddy bear male" HAMSTER!!!! He is so cute...and let me tell you Mason had great fun putting his cage together. His cage is almost as plush as our house.

And to finish the day, we took a cruise around base and did some jet-gazing. We couldn't resist getting a picture in front of the Thunderbird (#7, not sure why it's been parked here lately). And for Chaplin, we got a couple A-10 shots too.

You can view pictures from today at:
http://neiu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2011226&l=088dc&id=77800450