There are some new chapters in our lives to tell you about.
First of all, Peter started the second training school called UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training). So this is a picture of him in his Blues on Day 1 of class. No more sleeping in for us, Peter has to get up early for school and I need to get up to make his lunch and send him off. (And soon I'll be up with a baby too). UPT is a little over a year long and is pretty intense and fast-paced from what we have heard. We know to expect him to have many 12 hour days at work and then need to come home and study the material he's learned or prepare for his next flight. Right now he's doing a lot of ground work, but in about a month he will be flying almost every day. There are 24 guys in his class: 10 Nato pilots (Germans and Italians), 8 Active Duty and the rest are Guard/Reserve. We've spent time with the guys a few times this past week and they're great guys. Definitely not the Christian crowd that I'm used to though.
And second... we bought another car! We are now the proud owners of a Mazda3, our baby car. After research and months of looking for a good car/deal we finally got one. It's used and in great condition. Peter did a great job bartering for it and I silently cheered him on. It really seems just in time now that Old Faithful, our Jeep, is getting old and not quite as reliable as it once was. But it is getting Peter to work and back every day. But if we are going anywhere together we take our sporty, new car that we like to refer to as Zipper. And it is oh so much fun to drive. (And, for those of you who are keeping track, I am 36 weeks along in this picture).
First of all, Peter started the second training school called UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training). So this is a picture of him in his Blues on Day 1 of class. No more sleeping in for us, Peter has to get up early for school and I need to get up to make his lunch and send him off. (And soon I'll be up with a baby too). UPT is a little over a year long and is pretty intense and fast-paced from what we have heard. We know to expect him to have many 12 hour days at work and then need to come home and study the material he's learned or prepare for his next flight. Right now he's doing a lot of ground work, but in about a month he will be flying almost every day. There are 24 guys in his class: 10 Nato pilots (Germans and Italians), 8 Active Duty and the rest are Guard/Reserve. We've spent time with the guys a few times this past week and they're great guys. Definitely not the Christian crowd that I'm used to though.
And second... we bought another car! We are now the proud owners of a Mazda3, our baby car. After research and months of looking for a good car/deal we finally got one. It's used and in great condition. Peter did a great job bartering for it and I silently cheered him on. It really seems just in time now that Old Faithful, our Jeep, is getting old and not quite as reliable as it once was. But it is getting Peter to work and back every day. But if we are going anywhere together we take our sporty, new car that we like to refer to as Zipper. And it is oh so much fun to drive. (And, for those of you who are keeping track, I am 36 weeks along in this picture).
You look beautiful! It's been fun to hear bits and pieces of your introduction to life on a military base and the air force world. :-)
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