In August of 2015 while we were at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri we learned we would soon be moving to Fort Hood, Texas. While we were somewhat surprised since it was #12 on our list, we quickly became very excited at all of the wonderful things that would come with a move to our favorite home state of Texas. Hindsight really is 20/20 in that we put Fort Lewis, Washington #1 on our list, and now I wouldn't trade this wonderful Texas weather for anything Fort Lewis had to offer. From the day we found out we would be moving to Texas, Matthew asked us daily "I'm ready to move to Texas, can we get in the van now?" Needless to say, we all grew
pretty excited over the next few months in eager anticipation of moving back to the promise land, and so close to family and friends. November 1, 2015 we packed up our home in Missouri and headed to Texas. Due to housing situations we lived with my parents and in a hotel for several weeks, and officially moved on post at Fort Hood December 14, 2015! The next several weeks and months really flew by between the holidays, unpacking, and trying to find our way around town. We are loving Fort Hood and being in Texas, I can hardly believe it has almost been four months already! Central Texas is the perfect place to live and convenient to so many places; we have loved exploring Austin, San Antonio, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Waco, and Temple so far. Not to mention we are only 2 hours away from all of my family in BCS, and 5 hours away from Shane's parents in Odessa. Such a welcomed change from living (13-20 hours away) in Georgia, Kansas, and Missouri for the past 4.5 years! The Lord has truly taken care of us. He blessed Shane with a wonderful staff job in the Army, where he is a facility manager at Fort Hood. Shane not only loves his job, but his co-workers are also a very small group of hard working and reliable people, who he enjoys. Praise God for knowing exactly where and when to move us back to Texas, His timing is perfect, and we are smitten!
