FINALLY Ian got his Orders! Off to San Diego we come.....

Ian was able to go online to check the status of his orders tonight and low and behold they are THERE! FINALLY in black and white we have orders saying he can detach from here in November and has to be in San Diego NLT (no later than) the beginning of January. We have to be here until November 15th and really would like to leave the next day or so after that in order to be to San Diego early the week of Thanksgiving to get into a house and maybe just maybe get our stuff before the four day holiday. I am betting that we will be sleeping on air mattresses for a week without or stuff but that is what the Navy gives us a Dislocation Allowance for:) We promised Kinley and Kayden and our boys that we would have our annual Thanksgiving dinner together so hopefully we can keep that promise. Now to just make the final decision on WHERE to move to and what school to try to get Jacob in. Thankfully Valerie is there and has given me a lot of the ins and outs on that. What a blessing!

Ian will be going to a pre-commissioned ship, the USS Spruance (DDG 111). This will be his second pre-commissioned ship. It will be a lot of work but thankfully at first should be a bit of down time for our family. We actually think his schedule is going to be SO much better than "shore duty" has been here.

Here is the web site to his new ship: www.spruance.navy.mil for those that wish to take a look. Ian is already talking to his new Chief and making connections. He also knows the XO from his previous ship. It will be nice to have some familiar faces.

We will miss SO much from our time here in Chicagoland, especially church friends but we are excited for this new adventure. The boys are hot/cold about moving. They miss Kinley and Kayden A LOT but then at the same time Jacob LOVES his school (and so do I!!) so I know it will be hard for him. We are just trying to hype things about anything positive we can think of.

So there you have it. It is official. Most likely for Owen's birthday we will be started on our little road trip. Poor baby, chained in his seat for his birthday. We will have to make it up to him when we get there:)