MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope this finds you all enjoying the Christmas season. I was going to send out a letter like everyone else but kept finding myself procrastinating, so instead I am sending out a Christmas email/blog and since everyone I was going to send it to in the mail is on my email address I figured it would work just fine.

Well 2007 has been a crazy year for the Walker's. It all started really the end of January when Owen went to Altus, OK for 5 months to train on the KC-135 plane. While he was there I stayed in Enid and continued teaching my 4 year olds. By the end of February things started to get to crazy for me at work so I packed it up and went to Altus to be with Owen. We were there until mid June. He was flying and I was enjoying my time off. We still had our place in Enid and were basically living out of suitcases in Altus. In May our mom's came down to Enid and helped me pack up the house and send all of our stuff overseas to England, so it would be there when we arrived in August. It was a busy time but I was so thankful for there help and company. (Thanks again mom's)

In June Owen completed his training at Altus and then was off to water and land survival training. He first went to water survival in Pensacola, Florida for 1 week and then flew to Spokane, Washington for land survival, which was 19 days long. While he was there I went home and spent time with family and friends. When he returned from survival we had to return to Enid and finish up some paperwork and a few last minute things for a couple of weeks. Keep in mind we had no place to stay, all of our stuff was on its way to England, and we had been staying in hotels and living out of a suitcase since February. By the end of June we were ready to be in a home and have our stuff back but we still had another month of moving around.

July wasn't so bad, even though we still had nothing, but we were in Kansas and with family for a while. We got to spend about 2 weeks at home saying our goodbyes and taking everything in for one last time before we were off to England. It was wonderful. Our parents even threw a going away party for us. Well those 2 weeks came and went fast and by the time we knew it was over we were on a plane headed overseas.

We arrived in Mildenhall, England the 10th of August and spent another 3 weeks in a hotel room. We had to buy a car and look for a house before we could really do anything else. It took about 2 of those weeks to find a house that wasn't extremely small and we could get all of our stuff into it without problems and find a car that would get us around safely. We did ship my car over here but it wouldn't arrive until September. But as you all know we successfully found both and are doing well now. Our landlords are great and we enjoy going to there house and learning about the English ways and foods.

As you can see from the blogs I have posted, we have done a little bit of traveling since we have been here. We haven't done a whole lot lately because it has just been way to cold to do anything outside. Owen has been flying a little more than he was when we first got here but they have been keeping him busy at the squadron. As for me I have just been working at the child development center and doing things with other wives when work allows it. They finally placed me in a room with 6 months to a year old children. I really enjoy it. I miss teaching and hope to maybe teach over here before we leave but I don't know if that is going to happen or not.

We hope you all have a safe and blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year. Miss everyone dearly but hope to see some of you soon. COME VISIT anytime. The house is always open.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

Love,

Owen and Sara