For those of you who havn't talked to us in a while, let me update you on my life. I enlisted in the Air Force in January 2004. After enduring six weeks, which seemed like six months, of boot camp, I was officially an Airman in the Air Force. I had joined the Air Force and went to basic with an "open general" job, meaning that I would pick from a list of available jobs and hope to get a good one. A lot of prayer and a bit of good luck landed me a job in Public Affairs photojournalism. After basic training I left Lackland, Texas and went to Fort Meade, Md. for four months of tech school. My wife was not able to stay with me during that time, but she flew up almost every month to visit me.
I was hoping to be stationed somewhere overseas, but as luck had it, Jen and I were sent to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Seven hours north of Anchorage, 15 minutes south of the North Pole ... the town that is.
We live on base in a three bedroom house. January 27th, 2005 saw a new addition added to our family - Gavin Joel Weaver. Talk about a bundle of joy. I've been around a lot of babies, but I've never seen a baby laugh and smile as much as Gavin does. Now I know some of you are saying, "I would have thought they would have had a terrible baby." Don't worry, we thought the same thing. But God has blessed us with a wonderful new beginning to our lives.
We have now been at Eielson for a year. The hardest change to get used to is the daylight, or lack thereof. Right now we have about 21 hours of daylight, but it really never gets dark. In the winter we'll have about four hours - suns up at 10 a.m. on the horizon and then down at 2 p.m.
Well, that's catch-up for now. Let us know how your doing. Post your replies and we'll keep this as current as possible.
~ Love you guys,
J&J and little G
