Getting ready for our house.

Since we got here (almost 3 weeks not) we have been staying in a condo style hotel. Two bedrooms, dinning area, tv/ sitting area, kitchen and 2 restrooms. It's been a little easier that I thought it might be, but still the kids don't have any of their toys and they can't just go out and play outside. The kids are needing a routine to be started up again. And because I have to commute to take Jack to school, Charlie and Anna don't' get a nap.

We are hoping to get the keys to our place today so we can begin cleaning it since the movers come with our stuff on Friday. Our van will be ready on Friday or within the beginning of the following week. I know having our second car will help with things too.

We have been trying to keep busy on the weekends since Clint has been working during the week and will begin shift work once we get the house settle. We have been to the beach, several (if not all) of the local 'malls', local pool (playground inside a shallow pool), aquarium and many car rides down to the navy base.

I have meet some wonderful moms that have kids about the same age as ours. They have been very welcoming and helpful. I still miss my core moms from Washington though.

We have arrived in Guam

Hello everyone. We made it Guam after a short stay(two days) in Okinawa, Japan. The 4 plane rides were good flights, but the 11 hour one was too long for the kids. We got off the plane at 0530in Guam to it raining and warm. It was quite a change from the cold 40 we left in Seattle 3 days before.

So far, every day, it rains in the morning and then turns sunny. It does get a bit warm in the afternoon for us to go walking/playing outside yet. We were able to play at the outside pool at Andersen AFB (where we will be living). Our hotel/condo is at the end of the tourist strip, a couple blocks from the beach. We have an amazing view of the bay from our balcony. We haven't been to the beach yet to play (but we did drive right up to the beach on Andersen) since we are still trying to get used to the humidity.

We did find the school, child care center and preschool. We hope to enroll the kids in school on Tuesday (since Monday is a Holiday) and get some sort of routine going.

Clint's work is about 10 minutes up the road from our condo and it's another 10 minutes to the base from there. Everything is close by. We found the traffic report here to be amusing: looks like its a 3 or 4 light kind of day. Needless to say, traffic is nothing like at Fort Lewis.

I hope to have some photos up soon. I look forward to sharing my experience with you as we spend our days here in Guam.