It's all in how you look at it. Our last house didn't have a fence, which we loved at first, but once Christopher started running around and refused to stay still, it became a challenge. We decided that our next house we would have a fence, no matter what it took to get it. Thankfully it didn't take much. Unfortunately on base you can only have a chain link fence. Ugly, yes. But it still works.

Brandon has been awesome and very excited about starting a yard and building a fence. He put weed and feed followed by grass seed (yes, we have to use seed to grow our own grass) in the front yard. He's been working very hard to water it and rake up the pine straw to help it out. So, we'll just have to sit back and watch to see what happens.

Last weekend he wanted to start on the fence. He asked some of his classmates to come help and two of the guys willingly offered. We invited the wives and kids over to come play and while they were working and all of a sudden two cars pull up in the driveway and it's two more families from his class coming to help out. They thought it would be fun to surprise us. The fence was done in no time and we ordered pizzas for everyone. The kids played for hours, some napped, the guys played Wii and the wives got to know each other even more.

Christopher is having so much fun getting to know his new friends and I'm enjoying the new relationships I'm building as well. I think we're really going to like it here.