Living on post has given us a forest literally in our backyard. We see deer, turtles, rabbits, raccoon, ground hogs, and cardinals regularly. Everywhere we drive we go through gorgeous tunnels of green trees. The seasons here are breathtaking and fall was magical 3 years in a row. I don't know if we will ever live on an Army post again but it has been awesome. I loved not leaving post for days. I loved the added security I felt. I loved that all my neighbors are military and had to have at least 3 kids to live on our street. I've loved the free movies at the theatre when all would go quiet before the previews started and everyone would stand for the National Anthem. I loved the USO family nights, movies in the park, the post pool and random military events. I've loved being a part of everything post has to offer. We've loved being 8 hours from David's family in both directions. We've gone to Wisconsin 3x and had Jeffrey and Debbie down a ton.
We have loved every ward we've been apart of but St Robert 1st will always have a huge piece of us. It was so much fun having my older brother as Bishop and then to see David sit next to him on the stand. David and I have felt so invested in this ward. From primary, to RS to YW I think I knew every single person in the ward. We have met so many incredible strong families here and have been blessed by their friendships. I have met so many women that I would feel comfortable calling at anytime day or night for anything. I have met families who have handled several deployments with such strength. I have made best friends here that will be apart of my life forever. Some have moved away and some remain but I will always be grateful to the military for bringing us together.
We've had 2 babies here and the other 3 kids were so young when we moved here this is the only home they really know. This is where David started his dental career and had amazing assistants. His office has spoiled us over the last 3 years with countless gifts and parties.
This paragraph is last because most of all we will miss living down the street from Ben and Emily or "Bemily" as we refer to them. We put Fort Leonard Wood as number 3 on our list because of them and now we know we were absolutely supposed to live next to them to have this time together. We have had dinner with them almost every single Sunday for 3 years and our kids are best friends. I've never had such constant interaction with a family member and it was so much fun that the kids interchangeably relied on all 4 of us adults to parent them. We've played more games than I can count. We would always say "one more show" to the kids so we could play one last round of Bohnanza, Settlers or 7 Wonders. We've gotten good at Pickle Ball together. We've spent countless holidays together. We've swapped endess babysitting, gone on road trip and swapped temple trips. The amount of times we've met at the park probably reaches the hundreds. We are going to miss our built in best friends like crazy. The withdrawals are already starting.
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