These are just some pics of us on a recent trip to Nashville, our stop at the Jack Daniels Distillery, as well as a little Mountain Biking.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Some Pics
These are just some pics of us on a recent trip to Nashville, our stop at the Jack Daniels Distillery, as well as a little Mountain Biking.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
New Family Member
UPDATES!!
So we have had some changes since winter break began. We loved getting to spend time with our families and friends! It was so awesome! So Merry late Christmas and Happy New Year! Well, we got back to a house filled with boxes... and I really am not exaggerating! You would think us newlyweds probably have nothing but ummm wrong, we had so much stuff! I loved getting back here to Fort Benning and working hard to make the home a home! Ben was back to work in training keeping busy and coming home to have lunch with me. He kept me company when he could and I think I even impressed him with how fast I got those boxes out of here! It was my workout :) This past week Ben was in the field doing cool stuff with big guns... he could explain better... Im so proud of him! I love my Ben... I didnt like my Ben being away but I decided to be spontaneous this past week... :) So Monday I chopped my hair off 12 inches! I decided to give it to cancer patients because I was touched by how much a wig can make an impact! So there my hair went! Well, I have been lucky to meet 2 other officers wives Dicie and Darcie who are awesome... We went to the gym... went to dinner... went to animal shelters.... Okay so what you all are waiting for... WE GOT A NEW PUPPY! Ben just got home today with a new baby girl puppy waiting for him, yep what a surprise... his wife with short hair and a new puppy :) She was happy to meet her daddy and become a Winchester today! Her name is Skylee "sky" Winchester. She is 7 weeks old about and about the size of our feet! So small. Sammy Boy is being timid around her, hopefully he will realize that he is about 6 times her size... we love Sammy so much and are happy to have a sister for him! I know Ben loves Sammy, our matchmaker, but this little skylee might have him wrapped around her finger soon! :) Ben is home now for the weekend and we are headed up near Nashville, Tenn. to see Kelly Dues (one of my bridesmaids) and staying at her cousins house. Kelly had a break in nursing school so we get to go see her, her boyfriend David, her friend and two cousins! Our two babies...Sammy and Skylee will be coming too! Its a family vacation. Hopefully Ben gets to rest because they sure are keeping them out in the cold making him work hard. We hopefully can squeeze some mountain biking in and maybe going to the shooting range too, we love doing crazy things together! I hope to find a part time job and just finished updating my resume today! Besides that I will work hard to become a better cook (I really am slowly getting better its so exciting) and take care of the puppies! I love it here at Fort Benning and really like the wives. We had a meeting last night to plan the wives social and plan the days we get to bring our husbands lunch in the field while being in awe of all the cool missions and training they do. Ben loves it which is great. He is great at what he does too! We are both really happy and glad to be in one home! We will try to be better at updating the blog. Ben is a little better at keeping it short as you can tell but I hope you enjoyed keeping up with us! We hope to hear from everyone, email us and write us if you'd like,
Ben and Sophie Winchester
947-D Burr Ave
Fort Benning, GA, 31905
Thank you for being a part of our lives! With love and Ben took some pictures so check them out :) :)
So we have had some changes since winter break began. We loved getting to spend time with our families and friends! It was so awesome! So Merry late Christmas and Happy New Year! Well, we got back to a house filled with boxes... and I really am not exaggerating! You would think us newlyweds probably have nothing but ummm wrong, we had so much stuff! I loved getting back here to Fort Benning and working hard to make the home a home! Ben was back to work in training keeping busy and coming home to have lunch with me. He kept me company when he could and I think I even impressed him with how fast I got those boxes out of here! It was my workout :) This past week Ben was in the field doing cool stuff with big guns... he could explain better... Im so proud of him! I love my Ben... I didnt like my Ben being away but I decided to be spontaneous this past week... :) So Monday I chopped my hair off 12 inches! I decided to give it to cancer patients because I was touched by how much a wig can make an impact! So there my hair went! Well, I have been lucky to meet 2 other officers wives Dicie and Darcie who are awesome... We went to the gym... went to dinner... went to animal shelters.... Okay so what you all are waiting for... WE GOT A NEW PUPPY! Ben just got home today with a new baby girl puppy waiting for him, yep what a surprise... his wife with short hair and a new puppy :) She was happy to meet her daddy and become a Winchester today! Her name is Skylee "sky" Winchester. She is 7 weeks old about and about the size of our feet! So small. Sammy Boy is being timid around her, hopefully he will realize that he is about 6 times her size... we love Sammy so much and are happy to have a sister for him! I know Ben loves Sammy, our matchmaker, but this little skylee might have him wrapped around her finger soon! :) Ben is home now for the weekend and we are headed up near Nashville, Tenn. to see Kelly Dues (one of my bridesmaids) and staying at her cousins house. Kelly had a break in nursing school so we get to go see her, her boyfriend David, her friend and two cousins! Our two babies...Sammy and Skylee will be coming too! Its a family vacation. Hopefully Ben gets to rest because they sure are keeping them out in the cold making him work hard. We hopefully can squeeze some mountain biking in and maybe going to the shooting range too, we love doing crazy things together! I hope to find a part time job and just finished updating my resume today! Besides that I will work hard to become a better cook (I really am slowly getting better its so exciting) and take care of the puppies! I love it here at Fort Benning and really like the wives. We had a meeting last night to plan the wives social and plan the days we get to bring our husbands lunch in the field while being in awe of all the cool missions and training they do. Ben loves it which is great. He is great at what he does too! We are both really happy and glad to be in one home! We will try to be better at updating the blog. Ben is a little better at keeping it short as you can tell but I hope you enjoyed keeping up with us! We hope to hear from everyone, email us and write us if you'd like,
Ben and Sophie Winchester
947-D Burr Ave
Fort Benning, GA, 31905
Thank you for being a part of our lives! With love and Ben took some pictures so check them out :) :)
Monday, December 22, 2008
waiting on the movers!
Today we are waiting on the movers! They are getting here any minute and then our home at Fort Benning, GA will be full of boxes and scattered furniture! As soon as the movers get here we are off to Virginia. Sammy boy (our baby, well our awesome dog) is getting nervous that we are leaving him behind but we are taking him.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Finally Together
Finally, after more than 8 months of marriage, Sophie and I are actually getting to live together. On Monday, Sophie graduated, with honors (Cum Laude). She didn't waste any time moving down here (to Fort Benning, GA); the movers came Tuesday, and Sophie was here Wednesday.
On Thursday, Sophie came out to the range were my company was training for a Wives Visit at work, planned by our FRG (Family Readiness Group, in real units they are sort of a support center for unit spouses, here, since Im in a training unit, the FRG trys to talk alot about what Army life is like for a wife, and so forth.) This week we were training with Machine Guns, so Sophie got to shoot an M249 SAW and an M240B. For added fun, the FRG Leader (The Company Commander's wife) wanted the wives to wear all of our gear (Body armor, load-bearing equipment, Helmet, etc) so they could empathize with us (and better understand why we complain so much.) She had a blast, and braught me lunch, and it was a great day.
Now that I am on leave, starting today, we are looking ahead to the Christmas. We will leave as soon as the movers arrive with our stuff, and go to Northern Virginia to spend some time with the family. On the 30th we will be driving down to Charlotte, and on the first down to North Augusta, GA, in an attempt to see as many family and friends as we can. We hope to see all of you, so please give us a call so we can work out when we can see everyone. We Love You all.
The Winchesters
On Thursday, Sophie came out to the range were my company was training for a Wives Visit at work, planned by our FRG (Family Readiness Group, in real units they are sort of a support center for unit spouses, here, since Im in a training unit, the FRG trys to talk alot about what Army life is like for a wife, and so forth.) This week we were training with Machine Guns, so Sophie got to shoot an M249 SAW and an M240B. For added fun, the FRG Leader (The Company Commander's wife) wanted the wives to wear all of our gear (Body armor, load-bearing equipment, Helmet, etc) so they could empathize with us (and better understand why we complain so much.) She had a blast, and braught me lunch, and it was a great day.
Now that I am on leave, starting today, we are looking ahead to the Christmas. We will leave as soon as the movers arrive with our stuff, and go to Northern Virginia to spend some time with the family. On the 30th we will be driving down to Charlotte, and on the first down to North Augusta, GA, in an attempt to see as many family and friends as we can. We hope to see all of you, so please give us a call so we can work out when we can see everyone. We Love You all.
The Winchesters
Sunday, December 7, 2008
The Big Catchup
Since April 5, a lot has happened. I graduated from the University of South Carolina and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the US Army as an Infantry Officer. Being that my training did not start until September 7, the Army saw it fit to send me to Fort Lewis, WA to help train cadets for the summer. Sophie unfortunately had to stay in Columbia to take summer classes, were she so brilliantly passed with flying colors. While in Fort Lewis I taught and graded cadets on their land navigation, and anxiously waited to get back to the east coast to see Soph. Thankfully, to break up the long summer, Sophie got to come visit for two weeks, were we explored Seattle and Tacoma, visited Mount Rainier, and went for a ride on the Washington Beaches on horseback.
Finally in September, Sophie began her last semester in college, and I reported to Fort Benning to begin training. We got an apartment on Fort Benning with family housing. We painted a few of the walls colors that Soph chose. I have finished BOLC 2 (Basic Officer Leader Course, a basic 7 week course that all Lieutenants go to) and am now three weeks into IBOLC (Infantry school). Sophie is taking her finals, and so far is doing great with them (dispite what she says). She is due to graduate with honors with a degree in French. The day after graduating, the movers are arriving to pack up all of our stuff in Columbia and move it to Fort Benning, where I will anxiously waiting to finally live with my wife.
As for the future, I will be in Infantry school until March 5, 2009. Sophie is looking for a job here is Columbus, GA, hopefully working with kids. I will start Ranger School on March 22 or May 15, after (or before) I will go to Infantry Mechanized Leaders Course, and finally be done at Fort Benning sometime in July. For now, we are slotted to go to Fort Irwin, CA, in the heart of the Mojave Desert, home to the Armys National Training Center, the Premier Training Center of Army forces.
Sophie and I are both very excited about the future, especially the next couple of weeks. Hopefully we will get to see a number of you throughout the Christmas season. We love you all and hope youll drop us an email at:
Ben: bmw2621@comcast.net or benjamin.winchester@us.army.mil
Sophie: schoenbr@mailbox.sc.edu or sophie.winchester@us.army.mil
Finally in September, Sophie began her last semester in college, and I reported to Fort Benning to begin training. We got an apartment on Fort Benning with family housing. We painted a few of the walls colors that Soph chose. I have finished BOLC 2 (Basic Officer Leader Course, a basic 7 week course that all Lieutenants go to) and am now three weeks into IBOLC (Infantry school). Sophie is taking her finals, and so far is doing great with them (dispite what she says). She is due to graduate with honors with a degree in French. The day after graduating, the movers are arriving to pack up all of our stuff in Columbia and move it to Fort Benning, where I will anxiously waiting to finally live with my wife.
As for the future, I will be in Infantry school until March 5, 2009. Sophie is looking for a job here is Columbus, GA, hopefully working with kids. I will start Ranger School on March 22 or May 15, after (or before) I will go to Infantry Mechanized Leaders Course, and finally be done at Fort Benning sometime in July. For now, we are slotted to go to Fort Irwin, CA, in the heart of the Mojave Desert, home to the Armys National Training Center, the Premier Training Center of Army forces.
Sophie and I are both very excited about the future, especially the next couple of weeks. Hopefully we will get to see a number of you throughout the Christmas season. We love you all and hope youll drop us an email at:
Ben: bmw2621@comcast.net or benjamin.winchester@us.army.mil
Sophie: schoenbr@mailbox.sc.edu or sophie.winchester@us.army.mil
The New Blog
This is to help keep everyone updated to the going-ons in our lives. Theres a ton of friends and families in out lives that we'd love to keep in contact with, but we are absolutely incapable of keeping in contact with so many. This became painfully obvious our making of Christmas cards. So keep an eye on this blog to get the downlow on the Winchesters.
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