Thankful and sorry

As I watched the news today, I saw that they are burying a soldier that was killed in Iraq last week. He was so young- in his early 20's I believe. He leaves behind a family and fiance. My heart goes out to his family and his fiance. As I think back on the time that Shawn was gone, I realize how incredibly lucky I am that I didn't have to deal with that. That was my biggest fear as I think it is any family member of a soldier. I am thankful that this young man was willing to lose his life for my freedom. I am sorry that his family is dealing with such a horrible situation. As I write this I think of how thankful I am that so many soldiers risk there lives everyday so that we can live in such a great country. So please if you know anyone serving thank them for every sacrifice that they make. If you don't personal know someone and see a man or woman in uniform don't hesitate to tell them thank you. Its the least you can for the things that they have to go through.

its been a long time

Ok, so its been a while since I last did a blog.There is not really a lot going on in my life to blog about. I was thinking this morning about how much I love my family. My mom has been gone for the last week and a half taking care of my niece Kenedee while my brother and his wife went on a mission trip with their youth group. I missed my mom so much, which is funny because even when my mom is home I dont really get to see her much but I think it was just the thought of her not being in town. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful mom (and family).

I just really miss living near my brother and his family. I feel like I am missing so much of my nieces life since they are living in St Louis. I know that my brother is doing Gods work and that is where he has been called to work. Sometimes I feel like moving there to be closer to him and his family. But I would miss my mom way to much but then again she would probably move too!

Cruise!!

We have recently returned from our 7 day cruise. The cruise took us to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. We had a wonderful time. In Jamaica we hung out at Margaritaville for the day. In Grand Cayman (my favorite of the 3 ports) we went snorkeling at two sites. In Cozumel we took Rhino ATV's to a few sites then we went snorkeling. We had a wonderful time reconnecting after the year we spent apart!!!

Voting

I remember as a child whenever there was an election, my dad would always take me and my brother with him when he would vote. I remember feeling such pride just being there and how I couldnt wait until I could actually vote. Today as I cast my vote, I remembered what it felt like to be in that room when my dad voted, I felt that same pride today!

Strawberry Newport

During the spring time, OKC has an arts festival that we try to make it to every year. But since Shawn wasnt here this year we missed it. His favorite thing to eat there is something called a Strawberry Newport. So I decided to try and make them for him. They turned out perfect, just like the arts festival and ALOT cheaper!

Happy Halloween

For those of you that dont know me, I work at a nursing home. The staff always dresses up because the residents love it! However, most of the department heads never dress up. Well this year a coworker of mine decided we needed to have "school spirit" and dress up and this is what
happened!

The residents really got a kick out of all of us bosses dressing up! I am sure this we will be something we continue to do every year! Thanks Leslie for having team spirit!!!

Frustration

Ok, so we are literally within days of Shawn coming home. I am just not sure exactly what day. This has become very frustrating to say the least. Shawn has been deployed for a year now. It has been 10 1/2 months since I have seen my husband. I would love to know when that day would be. Some of the troops are going to start arriving home on the 13th. Well I know that my husband is one of the last troops to come home. Why? I am not sure. I dont even know if he has made it to Kuwait from Iraq yet. I wish he would just call me and let me know where he is and that he is safe!! We are so close and I am so ready!