WW - He's Home!!

Ok so thing have finally calmed down enough for me to post about homecoming.

So we found out MFS (my favorite soldier) was coming in on Monday and our welcome home ceremony was to take place between 2300 and 000 (for those who aren't familiar with military time that's 1100 & Midnight) I told the kids that daddy was coming home and they were excited but still pretty skeptical cause we had already been told a couple other dates and they had been pushed back for one reason or another. Monday morning rolled around the kids and I got out of bed and headed on post to help put up welcome signs.





After we got our signs up we took the kids to McDonald's for lunch and to kill some time ... I realized later that we took the kids there after the daddies left to distract ourselves that we were going home to an empty house. Eventually we had to leave so we each went our separate ways to get our personal errands done. I came home hung up our welcome home signs in the yard and on our windows did a little bit of cleaning then we headed to Michelle's for dinner. While we were eating dinner we got a call saying our guys had landed in St Louis they were only 3 hours away from us we could hardly contain ourselves. We all lost our appetites the excitement was too much, so we headed up stairs and started getting ready. We got to the gym way too early of course but we weren't the first ones there the place was already crowded with excited families waiting for their soldier to return.



Finally the buses arrived at the gym and one by one they filed in the gym to thunderous clapping and screams of excitement, after the Colonel said a few words on their bravery and sacrifice they were released to us. He finally made his way thru the crowds to us and we welcomed our soldier home with hugs and kisses and hand shakes.




We have been enjoying family time its so nice to have him home again!
Thanks again to all of you for your support and prayers for MFS and his buddies and thank you for counting down the days with me during this deployment.

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Give Me Your Best Shot.

I took this picture of Megan out in our yard, she wanted to take pictures to be honest I think she just wanted to dress up but she let me take a few pictures before she got bored this one is my favorite of her.


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He's Home!

Monday night after a VERY LONG seperation My Favorite Soldier came home to us safe and sound! We are enjoying our time together so I dont have a lot time today to write about homecoming but I promise I will soon. I wanted to thank those of you who have been counting down with me and praying for his safe return and to let you know HE IS HOME!!!!

ABC's

I stole this from That Girl and since I havent posted in a while and it was fun and simple I figured why not.

A-Age: Its really not polite to ask a lady her age (34)

B-Birth date: August 8 gifts are appricaited

C-Chore you hate: sweeping or mopping anything.

D-Dog's name:Piper and Bentley

E-Enter or Exit: whats the question here? do I enter or exit well at some point we have to do both but there are plenty of places I will NEVER ENTER and Heaven is the only place that I will NEVER EXIT.

F-Favorite color: I love Pink and Purple but I love color so sometimes my favorite color changes daily

G-Gold or silver: Gold

H-Hair color: Brown with blond highlights that need a good touch up

I-Instrument: I have serious skills playing the guitar on Rock Band does that count? If not I played the clarinet in school but I bet you 50 bucks I couldnt remember a single thing about it though.

J-Job Title: Stay at home mom / wife - daycare provider to two other small children who call me mommy somedays its cute some days NOT SO MUCH.

K-Kids: No thanks! LOL I have 4 and if thats not enough I take others in M - F for fun or payment.

L-Living arrangements: Live with my 4 kids I think I have a daddy for them but he's been gone so long I am beginning to wonder if he really is in Iraq or if he didnt decide that this zoo was too much.

M-Monkey or Moose: Monkey

N-Nickname: Babe, Honey, and mom

O-Odd thing about you: I dont think theres anything odd about me I feel completely normal all the time.

P-Pet Peeve: Don't get me started, I might not shut up.

Q-Quote from a movie: Frankley my dear I dont give a dam.

R-Right/Left Handed: Right

S-Siblings: 1 sister 2 brothers - 3 sister in laws and 1 brother in law now ask me if like any of them lol no seriously I think I like them all but maybe 1.

T-Time you wake up? 6:27 yeah that's AM

U-Underwear: I have some

V-Veggie you dislike: Im gonna go with most of the green ones.

W-What makes you run late: Having a certain time I need to be somewhere ... lol.

X-X-Rays: I've never had an xray oh wait the take xrays for your teeth right then just my teeth then.

Y-Yummy food you make: fried chicken, baked ziti or stuff shells.

Z-Zoo Animal: Elephants

WW - An Afternoon Wedding

May 17 2009 was the perfect afternoon for a wedding.

The Beautiful Bride


The Handsome Groom


The Ceremony






The Wedding Party
>>They even had a cake with thier favorite colors.




The happy couple had a bbq dinner reception filled with family, friends, laughter and even a little bickering. Everyone had a great time even if everyone thought we were more than a little crazy ... we know we're crazy and we are ok with it. You can watch the wedding video on Michelle's blog.

For those of you who are completely confused you can read all about the proposal below.

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PSF - Look Mom We're Engaged!

Tonight at dinner Michelle's little blonde boy Korbin bought my Megan a ring out of one of those quarter machines and said "Megan will you marry me" ofcourse she said "Yes!" Megan is smart enough to realize that Korbin is quite a catch as far as 6 year old boys go. A little later while we were playing at Amber's house Megan asked "Korbin if he would marry her" and since they were already engaged he said "Yes!" then Michelle said Megan would you like to have a wedding and every little or big girl loves a wedding so on Sunday thier getting married your invitation is below.





Brandy and Michelle
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of my daughter
Megan Avery
and
Her son Korbin Daniel
On Sunday afternoon, May the seventeenth
at three o'clock
at the park at the end of the road

Please note this is a formal affair and proper attire is required.

There will be a dinner to celebrate the occasion immediately following the ceremony.

Hope to see you there. Instead of gifts please feel free to donate to our Relay For Life Team, The All Nighter's.



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Writers Workshop - Incomplete

Its once again for Mamakats Writers Workshop the prompts this week are ....

The Prompts:

1.) Define goodness...joy...sorrow...and anger using pictures you've taken.

2.) Tomorrow I will do it differently. Here's how...

3.)Describe a 'sound' from your childhood. What was it? When did you hear it? What does it bring to mind?

4.) I remember when...

5.) Right now is the best time to start. What's your first step?

This week I chose Prompt 1.) Define goodness...joy...sorrow...and anger using pictures you've taken.

This was us a little over a year ago ... TOGETHER AND HAPPY!


The next day we woke up and sent our soldier off to war.


We cried - Actually we still do sometimes.


We tried to squeeze in enough hugs and kisses to last for 15 months - It didn't work - I would give anything to feel his arms around me right now.


We tried to be brave but we cried some more.


We have been incomplete for 377 days - this deployment is almost over and soon we will be complete once again!



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