Veterans's Day is coming soon

I love that my kids go to school on Ft Huachuca.  Many of the children have a parent deployed now, previously, or in the near future.  The teachers really appreciate that this affects the kids and work very hard to support our troops.  Emily brought home a note this week asking that we send in the names of immediate and extended relatives that have served or are serving in the military.  We did a quick brainstorm and listed about 17 relatives on both Rick's and my side of the family.  Later, we realized that we had missed at least five more.  Emily brought home the materials to create a star for each person.  She was so excited when she came home from school yesterday and told me that her teacher had created a portion of the bulletin board for just her family.  Thank you to all of you who served and are serving!  P.S.  These pics were taken with my cell phone and may not be the clearest.  I will try to get more with my camera!

Don't give up on me!

I know it has been a while since I posted.  But, don't give up on me.  We got a new computer and I haven't figured it all out yet.  I had to go to Best Buy tonight just to find out how to open the camera that is built in.  Turns out, it was pretty easy! (It does really cool special effects, too!) I also had to get a card reader to plug into the computer to get the pics off my camera.  I promise that I will get caught up.  Keep checking back!