Monday, August 9, 2010

Off to Kindergarten we go

Today was our sweet baby girl's first day of school. Not exactly sure where the last five years have gone.

Here she is just four short years ago
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Fast forward to today...
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She'll turn 5 in one month. My how times flies...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

HE'S HOME, HE'S HOME, HE'S HOME!

On Monday, July 12 we welcomed all of C. Co. home!! I got a photographer to come out and take pictures because I knew I wouldn't be able to capture everything I wanted to. Chelsea did an amazing job!! Here are just a few of the pictures she took.

Waiting...

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Elijah and his friend, Eddy
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The soldiers were just on the other side of this tarp. They had someone with a video camera up on their side and a projector screen set up on our side so we could see them as they swiped their id cards. :) We watched for Blain.
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We spotted him!
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He waved to the camera, we waved to the projector. Makayla said, "He saw me!!" Obviously, he couldn't but I love how excited she got.
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After what felt like forever and a day, they rolled the door up and they all marched in!
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Chaplain prayed, band played the National Anthem, someone talked for about five minutes... I honestly couldn't tell you what was said. It was such a blur. They released the soldiers!

Elijah reached for Blain and said, "That's my Daddy!"
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My turn
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And then we took our Hero home. :)

May

Just a few pictures from Mother's Day and Memorial Day

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Kauai

We took a mini vacation while Blain was here. We hopped on a plane and took a whopping 30 minute flight to Kauai. :) We got there before check-in time so we went to have lunch at Duke's. Blain and the guys usually have lunch there when they fly to Kauai.

Miss Mak
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Mr. Eli saying cheese
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The Hawaiian state bird... The Nene
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Kilohana Plantation
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Waiting on the train
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Taking a break from the train ride to feed the pigs
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Glass sand beach
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Kilauea Lighthouse
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Waimea Canyon
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Fern Grotto River Cruise
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The Sleeping Giant
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Opaekaa Falls
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Wailua Falls
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We had a wonderful two weeks with Blain here!! As of the time of this post, I'm not sure if he's made it back to Iraq yet. I do know that he made it as far as Spain. :)

Heading to the airport...
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The final countdown to the end of the deployment can now begin!!!

And for those of you that don't know, we have requested to stay in Hawaii for another three years. You now have until the end of 2013 to visit!!!