Only 3 More Months To Go!!!

We only have 3 more months until our favorite soldier comes home, and we are all beyond ready. Kelly is doing pretty good but is ready to be home. We are very excited to say that we will be heading to Ft. Lee, Virginia in the summer for our next assignment. God is just amazing! After being denied 4 different times of my husband's choices...God moved on our behalf and we got orders for Va. which means Kelly will have at least a 2 year break from deployments. We are just thrilled. Thank you for everyone who has prayed for us...God is good.

Half Way Done!!!

Well we are half way done with our 3rd deployment! I'd like to give you all this deep reflective insight, but this is just hard. The last 8 months have gone by fairly quickly, which I'm extremely grateful. With all the hardship that we've face so far, God is so quick to shower blessings on us. Kelly left on April 6th, and he came home to have his 18 day R&R over the summer. We had the best time. God has protected my husband who has only gone on a handful of missions which were pretty regular during the last 2 deployments. God has also kept him from moving into Sadr City which is not the friendliest of places. We were also given the gift of 5 extra days when Kelly was able to come home while bringing another soldier home. We went swimming at our favorite German pool, went out to dinner, and Kelly and I were even able to do our Christmas shopping for the girls together. We are able to chat online almost everyday and we even have a microphone so we can hear each other's voice. Kelly jokes around with his guys and even bbq's to keep their morale up. He is truly my hero! Only 7 more months to go.

Out of Order! Grace's Birthday

Gracie Grace turns 7!!!!!!

Grace loves Littlest Pet Shop.

Gracie's birthday waffles

School Time

Brown beauties off to school! Here's our big Kindergartener!
Sarah just loves school and is doing very well. I am humbled to say that it was me who had the hardest time when she started school. Even though I quickly filled my time, it has been a big adjustment for me not caring after someone during the day. Emma (our dog) and I look forward to 2:00pm when the girls come home from school.

Kelly comes home for R&R!

Here we are picking up our favorite soldier from Iraq to spend 18 days with us!

Summer Fun

We had fun at Hinkley Lake having a picnic, catching crawfish, and playing in the water.

Survivor: Baumholder

Last summer, God put on my heart the desire to have a support group for wives with deployed soldiers. Little did I know, that He would ask me to run it. With the help of 2 other ladies, we started in December before our husbands deployed, with an attendance of 10 ladies. We are up to 26, and the ladies are still coming. When you walk into the room during a meeting, you can tell that God has hand picked each and everyone to be there. They are beautiful, smart, tired, strong, funny, lonely, and ever changing women. We pray, celebrate birthday & anniversaries, play games, and talk about the "stuff" that we are going through during this 15 month long deployment. I am humbled and honored to be amongst these ladies. God, you are so good! I will keep you posted.