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Archive for December, 2006

Holiday Pictures

Here’s a lot of pictures from this Christmas holiday. I’m going to post all the rest to my online photo albums within the next few days. Only one person is missing from all of these photos – Tim, but he will be home in 6 months!
The day before Christmas Eve with the Turner’s:
Nicole and Andrew
Aaron, [...]

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Merry Christmas

I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas. As for me, I’m glad it’s over because that means it’s closer to Tim coming home! He was lucky enough to be able to call on Christmas. It was really good to talk to him and he sounded really well. I think he was just happy to [...]

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News Article

I thought this was an interesting article that shows various soldiers feelings about Iraq and spending the holidays there. Please remember Tim this Christmas and keep him in your prayers.
US military bloggers ponder another Christmas in Iraq
By David Ignatius Daily Star staffSaturday, December 23, 2006
Thanks to a military blogger who calls himself “Blackfive” (“The Paratrooper [...]

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Santa came to NCH today and Natasha wanted to get Adryana’s picture taken with him. I got to drive her from the house in BSG to Norton, since I was on my way to work anyway. I was so excited to take her somewhere by myself for the first time even if it was such [...]

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Today was Dad’s 48th and Aaron’s 22nd birthdays – yes, they have the same birthday! Aaron is in North Carolina visiting with a friend right now, so I gave him his gift early. Today we had dinner, cake, and a movie for Dad and also gave him his presents. Here’s a few pictures:
Dad and [...]

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Lauren’s Baby Shower

Lauren had her baby shower today at Wise Baptist Church. It was so good to see her! She is almost 36 weeks (8 months) pregnant and I had not see her since she was 4 months. She is such a cute pregnant girl – all belly. =) She and her husband Jimmy are expecting a [...]

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Just heard from Tim!!!

Hey everybody! Not long after I made the last post, I got an email from Tim! He is doing well and getting settled into his new room and trying to get used to his new surroundings. He’s actually 15 minutes outside of Baghdad and the FOB he is on there is much safer than in [...]

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December 13, 2006

It’s been a few days since I last posted, so I figured I’d update. I last heard from Tim on Dec 7th. He called me at 4am and we talked for about an hour and a half. He was really upset that he didn’t make it to the phones on my birthday. He said when [...]

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Here’s a few pictures from my birthday dinner at Little Mexico. I wish Tim could have been there!
Group shot before we left
Aaron, Cody, and Chris
Natasha, Adryana, Renia, and me
Emily and I
Adryana and I
Megan and Aaron
Group at table
Group at table again, Tasha was chasing Adryana and Renia was taking the picture!
Emily and Adryana
The DQ ice cream [...]

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172nd Homecoming

This is a link to some really good pictures of the 172nd Stryker Brigade’s return to Ft. Wainwight, Alaska. Some of these pictures made me tear up. These guys were supposed to be gone one year but were extended 4 extra months. Their total deployment was 16 months and I know the soldiers as well [...]

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