Army kids know too much about deployments, seperations, Iraq, and Afghanistan than the normal child. Clara will tell you her daddy is in "A-gan-stan," at "work, bye-bye." John will tell you daddy is gone a year, even as we are half-way through. Woo hoo! We had some friends make us a deployment chain that we take one chain off every week. I get asked about every night if it is "chain night." Being an Army brat, you always have a friend whose daddy is coming and going as well. Two of John and Clara's friends' daddy just left so the kids made them a deployment chain.
John hard at work.
Cheese!
John very interested in doing a good job.
Clara used LOTS of glue.
The finished chain.
Ready to give it to their friends.
John and Grammy 
She's a sweetie, most of the time! 
Two sweet kiddos! 
Grandad and John 
Picture 347 - trying to get a good one of the three of us. 
John and his indian statues. 
John and Clara being a part of the Seminole tribe. 
Sweet girl!
Clara doing the chop and John being John.
Clara and Grammy
Outside on the patio
Me with my sweeties.
Grammy and Grandad with their sweeties.
Burt and his tentmates - Chappy, JAG, S1 and Doc. I love how the S1 played football at Tennessee for a year or two and that my hubby went from living with one Vol to another ;)
Getting dirty!
His spear he made with tinkertoys.
Trying to get both girls to look at the same time, not so much. They were in dress-up ballet costumes and had their baby dolls wrapped in blankets.
John playing with Rose.
The girls dressed up the next morning in more ballet costumes watching Cinderella.
Two sweet girls!!
Clara did not want Aunt Lola to leave and cried when she left.
Thanks Aunt Lola for coming to visit us! We love you!!
John hard at work.
Cheese!
John very interested in doing a good job.
Clara used LOTS of glue. 
The finished chain.
Ready to give it to their friends.
