WELCOME HOME!!

What a day Thursday was for our family! On the bus to get our soldier!

At the airfield

One very excited little boy!

Posing for pictures

The plane

Wanting to see everything

Our soldier

Finally seeing us

Back in the hanger waiting for daddy

Ready for them to come in

Here they come

Formation

Sheer joy!

Family hug

Not wanting to let go

First family photo reunited

Love this one!

Posing some more

Love!!

Run for the Fallen

I have officially run my first race. (I walked one a few years back.) I participated in a one mile race to remember our fallen soldiers. I couldn't think of a better one to do than Run for the Fallen.

Wanda and I pre-race. (Burt said Mike had to come and take lots of pictures. I think he wanted proof that I was actually participating and finishing.) The flags remembering the 601 fallen soldiers from Fort Campbell since 9/11

Here we come.

Waving at Mike

Getting ready to finish.

Post-race

First Day of Kindergarten

Breakfast on the first day of Kindergarten - spinach omelette and yogurt per his request. Posing by the door (the same pose Mimmie made Mommy, Aunt Lola, Uncle Rylan and Uncle Jace do as well)

My Big Boy

Posing by the Currahee flag

John with his new backpack

Sissy certainly wanted to go to Kindergarten with her big brother.

John and his best bud Kara

Mommy and John

Walking into school

In front of the school sign

Sitting in the gym waiting for school to start

With some of his classmates

Ready to get started

Lost River Cave

We went to Lost River Cave in Bowling Green with the neighbor friends as a end of summer field trip. Clara eating a snack as always. Gabe, John, and Jack

Jaynie, Gabe, Clara, Jack, and John

My precious kiddos

Miss Cranky Pants eating another snack.

This was a nightclub from the 1930s-60s. It had a pretty neat history as it was in the entrance to the cave so it was the only nightclub air conditioned back then.

John ready to get on the boat.

Clara in her life jacket.

John on the boat

The kids on the stage. John trying to do some break dancing moves.