Casey arriving home from Ft. Bragg, after his year in Iraq, greeted first thing by his oldest brother. Even though it's all a blur now. It was a fun week. My mother in law arrived the Friday before and we had a fun time passing the time cleaning, shopping and Laughing up to the day others arrived. Casey was the main reason for the gathering.. THANKFUL that he was home from Iraq. But also the gathering of family to share in renewal of each other and our relationships, to share the past year successes and the look forward to see what the next year would be. We are bitter sweet that Derek will be in Afg. this next year and that it will be the third year that our family has worried about a son, grandson, nephew and cousin fighting in a war. But we are sure that he's doing honorable work and serving the country to the best that he can.
We played games, cooked tons of food, rode 3 and 4 wheelers, gathered to chat, shared songs with out bursts of singing, and guitars strumming. It was loud and it was quiet, most of all we enjoyed ourselves.
The boys goofing off~
me with my parents~
This is us~
the Spoons game~
This is the sight that I enjoyed the most. All 4 of my kids under one roof, watching TV together relaxing in the livingroom~
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