Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how I feel getting the turkey ready!!!!! Man I miss Calvin and Hobbes!!!!!! Ahhhh Good times gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood tiiiiiiiiiiiiiimes!!!!!!! Miss you MOM!!! Love you SJ!!!!!! Keep taking Pictures Ashley!!!!!!! Tell everyone to look at my blog so I will update it more!!!!!!

Tricks or Treat

Nothing is better then The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.
Well this week is Halloween. I remember once when I was a teen all my friend decided that we wanted to trick or treating, but we felt like we were to old. We were in fact, because we were in High School. But it was all Priests from the same ward, and we had a tight group of guys that hung out all the time. Anyway we all dressed up as Christmas carolers and went to several of the members homes and we sang one song. It was fun. I don’t remember how much candy we got, but I remember just being stupid and having fun ideas like that. To this day many of us stay i contact, and that is the cool thing. Now our kids are getting older and you start remeber more things that you did when they reach certian ages. Not sure if that is good or bad. Ahhhh good times....remember? You were there, I was there... So happy All Hallows eve and hopefully there will be some other type of update.
Oh ya by the way three years ago we all dressed up as star wars characters, all the boys were jedi and I was sith. SJ was Padme and the girls were both Princes Leah. That was fun. Ahhhh good times, remember, you were there, I was there...










Padme
Little Leah

Darth Maul and yes I painted my own face!!!!










The little jedi and bigger Leah. Ben was Luke, Brayden was Anakin and Kyle was Obi-One Kenobi. SJ made all of the costumes by hand. Pretty cool. I think she broke like two or three needles. Ahhh good times, good times, remember? You were there, I was there........

What's important

You never want to go through life disappointing the one that you love. Even more you don’t want to go through life feeling as if you fail at the expected and required needs of your family. I face challenges all the time but what kills the most is when I know I can do better and make those who I love suffer because of stupid selfish mistakes. Sorry sj. I love you!!!!

While I was in FL.

When I was in FL I had the opportunity to reenlist. I choose to reenlist because of the significance that location has on the rest of the United States and how it relates to the events that took place on September 11, 2001. The deployment that I was a part of was created after 9-11 to help control and maintain this countries security. Basically, the command is to defend the air space by protecting and defend this country 24/7. It is a part of NORAD which has been a around for over fifty years and which I have had a privilege to serve under for six years of my military career.
So with that being said there is a monument that not many people will see that has remnants of the world trade center, the pentagon and Somerset County, PA. where we lost so many innocent but brave people that day.

The pictures were taken on the day that I reenlisted for my second to last time. I am standing by a portion of a metal beam from the twin towers, no one that works for that command at that location will ever forget that day. They can’t because they walk past this monument every single day.
The pictures are not the best, it was a crummy camera, but it was the only thing we had that was authorized behind the fence. Enjoy!!!! And never take this life nor this country or the freedom that we all so cherish for granted. Always believe in this country and believe that we are being guided by the divine hand of our Father in Heaven.

My Final week in FL

Well I am leaving this place. I am so excited. I have no pics to show to anyone just wanted to update this so Stacey will have a new post to comment on before I get home. Hopefully when I get home I can turn this into a hobby blog on the figures and models I am painting, will paint, finish and display. One can only hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things I look forward to when i get home are

Stacey
the Kids
Stacey
Denver Broncos Football
Stacey
Halloween
Stacey
College football BYU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stacey
Dido
Stacey
Thanks Giving
Stacey
Christmas
Stacey
Calista and Tori's Birthday
Stacey
SJ and my 6 year anniversary
Stacey
and most important Stacey's Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!
DID I mention Stacey?

What I do when I am in my hotel room.

Well many times I find myself in the hotel room doing nothing. I have been learning how to paint with acrylics paints and it has been a completely new experience. I took some pics of my work in progress and hope to have a couple of them done before I get home. Also where I work and how I have no room.

What else do I do? I take pics of my self and make stupid faces. I also get to see the weather from the top floor. I took some really cool picks of a major down poor a few weeks back. When it rains here is pours. Anyway, one more month and I will be home. I look forward to my life back in Colorado and to be around my wife and kids.













Ahhhh and the second part to all of this that makes it exciting is it’s almost fall, meaning when I get back BRONCOS WILL BE PLAYING! HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS WILL BE STARTING TO DISPLAY IN STORES AND THAT NICE CRISP SMELL OF FALL WILL START TO APPEAR AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW WHEN THE LEAVES START CHANGING AND YOU CAN JUST SMELL IT!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for yelling but I get excited for that time of year!

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I LOVE YOU!!!!! I hope that you have a great birthday!!!!!!! Wish I was there with you!! We miss you tonz!!!!!