NPR story

The Minnesota National Guard's 1st Brigade Combat Team returned from Iraq after 22 months, the longest deployment in history for the Guard. Families left behind struggle to put their lives back together.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14980812&sc=emaf

The link above should take you to the story if you are interested. I can believe these people had to do 22 months of combat. At the end of the story the unit Chaplin had a great quote.

Major Chaplin JOHN MORRIS (Minnesota National Guard 1st Combat Brigade): When people say there's not a draft, that's wrong. I volunteered my family got drafted. The sad reality is that we are crushing families.

New floor

Gia's bath, pink is the girls, Seneca is sitting on the kitchen floor, and the other pics are the laundary room.

Giana and Seneca on bathroom

Tonsillectomy

Today Giana had her tonsils removed. She did great. She got a big sister hug before she left. The 1st step was getting tagged, she looks very worried.

The Anistilogist wheeled her away, it was the hardest part for me, Giana like the ride.

Giana took awhile to wake up, she was very confused when she got up. She just looked around at all the people and equipment. She asked for food and got a big ice treat.

Going home, she asked if it was a school day. She would not nap after, even with the heavy medication she got.

Holloween, it all starts now, stand-by for more cuteness

Pictures from Shawn

Shawn sent us a CD with some pictures and videos.

School starts at last

Eowyn triped and I got this cool picture

Seneca at home waiting for sisters to come home.

Eowyn running for the bus, she almost missed it, they were early. The bus took her away but did not return her, an adult at the school put her on the wrong bus. I was not happy.

Giana and her new teacher, she started her day with praying to Marry. There is a Jesus chair in the class for when you are bad.

Wes in pants

In 10 years I have never
seen Wes in anything but
Jeans (Prision Blues work
Jeans). He has a hurt foot
and has a soft cast on
so Joy had to go buy him
pants. I had to get a pic.
as proof, it may take
10 more years to get in
back into pants again.

Pam my sister in law

is holding the head

of Dora. The kids

had a Dora pinata

and the head was

knocked off. You

should have seen

the facees of the

3-4 year olds when

the head came off.

These kids sleep on

Dora sheets, eat

on Dora plates,

even have Dora

underwear. Pam put the Dora head in her Granddaughters room, to save it from the fire pit.

Girls waiting for the candy that was in the Dora pinata.