He's almost here!!

Well in a few more DAYS Chad's going to be home with us! I can't wait!!!! The kids can't wait! Chad can't wait!
Today was our oldest son's birthday, my how 8 years have flown by. One of his gifts via GOD and the Army was we were able to have a VTC with Chad, so Daddy was able to see him and wish him a happy birthday! Such a gift! Then in a few days he can give him his birthday hug!
We're all just so excited and there's a great deal to get done here at home before his arrival! Lots of cleaning on the kids and my part! It won't be perfect, never is...but it'll be welcoming and homey! :)

Thanks for always stopping by and supporting us! It means a great deal.

God Bless

Do People Think?

So I was browsing around tonight and came across this comment to one of my husband's soldiers and just gasped at the insensitivity of it. I'm sure it was meant in a "harmless" manner, but good grief, do people ever just think before they speak/write?

Here's the quote:

"I don't know how you do it, but I could never be away from my family that long without going crazy. I love them too much. "

My first reaction was "what , he doesn't love his family so it's not an issue for him to be apart"? The reality is....people do not think how things may sound. They get into their own little zone, and just say things that are idiotic, insensitive, heartless. I know it comes down to this girl probably has about as much life experience as the average non-military (kid) 8 yr old little one.

I can say I had to sit on my hands, but I responded in no way. Well I take that back, I prayed for her. I prayed she's able to continue live in her bubble because of men (and women) like her friend/Chad's soldier.

So thought for today...think long and hard before you speak and/or write.

We Have a Date!

Hello! Well I got to chat with Chad tonight and through our special code that we talk when talking dates (so if someone who shouldn't get it, gets our IM's, phone calls, etc) he told me aprox when he'll be home for R&R! Eighteen glorious days of Chad!!! Wahoo! It's coming up soon! Just a few short weeks! Well I hope short! LOL

I am so excited I'm about to jump out of my skin! We're planning a short trip to Salzburg, Austria! We may go to a water park up by Berlin, but that is VERY questionable, and we most likely will go to Edelweiss in Garmisch for a couple of days too. Mostly we'll be here at home though just enjoying our time together as a family! I'm ready and excited!!!

So, keep Chad in your prayers for his safety and patience as he prepares to come home for some well deserved rest and relaxation. Prayer for the kids and I as we prepare for him as well!!! We're not telling the kids the exact day of his arrival (won't know it until a day or two before he gets here anyways!!), we're going to surprise them!

Well, I'm off!

God Bless and thank you for the Prayers!!

Sorry No updating

I've just been terrible about writing here. Chad's doing really well. I didn't even check to see what my last entry was, but here's the update! Chad is in a new company and is loving it! He's been losing weight which is sooo good and is supposed to be taped and measured this week I believe! So please pray that he's lost enough weight and inches (the inches is the BIG thing) if so he'll be pinned and will be re-enlisting for us to stay here in Germany for 3 more years!! We all want this and are very excited that God's blessing us with 3 more years in Europe! We love to travel and finacially it's the best decision for our family as well. This also gives us stability. We are sure there's a decent chance he'll deploy again with his battalion, but at least we'd know when and there'd be a good amount of rest most likely in between deployments, where if we went to another post we could get there and find out 6 months later he was deploying, so at least this way there should be "at least" a year (never a guarentee, but should be that way!) possibly longer! Anyways, over all he's doing good. But...the best news is...he's coming home for R&R soon! Next month! He's hoping in a couple days to have an aprox. date! I will not be sharing it here, OPSEC (Operation Security aka common sense not to put those kinds of dates online where ANYONE could read it!!!). Anyways once he's home I'll update!! I'll even nag him a bit and see if he'll write on here and give his perspective! Don't hold your breath! LOL

Bring Him Home....

A friend shared this with me tonight, have the tissue's ready. Oh my heart hurts. Chad will not be home for R&R for 2 more months. This is my unrealistic Christmas Wish though and I know my kids.

Prayers Please

Please be in prayer for Chad. He's got so much burden on his heart right now, that war brings on. I can't fix this for him as much as I want. Pray that he will talk to not only our Lord, also someone there that he can truly trust.

He will be moving to a different company, which is just some of the best news for him. He'll be staying put vs going out on missions all the time and that's just such a blessing for him and for us as a family as communication will go up ten fold!

The Ones Left behind

Today that happened again for the 2nd time this year and let me tell you it stinks. My best friend B and her family moved back to the states. B was more like a sister and her son and my oldest son were best friends. My heart is broken tonight. I'm praying Chad is able to get online or call, because that would truly help to hear his voice. Pray for my children and me through this. To be completely honest, we're all hurting and thankfully my boys seem to be handling it better than me actually. Maybe it's because I see the bigger picture of how long it may be until I see her again. We will see each other again and I will pull out of this slump, for tonight and maybe a couple more my heart is heavy, it hurts to breath, there's a lump in my throat, and the tears are coming very easily. Bed is calling my name early tonight.

Update

I know it's been a while, a long while. I talked to Chad a couple days ago and he was doing really good! I could literally HEAR the smile in his voice and let me tell you that was so good! He'd been having a rough time of it the last couple of weeks before this.

We're about to hit month 6 here in a few days. In ways it amazes me that we're at month 6, because it feels like he's been gone forever, yet it's starting to go by quicker. I guess because the kids and I have quite a bit going on.

Thank you to each and every one of you who's been praying for Chad and continue to pray for him. It IS appreciated more than you'll ever know! I told him so many were praying for him (the other evening) and he told me that he can honestly FEEL those prayers surrounding him! Isn't God just so good and gracious in allowing him to actually feel your love and concern? Amazing I tell you! :)


God Bless

Halloween Blessings

I know Emma looks miserable and at that point she was! LOL She was tired, hungry, and absolutely did not want to be held. This was taken at the end of our VTC today! I took the kids up to "see" Daddy. Our Battalion was also have a Halloween Costume Contest, of course we needed to be back by 4:00 for the actual contest results, but I was finishing up dinner.We had a great VTC and Chad got to see Emma walk for the first time.

This is as close to spending this day with Chad as we can get. I know the picture is blurry, sorry, I really need a new camera. I've dropped this one so many times so focusing takes time and we seriously did not have it. Our time was pretty well up when it dawned on me I should take a picture! I think the next time we do a VTC I'm going to remember to take a picture at the beginning so I have more time to get a GOOD picture.

God Bless

And We're A Go....

Well here we are, or I should say here I am. Chad's laptop is not working right now, the backlight is out, so hopefully he'll get it up and running again soon and we can chat more and I'll ask him to write something for here, we'll see...don't hold your breath! LOL

We now have 5 months down and are into our 6th month of this 15 month deployment. It's going by quickly for Chad. I've whined, threw pity parties, and ultimately been selfish so far through this deployment, but I'm done with that and although there will be days where I miss him terribly, I'm stressed to the max, etc....I will look at the bright side of things more and focus on that and how God has blessed our family.

For those who are new here let me introduce us. I'm Christy, proud wife of Chad who's in the US Army. We have been blessed with 4 children. Jordyn would be 10 yrs old. She died when she was 2 yrs old from AML leukemia. We miss her terribly, but rejoice that she's with our Lord, Jesus. Next is Jacob, he's 7. Jackson is 5, and Emma is 1 yr old. I'm homeschooling our children, as we have been led by the Lord to take on this incredible task. I'm also obviously a stay at home mom (SAHM). I feel VERY strongly that I'm to be at home raising our children and caring for Chad. We're conservative in our political and religious beliefs. We're bible fearing Christians, who believe the bible as a living and true translation.

This isn't really a political blog, but will say that We Support Senator McCain and I will only speak for myself, but absolutely am TERRIFIED at even the prospect of Obama becoming President. I think he'll destroy our country, will hurt our military and all they have done in the last 5 yrs, and will ultimately destroy life as we as American's know it and NOT in a good way.

With that said, I don't want any pro-Obama comments, they will absolutely NOT be added, as all comments will be monitored. Yes this is a censorship and I am the DICTATOR! LOL I will NOT debate with you. I support my husband and his JOB 100%. I beleive we have a mission to do in Iraq and that we should NOT pull out until it's completed. It does NOT mean that I enjoy my husband being deployed. I hate that he's away from us and would much rather have him home, but I understand why he has to leave and believe in him and our Army and Country.

If you can't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.

Well there you go! Honesty.

This blog is only kept updated WHEN Chad is deployed, once he's home from this deployment next summer/fall...it will become quiet again. I hope you will comment, leave messages of support to Chad, most of all please pray for Chad's safety and our family is simply not complete when he's not home.

God Bless
Christy