Mount Rushmore

Giant heads of past presidents carved into a mountain + The fam = Awesome day!

Someone asked if we wanted a picture of the three of us with the mountain... I would say they get a B- on this shot :) Oh well, at least they didn't charge us...

Mount Rushmore is back there somewhere, I promise.

Family Pictures on both sides

Together Again

Finally! 

I'm the happiest girl in the world.

I heart Football

And... so does my little man! 

I love that it's already football season. That means my favorite time of the year finally here!!

Football watching- jacket wearing- leaves falling- cocoa drinking- fire building- time of year.

aahhh fall... I love, love, love you. Thanks for coming, please stay forever.

Idaho Falls Zoo

We went to the zoo with the Wallaces today. 

Clayton had a blast. He stood and looked at the pig all by himself! I was so proud! Our little boy is growing up so fast!! He also got to feed the goats and he thought that was awesome! 

This little boy absolutely loves to be outside more than anything else in the world.

Wake me up when September comes!

Finally we are reaching the end of this wretched deployment!

I will be SO happy to have our family back together again!

Sean will be back in the states around the middle of September and if everything works out, Clayton and I will be on the first available flight to good ol' NC :)
Oh my, holy cow! I have never been more excited for anything in my life!!
Kiss your husbands, ladies... two times for good measure :)

Oh, and by the way... this little dude is officially nine (nine?!!) months old today! Wow.

and, I think he is getting more handsome by the minute! 

Not sure how we pulled off the cutest little boy in the world... but somehow we did :)

McCall Trip

This little boy LOVES to be outside! He got to wade in the lake and play in the dirt in McCall. He was in heaven!

Fighting for Hope

The hope of a brighter future for children who's lives are consumed by war. 

And the hope of freedom to choose their own path to explore in life.

A hope that they will have the same opportunity at happiness that every child deserves.

These kids were not even phased by the troops roaming the streets with all their gear on and carrying their guns. It's crazy to me... this is something that they see everyday. I can't imagine all of the scary experiences they must have had in their short lifetime. I pray that my son will never have to see the things that these children think of as normal. I thank my Father in Heaven everyday for all of the blessings that we enjoy in this country.

Sean emailed me these pictures of himself in Kabul, Afghanistan with some local kids. The circle of flags are all the countries in the War on Terror right now. The tents are where he stayed while in Kabul.