Updates to come...

So, since I last posted, I have been to Dallas on a Mary Kay trip, a Baltic Cruise and toured in Denmark and Sweden, and, went skydiving!!! So....I will upload those pictures soon. In the meantime, sign up as a friend on Facebook--you'll see more daily updates there. Sorry, I had the best of intentions to be a faithful blogger. I need my assistant to do it for me! LOL!!

Painting the Day Away

My friend Cristall Harper came to paint with me today and also my friends Lori and Nikki. It's so nice to have other people there. I never would have lasted 8 hours painting today if it hadn't been for them! Anyway, Cristall snagged some pics before she left so here's a couple of us painting at the Sout Jordan Animal Shelter. I'll take some better pictures tomorrow and post them so that you can see!

They were able to meet up for a few days while in Iraq!

Cavett on Christmas Guard Duty Shift

Matt and Cavett in Mozul

In Memory of the Soldiers

I know that Memorial Day is mainly for those soldiers who have given their lives to defend our country however, I think one can give of his/her life also just by serving. For example, my brother Matt--he's been gone on deployments and trainings for more than a total of four years out of the eight years he's been married. He's missed out on a lot of his own family time and I think that is giving of one's life as well.

My brother Cavett also served in Iraq for a year and a half. I know it changed his life forever. I will never be able to completely comprehend what serving in war is like...nor do I really want to...I'll take their word for it, but I will also say, "THANK YOU." In the words of my bro Cavett, serving in the military is something that has a purpose above us as individuals.

I forwarded to my brother Cavett one of those patriotic emails with pics of soldiers in Iraq and he wrote back and told me that one of them was a picture of the first guy in his batallion who died when they got over there. He had a wife and kids.

As a child I used to go to my Great Aunt Margaret's home in SLC and see pictures from WWII when she served as a nurse. One day we won't have to deal with wars until then..."suck it up and drive on!"

Thanks to all of you who served/serve/will serve! I am so lucky to live in such peace and harmony. Here I am just typing away with only the sound of the clock ticking and my little boy's breath. So peaceful. Thank you!