31 posts tagged “brad”

News came in yesterday afternoon that Brad will be deployed to Iraq the 18th of August :'o( He will do a 12 month tour and may even do a split tour. 6 months in Afghanistan and 6 months in Iraq. I'm on a emotional roller coaster right now. I can't believe he will be in a war! I'm proud of him but also scared for him. This sucks!

I have been MIA and I'm sorry. I've been busy with moving and packing up the house. We are moving in 3-4 weeks and life is keeping us busy along with packing. Brad is graduating from AIT this Wednesday. He is done with his training. Now we wait to see if he will be deployed to Iraq.
Josh graduates basic training August 8th :o) He's doing good! Chad and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary on July 2nd. We had a nice day together. Here are some photos from our day.
Take care guys!

 Thursday was family and our first time to see and hug our soldiers in over 10 weeks!! Friday was graduation day and right after he graduated he had to report to his AIT unit. We waited a couple of hours for him to get processed into his new unit and to see if he would get a weekend pass to come home with us. HE DID!!!!! We've had a wonderful weekend with him. Today he goes back to Ft. Sill to begin his AIT training. I hate to see him go again. This is the only weekend he will have to come home. He will have access to his cell and laptop in the evening though. He's not taking his laptop because one of the guys had his stolen Friday after just arriving at AIT.

Josh should have started basic Friday at Ft. Jackson. I haven't heard from him. We don't even have an address yet. I'm hoping he will call today. Here is a video  from Thursday. It's of me hugging my soldier (Brad) for the first time in  over 10 weeks!! Enjoy!

This morning we handed Josh (son #2) over to Uncle Sam :o( He will be at Ft. Jackson, SC. for 10 weeks for basic training. I'm such a wreck right now...I do have a something to look forward to though. Brad graduates next Friday!!!! We will get to see him Thursday also :o) That is keeping me going!! I will try to post here more often, sorry I've been MIA. I've been blogging at my other blog....
http://www.myhometownhappenings.blogspot.com

Come visit me there anytime :o)

Brad called us today!! He sounds good. He is really liking it! It was so good to hear his voice :o) He will call us again next Sunday. I've been napping most of the day. Not sure why I am so sleepy.

From Brad!! WOOHOO!!!! He started basic today at 08:00!!!!!! Now I have an address to write him :o) **Doing My Happy Dance**

I went all day Monday without crying, I did pretty good over the weekend. Yesterday I did good until 5ish, then I started crying out of the blue. I know I will have days when I don't cry, and some days that I will cry. Today isn't fairing much better, I have teared up twice so far today. The not knowing and waiting to hear from him is the worst! I don't know if he's in his unit yet and has begun basic or not. If I knew that his training has begun I could at least start counting the weeks until he graduates. It's going to be stormy here today, tomorrow and Friday. Tornadoes are possible.
Hope you have a great day today! {{Hugs}}

I was so hoping Brad would get to call us yesterday. We've still not heard from him, tomorrow will be one week since he arrived to the base. Until he calls us and gives us his address we can't write him. We don't even know if he is out of reception or what? His basic doesn't start until he gets to his unit there. Maybe this week we'll get a call. I'm doing much better. I still tear up now and then, but I'm really doing better. I knew it would take time to get use to him being away. I'm calling my doctor today to see if we can get my surgery scheduled, and talk to her about some other issues. I have to get this surgery done so I can get healed by the time Brad graduates from Basic, should be around May. Then in August we'll travel to SC to see Josh graduate basic. Busy summer for us!!! I hope everyone has a great week. Keep those prayers and vibes coming!!