For my brothers: I thought about you all day, I don't know if it is the soldier we had an obit for here in Kingsport, that got killed in Iraq the other day, or if it is because of your time to leave is coming so quickly..

But whatever the reason that my heart feels heavy tonight, just know that I love you both very much. You are both great men for doing what you are doing. And our country is going to be served by two great men. But as a sister, it is hard to think you will be so far away, or that you might lay in your bed and be lonely, or be out somewhere and be cold without a way to get warm, or for some reason going hungry because you are working so hard you haven't had time to eat, or that you might be scared because you don't know what the next second will hold, or God forbid even injured.

I pray for you, I tell God to watch over you and bring you home safely. I also tell God to help you both with things that you need help with.

Our family is an amazing family if you really sit and think about whatall we have overcome, all the sacrafices that mom made to keep us all together, and to keep us fed and clothed. And we all came out ok. We aren't drug addicts, we don't drink or smoke. And other than the stupid family fueds we are an amazing group of people.

It is going to be hard for me to know that you are in Iraq and in harms way, but I have to trust and have faith that God is in control.
People make decisions in life that others don't understand, but we have to be thankful that they do, or else we would have no one fighting for our freedom to sit here on a computer and be free enough to not worry about being blown apart, or our families being harmed. Someday a time will come that we don't have to worry about anything or anyone, we will have that wonderful heavenly peace and eternal happiness.

I love you both with all of my heart. Please know that I do. I wished I had you both here right now to wrap my arms around and tell you face to face that I love you.

Please be safe and know of the love that I have for you will be eternally strong. You will be thought of daily and prayed for daily.

We got to babysit Gabriella today and these are some of the pictures from that adventure... Karissa just kept saying "We are good babysitters aren't we Mom" and "What if this was our baby".... So precious they both are!!!

This is a new day and has been a new week. I am trying to count my blessings and not think about how many more days we have to go this week....
Just a few things that has been sitting around....
Life is good.
God is great.
Family is love.
Home is Ahhhh.
Love is precious.
Time should be cherished.
Touch is breathtaking.

This is a video of my sons band competition when it was held here at Dobyns Bennett High School. They have the competitoins every year and most of them are out of town and I don't get to go to them, so this one I was lucky enough to get to go to.

This is my family at Bays Mountain Park. We had a great family outing at the park that day, something we need to do more often. Bays Mountain was beautiful during the fall. It was the perfect weather and a perfect day

Karissa dressed up for Halloween.. '09... She was the cutiest vampires ever!!!!

Justin on the night before he left for Kentucky...