A Glorious Visit

Blessings to all of you as I feel so richly blessed myself right now!

Since my last post, things have been happening! Brett was supposed to come home on his mid-tour leave by leaving Camp Bucca on September 16th. However, in true military fashion, the plans changed and while I thought he would be calling by Tuesday night I didn't hear from him until Friday evening! Talk about a mama bear possessed! I was threatening to SWIM over there to find out what was going on. When Brett did call I asked where he was and he said Germany. I asked how long he had been there and he said 5 minutes. Excellent answer, Brett!! To make a long story short he arrived in Omaha on Saturday afternoon after the servicemen on the flight were bumped to first class...thank you American Airlines!! We decided to go on to Des Moines and see Lindsay and Josh for the rest of the weekend. I was able to take Monday off from work (thank you!) and so we came home from Iowa then. It was great to see Brett and Lindsay reunite. For those of you that still have children at home, fighting, I can't tell you how awesome it is to have your children get together and not fight and argue but to geniunely enjoy each other's company. Ahhh, bliss!

We came home from Des Moines to Wood River and got another surprise when Michael came home from football practice. We were downstairs in the newly created "Man Cave" and Michael came down the stairs and he and Brett said their hellos and Michael was as tall as Brett! Brett seemed surprised by that and Michael seemed thrilled. I was a bit melancholy. I can't believe how much my children have grown up right before my eyes...where does the time go??

Brett will be home until October 6th. Feel free to give him a call (his cell phone has been reactivated to the same number) or call the home phone. He'd love to hear from you and I'd love to have him take a break from the computer. ;-)