Saying,"good-bye".

I'm glad we've managed to stay busy. It's been 3 months since we said our Good-byes to our soldier daddy and I'm only just now posting these pictures. My Mom used her amazing skills and awesome camera to capture these great shots that I know we'll treasure forever. Now if we can just stay busy for 10 more months. Then I can post the amazing pictures of his HOMECOMING ;)

Our last hug....

As they walked through the flags their family could grab them for one last squeeze.

Layla wasn't really sure what was going on, but she didn't like it!

The boys were so brave. It wasn't until Stan was on the plane and we drove away from the airport that they broke down.

Doesn't he have a nice side profile?

Getting in as many hugs as we can.

Stuck like glue.

Getting in our kisses too! Notice how Layla wouldn't let him get one inch away from her.

I love, LOVE this picture. She's had the hardest time so far. Everyday at least once she breaks down for a second and says, " I miss Daddy".

That's Stan's Grandma Dutton in the back left corner. I thought this was a neat shot of her in the background looking on.

The last 3 months have been hard, but easy at the same time. When Stan went to basic we didn't have contact with him except for letters for weeks. And when he finally got phone time it was very random and short. These last 3 months we've been able to talk on the phone, use Facebook and Skype pretty much everyday. Using the video Chat has really helped. I constantly feel so blessed that I get to hear from him so often. Stan and I both have servicemen in our family blood lines. I draw so much strength by thinking of how strong they had to be when they were serving our country. Stan's Grandma Wright would wait 3 or 4 months to get a letter and then get a whole stack in one day. She would lay on her bed and read his letters for the rest of the day, and then still wonder if he was OK because of the delayed communication. I feel so blessed have renewed peace of mind everyday. My next post will be a bit out of order. I'm going to post some fun pictures from Stan's Farewell Luau.