Brian's Departure

[Dakota's Mommy]

As many of you may recall, Brian left for Iraq last month and I've finally gotten the pictures from that night uploaded to imagestation! So, hope you all enjoy! Here they are:
Brian

Brian and I

Brian and I again

Brian and Ashton

Brian

Brian and Gomez

Shannon, Ashton (their oldest), and Karrie

Simon, Shannon, and Karrie

[Dakota's Mommy]

Simon, Shannon, and Karrie

Brian and Megan (Shannon and Karrie's 2nd Child)

Brian being very popular


Serenity (Simon's and Martha's Youngest Daughter)

Megan, Brian, and Serenity

Brian with Genesis (Simon and Matha's Oldest Child)

[Chinadoll]

Great pics! How are you doing? Have you heard from him at all? Joey left the day after Easter from CA. Just this past week has he finally started getting mail. He's called a couple times...the last was yesterday. The connection was so bad we got disconnected a few times. But, he says he's doing alright, it's almost becoming habit now..even adjusting to the heat which he says can reach 125 during the day.

These last couple weeks he's been able to e-mail me. It's great. He's usually on at the same time I get to work in the morning and we can e-mail back and forth. Kinda makes letter writing almost pointless because it's taking over a month for letters to reach him and by the time he gets one, I'll have already e-mailed him about it. But, I still keep writing. I'd hate for a mail call to go by and him not to get anything.

I think he's really doing alright....he still has a sense of humor. A snippet of one of his e-mails to me after my graduation: "Congratualtions! Now that you're a college graduate you'll be making $100 grand a year...and if you believe that I have a roof over my head, running water, and ice in my drinks" Poor Baby.