Easter and our Goodbyes

We said our goodbyes to Nathan last Sunday. It was a very hard and emotional day. I was in pieces all morning but by the time I met Nathan at work I was able to hold myself toghether. I knew if I was a ball of tears that it would be even harder for Nathan to leave us so I wasen't. It was hard, especially the last few moments with him. Nathan said the last image he had was of us standing back waving with smiles on our faces as the busses pulled away. I recieved one e-mail from him while he was in Kuwait. He had a long journey from North Carolina to Ramadi. He is still in transit somewhere. He said the time change was a hard adjustment and that it was really hot. I will keep everyone posted as I hear more. Thanks for keeping us in your prayers.

I know you can hardly see, but his is Nathan getting on the bus.

This was just seconds before we said goodbye. As soon as the buses arrived everything went really fast. I took only about ten minutes to get everyone on the bus and for it to pull away.

I was glad it wasen't a long process.

This was Garretts last hug from Daddy. It looks like Nathan is about to fall apart.

This was while we waited for the buses to get there. It was about a two hour wait that seemed like forever.
Garrett passed the time by playing with other kids there.










Dropping Nathan off at work. He got there at around 9:00 and I came back at 11:00 and waited until 2:00 when the buses got there.



Easter a day Early.

Garrett gave Abbey his bunny. What a sweet big brother.

We wrote "We will miss you Daddy" in Garretts easter sidewalk chalk.

You can really see Abbey's dimple here.