EXTRA, EXTRA, read ALL about it ... Marine SOON to return home!

Such a BUSY week for me, but I just had to JUMP in here and SPREAD the GOOD news!!! Robert's son, Joshua, who is serving his SECOND deployment to Iraq, is due to return home to the US next month!!! We are SO thrilled and CANNOT wait for him to step foot on American soil again! Josh sent us an e-mail night before last and it is ALWAYS so comforting to hear from him.

Josh is such a BRAVE young man and a TRUE warrior! You will find back towards the beginning of my blog a layout that I created SPECIFICALLY as a TRIBUTE to Josh, thanking him for sacrificing his life daily that I might continue to LIVE FREE! Although I know that he is doing so for this ENTIRE country as well a NEW democracy in Iraq, I made it VERY personal!

Joshua and his BEAUTIFUL new bride, Tiffany, were married shortly before his deployment, but when he returns they are having an OFFICIAL church wedding and reception with FAMILY and FRIENDS in attendance!!! We will be attending their wedding on May 13, 2006 in Tennessee, which is where Tiffany was born and raised and currently resides. Upon Joshua's return to the US, he will be returning to the base at which he is stationed in North Carolina, Camp Lejuene. What a JOYFUL day this shall be!!! SAFE TRAVELS dear Joshua ... you are in our thoughts and prayers daily darlin'!

I am posting along with this post a few other layouts that I have created with photos of Josh since he joined the Marines. I am also including one of he and Tiffany, which is from some photos I took of the two of them as we explored Columbia State Park here in California. Josh brought Tiffany to meet his family last April and, of course, we ALL adored her immediately. How can ANYONE resist TRUE Southern charm and BEAUTY!!!

PLEASE keep both Joshua and Tiffany in your thoughts and prayers ...

Love to y'all and may you have PLEASANT dreams ...