Good Husband

This is my husband. His name is James. Lately he has been very stressed and a bit more like a drug-studying-mutating-ornery-non-sleeping-statue than the nice, relaxed guy I once new. Thank goodness for FALL BREAK! James had Guard Duty over the weekend, so that meant no midnight shifts at the hospital. Now, he's had 2 of 5 days off from school on top of that!! YEAH!!

Yesterday I came home from work and he was trimming trees and bushes around our community property. That was great! Then, I parked my car and came in the house and found it to be spotless. He cleaned the bathrooms, vacuumed, put all my piles of junk on the kitchen table away, and did laundry. He even cut down all of my monster zinnias outside in preparation for cold weather. I told him how nice it looked and he only apologized for not scrubbing the kitchen floor and not replacing the filter in the furnace. Oh well!!!

Thank you very much James. I'm glad you finally get to relax a little!

Bells will be ringing . . . .

On Friday, I went on an adventure with James and Amber to do bridal photos. Amber is getting married on November 26th and asked James to be her photographer. We ventured up Memory Grove and then over to the Brigham Young Park and the Main Street Plaza. Amber is very photogenic and much more cooperative than I would have been. James did a very nice job. Here are some for your previewing enjoyment!

Elliott Lunch

On Thursday I got to tend Elliott. I had trouble with this video, so click the image and it will take you to another link. It's cute!

Tending Elliott

On Thursday afternoon I got to tend Elliott for a couple of hours. We had a lot of fun. This video happened right before he took a dive off of the chair and got a nice big goose-egg on his forehead. Oops. I think he's okay, though!

Welcome Home!

On Sunday morning we drove to Hill Air Force Base to welcome home James' sister Alicia. She has been serving with the Air Force in Iraq for the last 6 months. It was a cool experience to see all of them come in and greet all of their families!

James' brother Jason is also finished with his service in Iraq, but instead of returning to the United States, he returned to his fiance in Germany. Hopefully we will see him in January.

It's great that they are both safe and sound. It's also cool that they got to spend quite a bit of time with one another while they were there!

Thanks for your service!

(I'll post pictures later today.)