Proud To Be An American

"I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free, And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today, 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God Bless the U.S.A."

On Thursday I had the opportunity to take the kids to the Cedar City airport and see a battery of the 222nd Soldiers arrive home - they have been gone for about 18 months - and stationed in Iraq for a year of that time.

Even though we only knew a few of the soldiers coming home we had a great time. It was so exciting to see the plane flying over head, land, and then drive right up to us with an American flag flying out the front window. When the first soldier stepped off the plane everyone cheered and Jaida was screaming just as loud as everyone. :) Monty was working, but luckily was able to come out from work with others as Sheriff's Office jail representatives.

The soldier in this photo is the son of one of my old coworkers - he actually had two sons come home that day.

Here is a small news video clip of that return:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=323945#

Jaida's Preschool Graduation

Jaida had her preschool graduation on May 19th. This is the best picture we got of her. They sang about five songs, put on their graduation caps, and then recieved their graduation certificates. I'm sure it would have been very nice if I would have been able to watch it. I was outside almost the entire time with Kayla. Every time I brought her into the building she would start screaming. I wanted to go lock her in the car...and no, I'm not kidding.

We made this awesome sandbox with a cute little tree inside...guess what happened to the tree? Destructo girl broke it off! Yep I'm talking about you Jaida.

We've Got Grass

We now have a backyard full of grass. We did this all on June 8th. The pictures aren't very good because all I had was a crappy disposable camera. It took us from about 2:30 - 5:30 to put it in...and then a little more time for all the touch ups.
Thanks to: Tim, Misty, Dusty, and Bobbi!!
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This diesel pulled up in front of our house about 12:30pm.

They piled 14 pallets of grass into our backyard.

We've just started, and it's going really fast.

At this time, the grass is starting to get really heavy. :)

Just about done...

Almost done.

Finished! It looks a lot nicer in person. :)