Sad

Well it's been a few days and still very hard. I'm staying very busy at work. And despite all the things that have broke since he has been gone I would say I'm positive for the most part. I have had some communication with him and I know he is ok. I just can't wait for October to get here! For now I will just write notes to him, send boxes, and prepare for when he returns!!!! I can't wait to see Aaron...

He's gone- But back in 6 Months!!!

Well Aaron left yesterday. I really don't have a lot to say. I'm having all the typically feelings. One minute I'm ok and then next I'm a wreck. I took off the last 2 days so I could spend time with him. But it went by so fast. We were at the shop at 4:00 am on Thursday to say goodbyes to all the guys. MOST of the guys were really nice and told me if I needed anything to call anytime. Terria was there and talked to me about somethings. And took some pictures, which I don't want to look at yet but when I do I will put them on here. After that it was off to Alexandria! It was hard, he kept telling me not to say "goodbye", just I'll see you in six months. So we did. I stood there and cried for a while then went back to Fort Polk. Where my friends, Jennie & Doreen were there waiting for me. They are great. After lunch I went home and took a nap. Once I walked in it automatically hit me. I saw all of his stuff sitting out (like always) and it made me cry. I know it's good to cry every once in a while. So for now I'm leaving everything out. It's not a bad thing to remember all the things that make you happy! OK I feel like I'm rambling and not making sense. Maybe I should go for now. I'm meeting Christina in Hammond and she is coming here for the weekend, YAY! So I'm going to try and take my own advice, I can't worry about things that haven't happened. Just looking forward to him coming home. I love him so much...

Last Trip

As most everyone knows Aaron will be leaving soon to go to Iraq. He took his week leave and we headed to Ohio to see his family. You think by now we would have learned our lesson but apparently not. A small bit of advice when traveling home to see everyone don't try to go to everyone. Make them come to you. It was an exhausting trip but well worth it. We got there around 11 on Saturday and had lunch with M & D Kimmel. But first when I got off the plane I wanted to cry because it was so cold, I was afraid my tears might freeze. We made it home and got settled in and went to get the rental car. Which they could not find. Haven't figured out how you loose a car but these people did. Well I guess I can say that was the start of a very busy week. I don't know if I can even remember everything, it went by so fast. The first few days we spent with the family, playing games, hanging out, and throwing the little boys! Sunday we went to Kevin and Shelly's and got to see some of my cousins and my Aunt, which was a lot of fun and great food as always! During the week in between hanging out with the family we got to see a lot of friends.And of course do some crazy things (see video). Friday night we headed out to a small town just outside of Toledo to his friends house. It was surrounded by fields, and they had a really nice barn with horses. We had a bonfire and just hungout with everyone. The next day we went to his friends wedding, which was really nice and met some very interesting people to say the least. That ended as a very sad night when his friends told him bye. I'm usually ok but when I saw the guys crying, that's when I couldn't take it. Sunday was our last day there and man was it not a good day. We went to church, had lunch, hung out for a while then said our good byes. I cried but Aaron was strong, that's how it usually is. We thought we had left early enough to catch the plane but we did not consider that it was the beginning of spring break. We checked in our luggage and found out that military didn't have to pay so we waited for them to refund our money. Then we got in the VERY long line to pass through security only to realize our plane was supposed to leave in 20 minutes and we were only half way through the line! That's when we started to panic! Aaron decided to ask the TSA lady if we could go ahead because he was active duty and had to catch the plane, she then informed us that active duty miltary could go through the first class line. She eventually let us ahead. So your probably wondering if we made it. Our plane was at gate 17 and we were walking by gate 37 very fast when we thought we heard our name called for the final boarding so we broke out in a run NOT a jog. I couldn't make it. From what I remember I yelled to Aaron " go on without me I will catch the next flight!" So he ran ahead and was going to tell them I was coming (I know I'm out of shape, you can laugh at me). Once we made it there we found out the flight was delayed due to weather. I decided after that I needed to go to the gym more.

As much as I would love to have seen my family too it was great to visit with all of Aaron's family, well my family too now. It's so crazy there but so much fun. I can't wait to go back this summer and visit them again! Since we have been back it has been nonstop craziness for both of us. We met with Terria and Chris (the commander) Monday and got a lot of useful information about the deployment. I dread it so much. It's finally happening and he really is leaving...

Shelly, Me, Aunt Sissy & Tammy

Aaron & Coen

D&M Kimmel & us

To see the video of Aaron and his friends click on the link below. Ummm this might explain some of the burnt marks in the front yard. Sorry you had to find out this way.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=53960310