This sucks...

I couldn't find her so I walked back to the laundry room and this is what I found. Cayleigh-Grace had found the pile of dirty hunting clothes Kiale had worn on Sunday...
She kept rolling around in them for a good 10min or so. I cant wash them, they still smell like him... so I put them in her room so she can enjoy them in there.
I just piled them on top of her toddler bed, I don't know what else to do with them and its not like they stink they just smell like KS. She pulled everything else up there; I think she likes them there.
KS did manage to shot a turkey before he left, he was hoping to get a deer or two so I wouldn't have to worry about buying meat, but that is why its called hunting and not shooting. Sometimes it just doesn't work out the way we want it to, but the 14lb turkey works we used part of it in Taco soup last night.

KS's Going Away Party

I am so late in posting this but spending time with my hubby was way more important! Here is some of the pictures from KS's going away party. We celebrated his party on Halloween and we were so thankful to all of those friends and family that came out to support him on such a busy day.

His amazing cake, it was delicious!!

Best friends since they were 4.

The birthday boys! October 23, 1982 & October 23, 2009!

Go Gators!!

P.S. Over the next couple of days I will be posting pictures from our November 7th photo session!!

News

KS just called me for all of 2 min and 37 seconds. He should be shipping out to basic tomorrow once he gets his dental X-ray and his shots completed. He said they have been doing everything backwards and it has been a whole lot of paperwork and waiting around. It was really awkward talking to him, I just didn't know what to say b/c I don't want to make him more anymore homesick then I am sure he already is. He didn't have much time to talk anyway. He gave me his unit number and that was about it. I am just so glad I got to hear from him again, he said this was the first time he has even had a chance to call. So tomorrow the fun begins... as well as the silence.

Good News

I forgot to mention that when I talked to KS on Monday he said that his promotion did go through so he is going in as an E-2 instead of an E-1. Which means that he will have his first stripe on his uniform once he gets them and he will be classified as a Private. I know he is happy we were hoping to be able to get him promoted to E-3 before he left but we couldn't find anyone who wanted to enlist and you have to recruit 2 people and have them enroll into the future solider program for that promotion to happen before basic training. I am just happy that he received the promotion that he did. Starting out as E-2 is better than nothing at all!

Right now KS is going through the reception battalion which will last about 4 days and includes this...

General Orientation
Uniform issue and fitting
Personnel records and processing
ID card issue
Army Core Values card issue
Eye and dental check
Immunizations (he was DREADING this...)
Initial pay
Testing
and Interviews.

Also known as a lot of standing around for hours on end... I haven't heard from him since Monday so I am figuring he will end up calling me once they actually begin basic training or maybe on Sunday as long as no one in his unit screws up.

Dinner...

Man this is getting hard... cooked dinner for the first time since KS left. I had so much food left over... I started crying when I realized I had cooked way too much. Then the boys started talking about Daddy and Colin started crying, then I started crying again... Colin went and got the bear KS made him and played it, as soon as KS's voice started all 3 of us were bawling... This is going to be so hard but I know at the end of this all of us are going to be so much stronger. The boys are writing their letters to Daddy now and I had to tell Kiale that he cannot draw sad faces for Daddy he can only draw happy faces for Daddy b/c Daddy doesn't need to know when we are sad only that we are happy and proud of him. Praise the Lord he gave me strong understanding boys who are able to see and understand concepts far beyond their years.