Frozen Tundra

So .. When I agreed to live in Iowa for a time while Stephen was in Iraq, I in no way expect the weather. I mean I grew up in Iowa, I know how cold it can get, the massive amounts of snow, ice, windchills and blowing snow... yada yada. I didn't however sign up for the worst winter in 100 yrs.So today I have decided to post some pictures of warmers days. Our Beach days out a Callaway Gardens and the misserably hot 4th of july out at Fort Benning.

CNN Update

Our Salute to the troops for Stephen will be airing on the HLN channel on the 14th. It will air 4 times every hours between 6am and 10 am. So excited!! If I can get a hold of the video I will post it up here.

You can see the video that is on the salute the troops website here:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-373016

Daddy's video to his Girls!

Stephen sent this for Sophia and I a few weeks back. What an amazing video. It shows all the great time we have had thus far! We miss him so much and I can't tell you how lucky we are to have him in our lives!!

Iraq

Here are a few pics of Stephen over in Iraq. Santa sent him a camera hopefully he will start using it more.. hint hint...

Tito Ortiz came to Visit the troops.. Stephen and Rocky were both very excited to meet him :)

He says he misses my home cooking ... I think he is just trying to be nice ;)

This is why I love Rocky! He is keeping my hubby safe and sound! Good Boy ol' Rocky!

CNN

This was a little video montage I made one sleepless night. I sent it into CNN's Salute the troops and got an email  the next day. They liked our video so much they wanted to do a Salute the troops segment on Stephen. We are so excited to share our hero's story with the nation! We are not sure when it will air but I sent them great pictures of Stephen doing what he does best, being a daddy, a husband and a solider!! I will update you all when it airs!

Holidays

December flew by for us up here in Iowa! We started the months with Miss Sophia's 1st birthday! Then onto my birthday and Christmas. We were truly blessed to see Stephen on the web cam through out the holidays. It made it some what bearable to be away from each other. Rand R will be here in March and we cannot wait!! We made the best out of daddy being over in Iraq! We were blessed to see him on the web cam Christmas eve and Christmas day!!

My Birthday was the 17th so Stephen had rose's , chocolates and a spa kit sent to me!! He made it the best birthday yet!!

Our Beautiful little girl in her Christmas dress!! I just love her!!

Happy Birthday Miss Sophia!

Can you believe it?!? Sophia Noel is a year old! It doesn't even seem possible! A year ago Stephen and I were welcoming our little bundle of joy into the world, wondering what was to come. Now a year later we have a beautiful, smart, cute little munchkin who thinks she rules the house. It was a bitter sweet day today. I was so excited to celebrate our beautiful daughters birthday but so sad to be doing it without Stephen. He did get to sing to her over the web cam so that made the day a little brighter. We miss you Stephen!

We had a wonderful little party with lots of friends and family! Sophia had a blast and was so good! She made out like a bandit! She will be a very stylish one year old , with lots of toys to play with :)

Alright her are some pics hope you all enjoy !