Monday, September 7, 2009

Photos & Birthday wishes to & from Afghanistan

Happy Birthday
to
my husband
DAVID
(scroll to the post directly below this one for my Birthday BLOG CANDY)
One month into a 6 month Afghanistan deployment and we have already missed each others birthday. Now we just have each one of our 3 children, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day and our 21st Wedding Anniversary to go........... One of the best gifts that I received on my birthday were photos from him that I would like to share with you today.
The vest weighs 35 lb, can you imagine having to wear all of that
Click on the photos to enlarge them.
Dave is wearing shorts squatting in the center of his team
Blog Candy is directly below

12 comments:

Pat (mspfd) said...

Fabulous pics. I bet you were thrilled to receive them. Did he ever receive your party in a box? I sent a birthday card and some snacks. Hopefully he will get them sooner than later. How's the APO working?

Cindy Haffner said...

Great pictures, you must miss him like crazy. Hugs Cindy.

Carla said...

Thanks for sharing these, Justine, and thanks for serving our country by keeping the home fires burning!

Jane Wetzel said...

God Bless you and your family Justine! Thank you sooooo much to your wonderful and BRAVE husband! These pics warm my heart and make me feel positive about our country!
I am sending u many hugz via your blog and want u to know my family and I support these guys!!! THANK YOU.....

Cheri said...

Great pics! My heart goes out to your family, though, with your separation. We have several military families at our church who have lived through one or even two year-long deployments. Thank you all (not just the soldiers, but their families, too) for your sacrifices! I'll keep you in my prayers!

Unknown said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE!!!

These are great pictures Justine! Thanks for sharing! He looks good! You'll have to post more pictures when his hair and beard get really long...lol! =)

Chip just said that he's going to try and get in touch with him at work in a few minutes.

Praying for a fast and SAFE deployment!

Deb~

Unknown said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE!!!

These are great pictures Justine! Thanks for sharing! He looks good! You'll have to post more pictures when his hair and beard get really long...lol! =)

Chip just said that he's going to try and get in touch with him at work in a few minutes.

Praying for a fast and SAFE deployment!

Deb~

NinaB said...

Thank you, dear friend, for sharing your pics. I'm keeping you and your DH in prayers during the separation time. I know it must be difficult. Bless you guys for all you do for our safety. Have a good week!

Laura (scrapnextras) said...

Happy Birthday to David! I pray for a safe deployment and return home. One of the real heros of our times.

cjs said...

Happy birthday to Dave....and thanks to him for serving our country! Thanks to you Justine for the sacrifices you & your family make. Hugs, C.

Jen Tapler said...

Love these pics and the double shaka!! LOL! I'd love to send Dave a Mahalo Package - let me know if there are any local treats he especially likes and I'll box them up for him. Oh and e-mail me the address.

Mina said...

fabulous pictures Justine bet you were tckled pink to get them...you must miss your handsome fella to bits...you must be so proud of him
Mina xxx