Leaving on a charter plane

Well, the time has come. Brandon is leaving tomorrow afternoon for his tour in Iraq. Last Monday, he was finally able to find out when he was leaving. Unfortunately, it was less than a week away. Can you say scramble? We have had so many details to take care of we've not had much time to just sit and enjoy. We don't have the conveniences like Kinko's or Starbucks or most of what we're used to seeing on every other corner. This makes errands take much longer. Today we needed a notary mid-afternoon and were out of luck. Yesterday we went to the Audi dealership and to pick up something on base and were gone from home six hours. Yikes. Six hours away from the dogs. Yes, dogs. Here's the new girl-

Shane mugging with her new daddy. More on that later.

Brandon has spent many hours getting ready to go and after dinner, has many more to go. This is the scene in the living room today.

Quentin helping Daddy pack.


These aren't folded to spec!

I am not feeling particularly articulate at the moment, but will try to post more soon. Stay tuned.