October 2008
Yea!! Phone call!!
I missed Jim’s call Monday. He e-mailed to say that the phones were down. They finally were back up yesterday and he called last night!!!! It was so good to hear his voice. He sounded good. They will be in Kuwait for probably two more weeks. They have to wait for vehicles & equipment from another base before they can go to the one his company is assigned to. He said it was in the 90s. They aren’t doing much–they’ve been to a range to qualify on their new vehicles and done PT but mostly they’ve sat around, napped, played cards, etc. They are eager to get to their new base and get going.
I had considered setting up a separate blog for posting about Iraq but I’ve decided to keep them here. For posts that I don’t want public, I will be making them password-protected. I’ll use the same password each time. I will try to send that password out by e-mail this weekend to those of you I have e-mail addys for. If you don’t get the e-mail, please e-mail me and I’ll send it to you. E-mail addy is jtbrookover@gmail.com Jim’s e-mail address is brookove@hotmail.com When I have an address for him, I’ll post it.
Bowling
Elizabeth had SO much fun bowling! I was worried that she wouldn’t have much fun after having talked about it for two months. No worries there though!
He’s Gone
Left earlier than originally planned. No surprise there, eh?!
A few new pictures
Deployment is this week. I’ll try to update over the weekend or early next week. In the meantime, a few pictures of my adorable children. 
E on her first day of preschool
What it means to parent a boy, I guess!
Ben climbing the stairs while Jim vacuums
Playing in the playroom with the party hat E insisted Ben wear. She always picks out pink things for Ben, usually pink sparkly items or pink skirts/dresses. Jim doesn’t care for her choices!!
