Brandon's leave

ok sorry first of all for so many pictures but hope you enjoy them!

mountains going through nevada
the view at a gas station somewhere in colorado

kayla and razzy at the gas station stretching their legs

just having fun picking up rocks

on the road in colorado

yes there was snow but it was really high up

we did have a few minutes of flurries

razzy and jasmine in the back sleeping

kayla and daddy playin in the hotel

restling

kayla back in indiana on her birthday painting her first pumpkin

kayla's big birthday present the morning of her birthday....yes its real and she loves it!

didnt hesitate at all to get on it either

in the back of the truck before she even saw it

kayla and daddy just relaxing in bed

this was one of the fires we had on base before we left for indiana, this was the worst of the two and the one that was closest to us

it was big, this is from the backyard

this was from the front yard, it burned over 3000 acres, but no houses thank goodness

kayla decided to decorate daddy's face with stickers

kayla, daddy, and uncle greg opening her gift in the new house

this was the first fire, the day we moved in to the house, it was farther away though

we toured the midway carrier in san diego harbor the day after brandon got back

up on the deck getting out of the sun cause it was like 97 degrees

kayla and daddy in the cockpit

looking at everything with daddy

dont know what they were looking at but he gave us a tour since he knew what every was

the three of us in the brigg

learning how the engine works

the first plane we saw on board

kayla waiting to see daddy in the airport, she ran right to him it was just like i had hoped

the two of us waiting very anxiously, it was so great!

Brandon got to come home for 2 weeks and just left to go back to Iraq a couple days ago. Kayla and I flew out to Cali to meet him and we had such a wonderful time. Kayla went right to him and gave him big hugs and just loved having him home. The day he got back we got a phone call saying they had houses available for us on base so once again our plans changed haha. After a little thought we decided to go ahead and move back to Cali and after going to Vegas for a couple days we flew home to Indiana, all of us, and we stayed there for about 4 days to see everyone and then loaded up the truck and dogs and headed back to Cali. We got back out here 2 days before Brandon had to take back off so he got a little relaxation. Not exactly how we planned on spending his leave but we had a great time because we got to be a family. We love our house and Brandon made it safely back to Iraq. I have been working my butt off getting the house unpacked. Kayla loves being out here and we have had fun with our friends and my cousin who is about 4 months pregnant and we also have awesome neighbors. We will be out here till Brandon gets home which now will be BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!! We are so excited! He has to report into Louisville on the 1st of April so we will be out here till at least the end of January. We will not be coming home for Thanksgiving or Christmas which stinks but we already have plans with friends out here. Hope all of you are doing good and hope you enjoy the pics from our vacation. I will have to post the ones from Vegas later because goofy me forgot our camera for that whole trip and I have to get the ones from our friend Chris that he took. Talk to you all soon!