More fun Trips...... Myrtle Beach and D.C.

Well the last two weeks have been so fun!!! It started out by going to Myrtle Beach for a week. We had a beautiful room with a nice view, and pool (because that is what the kids care about right?!). Needless to say Myrtle Beach was a blast, then onward to Washington D.C. to visit some of the Emerson and Sheng clan. That was just as much fun if you ask me, The ladies might think I am lying because I was always so tired from walking. Ha Ha Ha. From all the pictures I took I know I had a good time. Lily also started Kindergarten when we arrived back to Augusta.

Elise and Lily @ Alligator Adventure

Albino Alligator

Turtles happy

Putting Sunscreen on Emerson's new short hair

I was going to buy this for Elise, just kidding.  Largest blue diamond in the world.

Inside the Capitol

Fun Since being all together now....

Here are a few pictures of fun times since Bryce (daddy) has been home.  We have been to the pool nearly every other day and we went camping.

Check out Emerson, takin care of business. Hope to have more pics and posts up soon after our upcoming trips. Take care we love you all.

Reunited And It Feels So Good!

Well we are all together again whooo!! The long awaited reunion of Daddy came to pass. And boy was it a joyous occasion. Bryce has been home for just over a week now, and is slowly "reintegrating" into real life with Family in the United States. It has been wonderful, from checking out the town of Aiken, S.C. to just making fun dinners at home, and going swimming at the local pool on Post. Lily has become quite the swimmer she is a little fish. She loves the diving board and water slide. Emerson loves to take after his sister and now wants to learn to swim far, so he to can go off the diving board. We also went camping at a nearby lake, Clark Hill. Which was fun the kids Love Camping. We had a blast in the MWR family beach area, where the little fish -minnows were swimming with us. We have all been tired from having so much fun! Coming up soon we are going to Myrtle Beach for Bryce's block leave trip and Washington D.C. to see some family and see some of the Famous, U.S. landmarks. Then back to the ol' daily grind. - Oh no then it will be Birthdays Anniversary’s and Holidays oh boy. Can’t wait..... some of you have seen some of these photos, so here they are anyways. More coming soon.

Daddy thinkin of Lily and Emerson

Hey Lily and Emerson I will be home soon, and we will fish all the time.... This one is for you guys.  Sorry Lily did not eat this one.. lol. 

2lb 15oz Asp caught at Lost Lakes, Baghdad, Iraq

I love you all friends and family see you so so soon.

Why Did Rome Fall—And Why Does It Matter Now?

I understand that many of you will not read the article linked below and that’s okay, it is just something that is very interesting to me. I recently have been thinking a lot about the similarities between the United States and The Great Roman Empire. In history we learn that there is most certainly a correlation to ancient and modern day issues. In this article you will not only see similarities between the United States and Rome but also a better understanding of why Rome fell.

http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson021410.html

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

This week (Tuesday) I had a couple of meetings to attend, while sitting with me in these meetings Lily started doodling on some paper. I did not see what she was writing/drawing until last night while getting ready for bed. I opened up my folder from my meetings to review some paperwork and noticed Lily’s doodling paper tucked in my folder. There are so many things to be learned from this simple paper that she came up with all by herself. Most importantly how much love can be felt within the family unit. It doesn’t matter how many miles separate family members, when there is love within the family bond, it is always felt.

It saddens me to think of this most important organization of, The Family and how it is deteriorating in the world in which we live. There are so many people that don’t get the opportunity of feeling a sense of love and security in there own families. We really are so blessed.

Lily, I couldn’t agree more with what you wrote because, “I LOVE LILY” and “I LOVE DADDY!”

Happy Easter

Honey, these are for you. You asked me to take pictures of EVERYONE, so here they are. Happy Easter!! After being gone for over a year and missing two Easter's we will definitely have to make it up next year. We had lots of fun, but not the same without you.

Saturday we enjoyed the company of our good friends and parents/grandparents. We ate way too much good food and decorated Easter eggs.

Sunday, after enjoying morning conference we celebrated with lots of family at Grandma and Grandpa's. We had so much fun visiting with family. The kids enjoyed playing together and of course the annual Easter egg hunts. They even took turns of playing Easter bunny and hiding eggs. Thank you to everyone for making this Easter day special, especially to our Savior Jesus Christ.

They are so proud of their decorations, yum...still
eating carrot cake.