Gil's Deployment!

So the time finally came for Gil to deploy again. We have been very lucky to have had him home for 3 1/2 years since he was deployed last time. I am glad we had plenty of time to get settled in here before he left. It has made it much easier. I am blessed to have some great friends here. The few weeks prior to him leaving were a lot of fun. He had two weeks off. We had a lot of family fun time and Gil and I got to go on two really fun dates. One of the days we all went down to Nashville. We went to Build a Bear Workshop for the kids to get a stuffed animal with a message recording from Daddy. It was a lot of fun.



Walter and Jem got wolfs. Walter's is called "Darth Wolf" and has a Darth Vador outfit. It is pretty cool. Rilla got a pink bunny and added all the frills. It is so cute. Shirley got a little doggy and picked out a plaid shirt for him. Gil recorded a message for each of them and it is in their stuffed animals.

The kids love them. It has definately helped them. They sure love their daddy. He is a great dad. They will really miss him, and so will I.