FUN SUMMER CHORES!!Well I just wanted to let all you husbands out there know how much we wives take you all for granted! I have been digging this lovely hole for about 2 days now (as many hours as my back would allow at a time which is about 4) with a bent back, and nowhere to put my feet or my butt, trying to get it ready for my brother-in-law (bless him) to come and try to fix my sprinkler system. (Josh, you will owe him so big for doing this for you he he) As you may be able to see (or maybe not) the pipes are antiques! Some metal, and who know what the valves are made of. (maybe I could sell them on ebay and make some money) The roots are the reason it has taken me 2 days to accomplish, roots tied around each pipe and some so big I had to use a power saw to remove (another task I know most of us take, our husbands, for granted) but mostly just enough to be annoying and not let me use a big shovel! I had to use the 2 tools that are seen here in the picture to dig around the roots and array of pipes. So now I have a better appreciation for prison breaks! I think a good long hot bath will be much needed tonight!

Again

To all who read this salutations. If you do read please know that I find you all starved for attention. Since most of you that are reading are under the category of abandoned wife, I understand. Anyway I'm here with the guys in Gardez. Things are a little messed up the FOB right. The guys and I are spending most of the time cleaning up some problems that have been left for us. This is both literally and figuratively. So there it is. All the guys have been working their tails off trying to get things running smoothly. 10 to 12 hour days are the norm for all of them right now. And as usual there have been nothing but hard work and sarcastic comments coming from all of them. I will try to take more pictures... but since I've been here before, literally, its hard to get motivated to do that. So, all you that have hubbies out here with me, have them do it. I'm just too lazy. The guys have made a couple of Afghan friends all ready and are diving head first into the culture. Honestly I think they're just trying to find a place to hide from me. But they're all having a good time with the locals here on the FOB. It's a great team here. And so far we haven't killed each other. So, so far so good. So, this is my second post. If you want more, I think I should start charging by the letter. Anyways, that's it.

Cheers, Josh

I am copying this picture that I stole from Marie's Blog, that Burgundy told me about. It is a good picture!!!

"May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!" Daniel Webster

So here is Josh and his team! The men he will be spending the next 10 months with!



These are of him in Washington, before he left (obviously).

Well we have another broken bone! This makes two for Emery. Who said girls aren't as rough as boys?

Well we had a great time in Disneyland! And it was great to see Josh again! The kids had so much fun with their dad.

It was hard to say goodbye, AGAIN!