David's Back from Iraq

Saturday afternoon we headed to Grand Ledge to go see Cathie's Uncle David who had gotten in from Iraq on Friday night, home on leave for a couple of weeks after an eleven month deployment. Cathie's whole family was there to celebrate, including her grandparents who'd come all the way up from Texas.

David had some amazing stories, but the one depicted by this piece of glass below was wild. The piece of glass on his mantle was the same piece in the picture in the lower left hand corner. He'd been in this vehicle with two others when they were hit. Only he and one other guy survived. The glass in this picture is about 4 inches thick and saved him.

We got see the kids old Great Aunt Maureen, Cathie's Mom's sister. Having raised a red-head pretty similar to Maddie, Maureen knew exactly how to keep Maddie in check. We let Maureen pretend our kids were her grand children, because her daughter, sigh, didn't come into town to visit for this event. We were there for her though and tried to set a good example for Jenny and Brian. I'm not sure exactly what the girls are doing in this picture. I think it's supposed to be showing a little attitude, but I'm not quite sure.

You can see the rest of the pictures from the party here.