Well I've been a bit behind as we have been really busy! We sent Ben off (rather unwillingly) a week and a half ago. It was really tough as they kept changing the date he would deploy. When we finally got official word it was 4 hours before he had to report! We took the kids out of school and we all went to lunch! We opted to not take the kids to the bus area as Ben was in charge of the soldiers in his unit that were deploying that day and we wanted to keep it as distraction free as possible. The kids said goodbye to Dad at the hotel. It was so sad...I don't think Olivia quite got how long a year really will feel like. Josh as usual held it in. Kellie wouldn't let him go. She just sat there and hugged him for the longest time. We all bawled like babies. I took him to the area where he would leave from....it was typical Army...hurry up and wait. I was grateful some of the soldiers needed me to pick up a few things from the PX before they left...it was a good distraction. First it was amazing to see the huge pile of bags waiting for the trucks. Then a big line of buses came and we knew he would be leaving soon. A kiss goodbye and he was off. WOW! This is going to be a long year! I've attached some pics of right before he left!
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