Cute Pictures

So we just got back from Loa and having family pictures taken. Saturday, Brett, Micole, and I had our family pictures taken and the today we had the whole Doug & Merlyn Oyler family pictures. If you would like to see a glimpse of the pictures taken on Saturday, you can go to faundimages.blogspot.com and look at the one with the title Micole. It was fun to have pictures taken, even if Micole was being a little stinker!! We did get some pictures of her smiling, but boy did we sure have to work at it. A little hint, make sure your kids have a nap before they have pictures taken!! And someone there to play peekaboo with!! Just a shout out to Jessica and Craig... Oh my gosh, I am so excited you found us and I total need your e-mail address. I was so shocked and excited to here from you. Well, it is getting late and I just wanted to let everyone know about the pictures. Faun did an awesome job.

AIRFORCE UPDATE

We finally have the information that people have been wondering about! Brett has to report to duty.... DECEMBER 9th. His job is integrative avionics systems. We don't really know what it means, but according to his recruiter and other Airmen, in the Air Force, it is a really good job. We still aren't sure how long his tech school training is, but after 8 1/2 weeks at Basic in San Antonio, he will spend some time at Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi and then at Sheppard Air Force base in Texas. We are thinking that his tech school training will be around 4-6 months. We will know more later. After tech school, Brett will find out what base he will be stationed at, so more on that later. We are way excited for this new adventure in our lives. Go AIR FORCE!!

Remembering 9/11

This morning when I stepped out of my front door and saw the American flag flying in my yard, I couldn't help but think back to the morning of 9/11. Every year I try to remember the events of that day so that I won't forget. I know I will never forget the horror I felt that day as I watched the World Trade Center crash to the ground from my living room couch. I never want to forget what our country went through that day and the days and weeks following that day. I am so thankful to live in place that is far from danger, but I feel for those people that are always put in harms way. With Brett joining the military, I feel my patriotism is growing and getting stronger. This country is a land of freedom, but with that freedom comes great responsibility and great sacrifice. I am so thankful for the firefighters that fought so hard to save as many people as they could on 9/11, and I am so thankful for our military that are fighting right now so we can be safe at home in our beds tonight. I pray we will all remember 9/11 and how it has changed each of our lives.

Camping

Last weekend, for Labor Day, we went camping on Cedar Mountain. We had a lot of fun, even though the weekend didn't turn out exactly as planned. We went camping on Saturday night and woke up to this....


Needless to say, it started raining on us when were packing up camp. We ended up hanging out at Jeff and Marie's house and playing games. We also took Micole to Discovery Park in Cedar City. If you haven't been there before, it is the coolest park ever. There is so much stuff for a kid to do, adults too. I use to play night games there in college and we had a ton of fun. OHHHHHH!!! I am so excited to become an aunt!!! Jeff and Marie also found out they are having a little girl!! I am so excited. Here are some pictures of our camping trip and Discovery Park.