Rachel's Visit

Bryan's sister came down to Texas for the Thanksgiving holiday to visit family and friends living in the lonestar state. We were fortunate enough to get 2 whole days with her sweet family. Bryan and I had not met Jonathan yet. Boy is he a chuck at 6 months! We had fun playing and getting to know the Izu family a little bit better. It's too bad we don't live closer. Thanks for stopping by!

Thanksgiving Festivities

I love the holidays- but I especially love the holidays where Bryan gets time off from school! We had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend. Bryan was done with school on Tuesday, but wanted to stay in Houston to get most of the guest bathroom remodeling finished (mostly putting in the grout and cabinets- pictures will come when the project is complete). Crazy enough, he was in Killeen by 11:59 pm-with thank goodness only one pull over- the police officer thought Bryan was a drunk driver because he crossed the yellow line. Haha.

We had Thanksgiving at the Lowery house again this year with friends from the ward. So much yummy food- fresh vegetable tray, deviled eggs, pomegranate cranberry salad, garlic mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, candy yams, homemade oat rolls, green bean casserole, pumkin pie, peacon pie, and pudding cake. There weren't nearly enough leftovers. We played a fun game of Wacky Six and Apples to Apples while watching Madagascar. So much fun!

We were hoping that Black Friday would produce a good gun sale- unfortuatenly never the case. We did get some $2 movies at Walmart.

Bryan and I with shy Lily Hollist
Sarah Lowery in the corner and Dave Foster posing
Katie Foster and Maranna Hollist with baby Ethan
Lily being shy again, Bryan, and Sarah in the back

I didn't get any pictures of Sarah with her husband Devon, dang it! I guess we were just over occupied with the great food.

November 5, 2009

A day I will remember for the rest of my life. I had no idea what was in store when I was floated to the Emergency Room. All I knew was there was a "disaster" in the area. I had not been briefed on the actual event. As I was walking to the ER, I felt like I was in a horror movie- passing people with blood, tears, and sweat running down their bodies.

Then I found out that a soldier open fired at the SRP building possibly injuring 30 plus people. It's hard enough when we loose soldiers abroad, but it is horrifying that they should come under fire at home on American soil. How could this be? What kind of soldier kills their comrades, their battle buddies?

Today, I had the opportunity to stand with 3,000 plus soldiers for the memorial service held in honor of the 13 fallen. I am not a big fan of Barack Obama, however, I think he gave an excellent speach at the memorial service. It was a bitter sweet ceremony- it gave closure to the many lives effected by this horrific tragedy.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. America truly needs it.

And please, remember and thank those who have sacraficed their lives for our country, so you and I can live freely.