Friday, August 6, 2010

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JALEN" & "WELCOME HOME, TROY"






NOTE: DIGITALS HAVE BEEN REMOVED; HOWEVER, IF YOU STILL WANT THESE IMAGES, JUST E-MAIL ME: dianemoneygoolsby@yahoo.com


Today is a very, very, very, very, very special day for our family. The reasons: Today is our sweet, wonderful oldest grandson's, Jalen, 10th Birthday today; and our sweet, wonderful son, Troy, is getting home.

Jalen said, "This is going to be my best birthday ever because my Dad is coming home and I get my ID card."

His Dad (our son Troy) has been on a 6+ month deployment on the USS Russell. When big ships come into Pearl Harbor they are guided by little tug boats. It's amazing how tugs so small can set the course for such big ships. Also, the USS Russell will be a wonderful site to see because all the sailors are lined up along all the decks, and the ship has a HUGE lei on it's bow!. I can't adequately describe it so take a look at the USS Russell's Facebook site.

Even though Troy and his family are in Hawaii, we are there with them in our heart and no less excited.

Our special day brings surprises for you, too, my wonderful bloggers. You get two new Digis today. The yummy Ice Cream Sundae Digi is for Jalen because, as I've mentioned before, ice cream is his (and mine) favorite dessert. And the Tug Boat is to commerate Troy's return home. Above the Freebies are my sample cards. Could I see yours, please?

Please keep our son and his family in you prayers.

Diane

12 comments:

  1. Oh what a wonderful day. Happy Birthday to your grandson and Congrats on your son coming home. Thank you so much for the fun digis.

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  2. Great goodies for us, and you get some too (in your special events!) Hope it's a fun filled day!

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  3. What an exciting time for you and your family.
    Thank you for these fabulous digi's.

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  4. What a wonderful day for your family.

    Thank you for the digis.

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  5. Happy birthday to your grandson, Jalen, and it is wonderful when our service men come home. I understand, as my eldest just came home f rom deployment on a submarine. this was a short trip, 3 monoliths.

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  6. So happy for your family for both celebrations. Thank you for sharing part of your celebration with us. My own son is deployed to S Korea right now, I cannot wait for him to come home in a year and a half.

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  7. So sweet. Thanks for sharing.

    Emily C

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  8. Thanks for the lovely digis. My dad was a tugboat captain so I know how you feel. Before that, we were always standing in line, at the dock, waiting for my dad to come home. Just traveled to Hawaii last year. It is paradise, your family is so lucky to be stationed there and to have your son return home safely. Blessings to all of you. Barbara

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  9. Your son and his family are in my prayers! I'm so happy he's coming home. Please thank him from me and my family!

    Thank you for the fun images!!

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  10. Happy birthday to your grandson ...and happy homecoming to your son....Thanks for sharing your story ...God bless you and your family

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  11. love your images. thank you for sharing them.

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  12. Love this two images especially the ice cream.
    Can you emailed the ice cream image?
    Prayers to your family!

    **Sony**
    Sonia-Studio60

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