I wanted a way to still send pretty packages but not have crushed bows on the other end. So, I came up with this look and I actually really like it. May have to wrap some of my non-mailed packages that way as well!

My boy with some of the guys from his unit right before they left today on their deployment. We did a few serious photos and then I said okay guys smile and this is what I got! LOL

Samsung digital camera

Outside the building

Away in the van for a couple of nights with no wifi or phone signal. Bliss

full EOD gear....too heavy for me!

sleepy "Thick"

34th ID Band deployment party at the Rosemount, American Legion, 07 FEB 2009.

Karol Munyan, 6, sits with her father Benjamin Munyan, 28, after the Headquarters and Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry Deployment Ceremony Sunday.

Kathleen Duncan / Observer-Dispatch

Rome, France, Boat life

These pictures were taken at the Jumeirah in Dubai. It's a scenic mall

that looks like a castle.

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