Le Bel Update

Well it has been a crazy month for the Le Bel family. Robert graduated Airborne school and has his "wings" now. We are so proud of him. I was able to fly out and watch the graduation ceremony and spend a few days with him before we flew home together. It was amazing. Georgia is beautiful, way too humid, but when you live in a greenhouse everything is GREEN!!!! The buildings are so historical and majestic, and the people are very diverse. It was so much fun. We flew in on Monday the 20th and Tuesday morning we found out that Robert is being deployed to Iraq on August 17th. :( Obviously it isn't what we had planned for, but we had prepared for it. We are trying to enjoy every minute of time we have together.

The first weekend Robert was home we loaded the family up and headed to the coast to camp for a few days. It was so nice to escape and hide from the world after such bad news. We totally enjoyed the time we had over there. It was cool, in the 60's, while back home was over 100...

Robert started work on Monday and is adjusting to the short time he will be there. He will work for about two weeks and then have a few days off before he leaves. We are planning on going to Bend on the 14th for a family reunion campout, however, it may end up not working out. We did just find out that the National Guard may not let him leave the area. Apparently he needs to keep his phone on him and ready to deploy at any minute. So being 3 hours away maynot be an option.

The boys love having their daddy home, and don't stop hugging and wrestling with him. They are taking the deployment incredibly well, but I suspect it will be very hard when he actually leaves again. Carson gets to have his Daddy Day and get his Kindergaten shots next week. Then he gets to pick any activity to do with daddy for the day and then have a nice dinner out. I think it will be the Family Fun Center, but we will see what he chooses. The other boys are so busy enjoying summer. We have swam a lot, watched tons of movies, played lots of games, and now are hunkering down in our air conditioned house till the temps drop below 100.

That pretty much catches you all up to date. I have a lot of pictures to post but just havent taken the time to do it. I will soon, probably after Robert leaves. We are staying positive and enjoying our time with him. The Lord has a plan for us and we are supporting and embracing it.