Jenna's dedication

We had Jenna dedicated this past Sunday. It was the only Sunday left that something else was not going on before Rob leaves. That is Pastor George in the picture with us, he is the interim pastor that is here for the year while Rob is gone. He arrived in February, so they would have some overlap time. Rob has really enjoyed being able to have staff meetings with George, Patrick (our associate pastor), and himself. Just being able to work along with George has been a joy for him. George was the interim here before we came, so it has been great to bring him back.

It was the first time one of our kids was dedicated and we did not have family come in from out of town. This weekend Rob's sister Jennifer and brother Brad and their families along with his parents and uncle and aunt David and Sandy will be here for the commissioning service at our church for the deployment. So we are looking forward having them all here.

More Jenna

Here are some really cute pictures of Jenna that I wanted to share. She is smiling a lot more, she is very content in her swing and likes to look at the mobile that goes around on the swing. I like to get as many pictures of her with Rob as I can.

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Rob had a short TV news interview today, it was on the 5 and 10 pm news. He was trying to get the word out for a commissioning service that we will have at the church on Sunday, so he contacted the news station and they came and interviewed him. We hope that this is a way to reach the family members of the deployed soldiers. His uncle David, who is a retired Army Chaplain will be speaking at the service.

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Little Army man

This was from the last drill weekend Rob had about a month ago. When ever Rob has his stuff out the kids like to get into it. Garrett also has his own jacket and pants, although it is the old style camouflage.

Sick

We have been at home since Friday when Emma came down with a fever, she had to miss a good friend's rollerskating birthday party on Saturday. I planned to be able to go to church on Sunday and then Garrett woke up sick on Sunday. Today we are stranded home because of snow and ice. My brother said the talked about it on KARE-11 news, out of Minneapolis tonight "ice and snow in Casper, WY". It was white out for several hours this morning and then let up tonight. When I went out to get some wood, the snow was to my knees. Then temp seemed pretty warm though, probably about 30, but that could be relatively speaking. I had 3 people call to see if I needed anything today and others just to check on us. We really are blessed by all the care that God set up for us while Rob is gone!!

Smiling

I have been trying to capture Jenna smiling, especially to be able to show some pictures to Rob, but she does not smile all the time and when she does it seems I do not have time to get my camera. Here Garrett was enjoying helping me, as you can see the many positions he used trying to get her to smile.

Family visit

We had a great time with Grandma Anderson, and Caleb and Sharon visiting. Here are some pictures to update you on Jenna.