Scott is back on U.S. soil! He left this wonderful land last October and hasn't been back until Saturday. While we are both overjoyed that he is much closer to home, his accommodations are less than fantastic. He calls it "Prison Westbrook". If you've ever seen the show "Hogan's Heroes", you'll understand what he means. :) He refers regularly to the show when describing his current situation, ha ha. (Don't be fooled by these blue skies - this is not Kuwait. It's El Paso, Texas on Sunday evening) It took a long time, per the usual Army speed, to get everyone's gear loaded up and all the soldiers loaded up and headed to the airport back in Kuwait. Scott sent me photos periodically while he waited in the heat. They had to skip both breakfast and lunch while they worked in the sun and then waited some more. As they rode on the bus to the airport, watching their LAST sunset in the Middle East, Scott sent a message to our family group text: &qu

My youngest son, Benson, has received an important promotion in Northern Italy! I'm so proud of him! He is now a Senior Airman. (with his proud and supportive wife, Kylie, at his side) He has made one good impression after another in the last year that he's been on Aviano AFB. This was such a happy culmination of all of his efforts over there.  He told us that the next step for him in the Air Force is Staff Sergeant. So that's pretty awesome!  And on top of all that excitement, Benson and Kylie got puppies! Yes, not just one puppy, but TWO!! They are Akita puppies and siblings - a boy and a girl. And they are SO CUTE!! If puppies could stay puppies forever they would just bring a whole lot of sparkle and cuteness to the world. (Let's not talk about potty training or kennel training . . . just focus on the cuteness . . . nothing else) This morning our family woke up to some of the cutest videos EVER!! Video #1: Mocha, the girl puppy, is outside and listening to the beau