Josh comes home on leave!
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| Josh and Alyssa |
Josh and Alyssa are engaged!
Well, let's start with the really good stuff...on his first night in town, Josh proposed to Alyssa! He had purchased the ring a few months ago and now it is finally where it belongs...on her finger. The wedding will be Monday November 7th in Gilbert at a very beautiful location...While on leave they were able to take care of some of the wedding details like the tux fitting, a visit to the wedding site and obtaining the marriage license. We are all very excited about this engagement and have welcomed Alyssa to our little family...
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| Josh and his mentor, Craig |
Police Memorial
On Monday, the kids went to the 38th Annual Arizona Peace Officers Memorial Service. Every year, on the first Monday in May, the Arizona Peace Officers Memorial Board honors the officers that have made the ultimate sacrifice and their families. Josh has attended every year that he possibly can; last year of course he was in BCT at Fort Leonard Wood.
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| Caio...The eating adventure begins! |
On Tuesday our cousin Maureen was in town for one day on business, it was pretty lucky that it was one of the days that Josh was home. We invited Aunt Jo and made a family night at out favorite Italian restaurant, Tagliani's. We had a really great time catching up and Alyssa got to meet another member of our family...
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| Josh signs the flag at Pullanos |
On Saturday we met the Greenrocks at Pullanos for pizza, wings and the opportunity for Josh to sign the 10th Mountain Division flag that Trent brought back from Fort Drum on his post deployment leave just a few weeks before. Trent also signed the flag when he was in town...It's very comforting to know that Josh and Trent are able to spend time together at Fort Drum. Thanks again to Paul and Eliean for inviting us!
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| Nice Ring!! |
What a blessing that Josh was home for Mothers Day...last year he was in red phase of BCT and I got a quick phone call...we had a great day that was capped off with a BBQ at Alyssa’s families home. It was a chance for us to meet more of Alyssa's family. It was alot of fun and we all felt very welcome.
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| Josh at Fort Drum... |
This was a busy leave for Josh with wedding activities, visiting with friends and families, some shopping, just hanging out and eating...I think we hit all of the culinary continents! It is always hard to put him back on the plane when leave is over and that morning was no exception...I think as an Army family we are always looking forward to the next leave and thinking about ways to support his efforts while we are all so far away. We all miss him very much and are very proud of him...His next leave will be for the wedding in November...then we will all be preparing for his deployment to Iraq...
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