19 May 2010

East Coast trip

Emma and I got back a week ago from our time out on the east coast. Here are some pictures I took while out there before my camera ran out of batteries. Yeah, that's a bad habit of mine.

Here's the story behind our trip: Our original plan was to go out to North Carolina from the 2nd to the 12th of May to help out my sister who was due to give birth to her third son on the 8th. Her husband was scheduled to be deployed in Afghanistan until late summer/early fall. But he got hit by an IED mid-April and was flown to Washington D.C. and hospitalized there. Jenna drove up, pregnant as can be, with her two boys to be with him. So Emma and I flew out early and met up with them in D.C. to help out. When Shane was released to go home for a week, we drove down to North Carolina where they live. While I was there I got to see the girls and also visit a couple old friends. Jenna gave birth to Trayson on the 8th -her due date -so I got to meet him before heading home. And since Shane was back he got to be there for the birth. It was a good trip! Of course I missed Damian and the kids and am very glad to be home with them now. But it was so good to visit Jenna and her family. And I'm glad she didn't go into labor while we were in D.C.!