Well the girlfriend has been bugging me about how little her picture is on here so I take a moment out of my Army story to give her props on my blog "here ya go babe"

Rachael with the 2nd Plt. macot "Rubber duck Boomer" such a ladies man errr duck! 

Closer to the Sandbox

Well everyone it’s now phase two of my journey to Iraq. I am now here in Ft. Dix, NJ. training up with my company, how long we will be determined how well we perform our missions in training. To fill you all in on what has happened since the last time I wrote, I have some great pictures of Chicago, and my family. After we were done in Joplin, MO. we got to have labor day weekend off, so I took the opportunity to visit my best friend at her new apt. in Chicago. So as we get out and start to train here at ft. Dix I will be posting more pictures, but for now enjoy those I have taken so far. Talk to you guys later!

Katie @ her new apt. 

Mom's porch on Cody's B-day 

Sears Tower 

Sears tower 

Silver blob in Milenium park in Chicago 

Chicago shoreline S. of Navy Pier 

Chicago shorline N. side of Navy Pier 

North view from J.H. bldg. 

South View from J.H. bldg. 

John Hancock bldg. 

Beautiful Chicago river 

House of Blues Art 

House of Blues 

Chicago 

House of Blues 

A glimpse into my life in the Army

Well everyone, its been a few weeks now training here in the show me state with these MP's, and I gotta tell you it's been alot of fun. We work hard but man we play even harder! I have started to make good buddies with a couple of the guys and am quickly gaining a reputation for dishing out pushups if you miss a fault with your mask and I find it. Here's some pictures that show you what I have been up down here, and the wonderful barbers we have, enjoy!

Look at the precision, truly the work of an artist! 

Welcome to "Salon Army" we guarantee your cut in 2 min or it's free!

Keeping the itunes on the labtop bumpin while working on the masks 

Gotta show these guys what to do (so serious huh?) 

Making sure my soldiers masks will keep them alive (gotta have my red gatorade!) 

Working on the masks 

Adventure to Iraq

Well friends and family my blog will now take a different tone, I am now on active duty with the 414th MPCO getting ready to deploy to Iraq. Hopefully where I am at I will have access to the net and be able to keep you all updated.

Izzy's 1st birthday 7/30/05

Hey everybody we celebrated little stars 1st birthday and it was a blast. Here are some pictures for those who weren't able to come.

"I think I like the wrapping the best!" (Izzy) 

Everybody is having a great time! (From left to right) Dawn, Chrissy (Rachael's cousin), Mommy and Star, Katie (my bestfriend), and Mom (Sky) 

There's my uncle Cody, I like his shirt.