Home the conquering Hero.......

OK Must catch up really quickly...lol. The last two weeks before school have been busy. My baby brother came home for a visit and of course his new wife, Heather.

Here she is with my sisters youngest son:

I say new wife but it has really been over a year since the wedding. It was just an awfully quick year. They are stationed on the West Coast so they don't get home much. But this particular weekend he had just graduated from Ranger school here in GA and so they came home to visit on what little leave he had. And OMG!!! What a guy. They say he has 2% body fat....I never found it.

Chris has been in the Military since he graduated from High School. Literally.....two or three days after he walked he was on a bus to Paris Island, SC. (Boot camp in SC in the summer...can you say GUNG HO!!) And he has always done so well. Went to a Military college. Top of every class, awards and accolades all the way. Did a tour of Iraq and some time in Korea. Ribbons, medals, coins, rank and hard earned privileges all the way. He is truly the perfect Soldier...dedicated, determined, responsible. He is who will keep us safe and sound. He will assure my children a safe place to raise theirs. He will also be remembered for all time by those children as the Dude with the MRE's. I coulda died. Poor guy has been eating MRE's for 3 months. But did he shirk...nope. When the conversation came up he was up and into his car and brought back assorted varieties for the kids to try. Even did an impromptu presentation on how they work for we the civilians who have never cooked food in boxes before:

*****UPDATE: I can not get the video to load and I don't know how to edit it....Sorry guys..It was really good.**********

Note to those at home: Very little that was edible made it past Chris that weekend. It seems they don't feed you nearly as many calories as you burn so I have at least 6 shots of him that look just like this:

But not a single bite of MRE touched his lips.