Our hero leaves, we will miss him!

Our Daddy is our hero and We love him very much. Stay safe and come home soon.

Flags covered our yard and lined our street. It was a nice touch and meant a lot to our family, especially Sean and Pat. The flags were placed by Sean's football team, his scout group and our church. A special thanks to everyone that took the time to let us know we were thought about and appreciated.

It was a very early morning on July 8th in fact I am not sure we ever went to sleep. Everyone woke up early to include our friends Lynda and Kayla that were going to take us to catch the bus then take care of the boys for us. Luckily we finally got all packed the night before around 1:00am. I am so proud of my husband and best friend. What an awesome soldier he is and I love him so much.

Well we all look a little tired and a little sad but for the most part we all hung in there together. The boys were very excited one of the families had baked home made chocolate chip cookies so that was their breakfast at 5:00am. Poor Lynda, for them to be on a sugar high so early in the day.

Austin loved his Daddy blanket and insisted on carrying it around along with Chili, his buddy and his American flag. Yes, he even left room for his cookie.
All I can say is priceless..I couldn't ask for a better father for my boys
This was probably the hardest good bye for all of us. It will be a tough year for my Sean and I pray each day that he knows his Daddy loves him and misses him so much.

Poor lil guys just have no idea.....but they know their Daddy loves them

Colby was very proud of his new shirt for the day.

Mommy had to say good bye too. What a rough day for our family. Thank goodness God was there to wrap his arms around all of us.

We are on the beginning of our year long journey and I just pray for Pat's health and safety and I pray the year will fly by. We will get through this because we have Him to lead us and guide us and protect us just as he always has.