Grant Me A Wish

Time for another post.

2011-05-18T10:11:00.000-07:00

It was brought to my attention that I havent posted in quite a while by my sister. Not much has happened, Kennedy and Kyler come for their visits ever couple of months and we have fun and they dont like going home but I have no control over that. I wish I did because I would love for them to stay with me.
I am extremely sore from helping Dad with the pavers, you can see pictures of them if you go to his blog. But it is going away slowly and I can walk and stand from a sitting position without wincing. And I will once again start working out as I regularly did prior to helping. Trying to lose some weight and gain some muscle. Well that is all right now.

An update.

2011-03-10T07:49:00.000-08:00

So in December my case for more visitation and custody for Kennedy and Kyler came to a close with me getting joint legal custody and the kids for half of ever school break they have. So far I have had them twice and will have them again the end of this month. Every visit has been nice, I wish I could take time off from work to be with them while they are here. But I cant do that since I am not allowed any time off during rotations. Training the soldiers prior to their deployments is a constant thing and is a 24/7 job, which is very important. Having been deployed and having not received the training I was due before my deployment I want everyone else to be prepared as I wasnt.
The only problem I have right now is child support, I am shelling out more than half of what I take home in child support, to Kennedy and Kyler alone. That isnt including Kyliena's child support. This seemed totally fair to the judge in the hearing, which amazes me. I dont see how the state of California can think that a person can live on so little money. And if it werent for my parents, who I am extremely grateful for, I wouldnt be able to live. They let me stay with them, they give me a place to live and food to eat.
In all, I am blessed to be included in my children's lives, and with a wonderful family and support system.

So it looks like it is time...

2010-06-15T10:23:00.000-07:00

To start looking for another lawyer. Brittany has decided that how much I pay in child support isn't enough. I told her that if she really wanted to go through with this, I would just take her back to court and push for partial, if not joint custody of the kids. This time the court cant put me off with a weak argument like, you have never met your kids. Not really my fault, I tried but when I did, I was turned away by the police.
Because after the last time we went to court, Brittany agreed that I should get visitation. Kennedy and Kyler have visited with me twice since then, its sort of hard to see them when they are so far away. I have also tried to keep up with calling them and talking to them, but sometimes we just cant meet up. But now Kennedy and Kyler know me, and they love me and want to spend time with me. When I do get to talk with them, they always ask when they can see me again.
So I will get a better lawyer this time, someone who will actually listen to what I tell them and do what I ask. And when I do get at least partial custody I wont have to worry about things like this again.
I have offered another choice to Brittany, one which I feel is fair, but which she will most likely never take. It seems to me as though taking care of the kids and working are too much of a strain on her. I have offered to take the children, she can have joint, partial custody of them whatever she wants. She can visit them whenever she likes, take them for whatever holiday she wants. But she will never have to give me a penny because I believe that just having my kids is a bigger blessing than having a little extra money.
That being said, I love Kennedy and Kyler, and look forward to having them this summer. I also miss Kyliena, and I wish she was older and able to come visit as well.

Job Update

2010-06-08T08:47:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know it is late, but really, better late than never. I have a job!!!! I am posting this from my job. I have been working at Fort Irwin as a TAF analyst for the past month now. Pretty much I help the Army with their training, making sure it goes smoothly, before they deploy. It is a good job, 2 weeks of being really busy, and then usually close to a week off, then a week of slow, then back into 2 weeks of being busy. I miss my kids, but in about a month I will have Kennedy and Kyler again. Kyliena still has yet to make her way out to California for a visit with my side of the family. But I am still hopefull that she will make it out here soon. Well that is enough of an update for now.

So it was my birthday.

2010-04-21T18:32:00.000-07:00

The 17th was my birthday. Got a card and money from my Granddad and Grandma Black. Thanks for that. Ceri got me a 3 lb bag of Haribo Gummi Bears. Still working on those, they are awesome though. Just wanted to let me kids know that I am thinking of them and I love them. Hope everyone is doing well.

Saturday is the day.

2010-04-01T19:24:00.000-07:00

So I get Kennedy and Kyler this coming Saturday. It has been sort of rough getting it figured out. First we were supposed to meet them in Las Vegas, then it got changed to St. George, then it almost became a no deal. But luckily we were able to work things out and meet in St. George. I am so excited because it has been a while since the last time I saw them.

Looking for work.

2010-03-05T15:47:00.001-08:00

Well I have some job prospects, but looking for a job these days stinks. I am just glad that I have friends and old acquaintances to fall back on when looking for a job. I will be going back to college shortly as well, thank you GI Bill. Everything will be paid for so I can just do it on my time and not worry about another bill to pay. Kennedy and Kyler will be coming down here the first week of April. I am excited for that. It will have been almost 6 months since I saw them last. I am missing Kyliena, being able to see her on a daily basis spoiled me. I wish she was closer. I wish all my kids were closer. Well thats it for now.

Back in Apple Valley!!!

2010-02-22T07:07:00.001-08:00

Yeah, maybe a little too excited, but I am happy nonetheless. I have decided that there are certain things I cant control, so I am going back to school. Going to use my GI Bill and get my degree in either Criminal Justice or International Relations focusing on Asia. My mind isnt totally made up on either but we will see, I have always felt like going into law enforcement. But I am free from all other concerns, I still love and miss my children but I believe the best thing I can do right now is get an education and get a better job. Thats about all that has gone on in my life since my last post so consider this the end. Love you all.

Sorry its been a while.

2010-02-03T12:16:00.000-08:00

Well still no job, I almost had another one, but I couldnt score high enough on the Tagalog test. I passed the Arabic portion of my test. I have been trying to find something to help me pay my bills and get me a permanent place to stay so I could use my GI bill. But everyone I turn an application into tells me that I am too qualified, or do not meet their expectations. Oh well, I love you all.

Snow in Texas

2009-12-24T14:39:00.000-08:00

So yeah, I know it has snowed in Texas before, but it was 73 degrees yesterday, and today its snowing. Crazy huh, guess thats global warming for ya. Anyway, I thought I had a job in St Louis, signed a contract and everything, then I was informed that they chose to go with someone else. I am still up for the job in Tampa, but it looks like I will be in Texas for a little while longer. Well just an update, and Merry Christmas everyone.

Visit with Kennedy and Kyler

2009-12-02T16:57:00.000-08:00

So, I just got done having Kennedy and Kyler with me for a nice long weekend, from Friday to Tuesday. We had a lot of fun. We played a lot of games, Kennedy ended up winning most of them. But mainly it was nice to finally get to know my kids after three years of not being able to see them. Kennedy and Kyler had fun walking the dogs, playing with Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Molly. They made some Christmas ornaments from pine cones so they could hang them up on their tree back at their home. All in all it was a wonderful time. I will miss them immensely until I am able to see them again. Well that's it for now, I love you all.

Out of the Air Force YAY!!!!

2009-11-22T17:16:00.000-08:00

So I am out of the Air Force, I finished my last little bit of out processing, and once they said you are good to go I switched into some civies and got on the road. In other news, I visited Sam and Ky on my way home here are a few pictures of Ky, my favorites.
So Kyliena might kill me when she gets older for posting the one of her crying, but it was just too cute. It wasnt real crying, it was fake, give me what I want crying. Really cute.
Hopefully I will see Kennedy and Kyler in the next week or so. I am looking forward to that as well.
Otherwise I am looking for a job and enjoying being free again. That is all for now, I love you all.
I forgot to mention that I made it safely to my parents house as well.

Happy Halloween!!

2009-10-31T18:20:00.001-07:00

Well Here are the kids in their costumes, as you can tell Kennedy is Ariel, Kyler is Spiderman, and Kyliena is a pirate, and Sam, standing behind Kyliena is in polka dot slippers, not really sure what her costume is supposed to be. I love you all.

Once again I know its been a while...

2009-10-29T18:29:00.001-07:00

Not much has been happening in my life lately, just getting closer and closer to the end of my enlistment. House sold without too many issues, felt bad because my mortgage company decided to charge more than I thought I owed, according to the monthly statements, so I had to raise the price selling it to my friends. I didn't make any profit off it like I wanted to, but at least I am out from under the mortgage, and I know to never do business with any branch of Citi ever again.
Like I said my time with the Air Force is shortly coming to an end, and I am so happy. I could start my Terminal Leave on the 5th of Nov, but the only guy in my squadron who can approve the leave is on leave himself till this upcoming Monday. So I have to sit back and wait for him to get back before I can do anything.
I still get to talk to Kennedy and Kyler every now and again, and I have started seeing Kyliena on the webcam. She is becoming cuter every day, and her hair is getting longer finally. Ill try to get a picture of her, a new one up soon. I love you all.

Havent written in a while.

2009-09-17T13:21:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to let Kennedy, Kyler and Kyliena know that I love them. Work is going alright, I get to call Kennedy and Kyler every night, and most nights Brittany answers the phone. When she doesnt I just leave a message for Kennedy and Kyler.
The sale of my house will be final at the end of this month. So I will be putting stuff in storage and finding a room to rent until I am done. The job hunt isnt looking very well. I have had a few hits on my resume, but they havent worked out. We will see what happens.

Picture of my kids.

2009-08-20T12:06:00.000-07:00

Not much time for me too write too much, I just wanted to post this.

I talked to Kennedy and Kyler.

2009-08-13T08:55:00.000-07:00

So for the first time in almost two years, I was able to talk to Kennedy and Kyler. I was so happy to hear their voices. Kyler pretty much just said hi to me, and then proceeded to play with the phone I guess. But Kennedy told me that she loves and misses me and wants me to come see her. She also said that she has gotten really good at hula hooping. Brittany and I were able to come to an understanding where I would be able to talk to them every night before they went to bed, mainly because the time I get out of work is the time they go to bed. But that is fine for me, going to bed knowing that their father loves them is about all I could ask for right now. There is still a lot more that needs to be worked out but I am happy with this small bit right now.
Also I have found a buyer for my house, they are from the ward, and they wanted to stay in the ward but there werent any houses in the ward boundaries that were available. But they heard from the bishop that I would be leaving soon and they in turn talked to me, they love the house, right neighborhood, right price so they are getting everything set up for a quick, painless sale.
Well thats it for now, I love you all.

Pictures around my home.

2009-07-21T10:14:00.000-07:00

First off, these are flowers, they are gladiolas (thanks mom), that are growing around my home without me doing any work on
them at all.

The next one is a visitor I had one day. I was sitting around watching a movie on Hulu.com, yes a shameless plug but I love that website. Well anyway, I heard a loud thunk at the door, and it scared me pretty bad. I went and looked out the peephole and didnt see anyone, then it hit me that a bird probably hit the door, so I opened the door and looked down and there he was.

I was actually able to open up my storm door and get a picture right next to him. But neither of those came out well. But Mr. Bird sat there on my doormat for about 1 hour and then took off, but not before leaving me a little present. I guess it was a "Thanks for your hospitality, jerk" kind of poo. Well that has been my funny news, hope you enjoyed. I love you all.

Sorry its been a while.

2009-07-18T14:03:00.000-07:00

I have been quite busy, I am nearing the end of my time here. I have had a few job offers, not quite sure which one I will take, but some look more promising than others. I have some pictures that I will post, along with a story about one of them. I just wanted to let my kids know that I havent stopped thinking about them. I just have been distracted and havent gotten to updating this blog in a while. I love you, Kennedy, Kyler and Kyliena, hope to see you all soon.

Next Court Date

2009-06-13T10:05:00.000-07:00

The 25th of this month will be the next time we will go before the court. The first time was just a postponement so that we could see if we could get some things set up, and to allow more time to pass so that I am closer to getting out of the military. Nothing has come so far, I still dont have a number or address where I can get ahold of Kennedy or Kyler. I am asking my lawyer if me showing up for the hearing will help at all, and if it does, then I will head out to California so I can be there, and to help shine some light on the situation.
I love Kennedy and Kyler, and will do anything to be in their lives. I am sad that it has come to this, that I have not been able to even talk to them for over a year now. I am sorry that everyone else in my family has been denied contact with them too. Kennedy and Kyler deserve to know their whole family, the Fox side of the family. As of right now, as far as I know, the last contact they had with anyone on my side of the family was Chase and Jenn, and Ceri over Christmas, and only Chase and Jenn since last Easter. Kennedy and Kyler, I am trying to see you, I love you two so much, and miss you.
Sam and Kyliena are still in England, they went on "holiday" for the last week, meaning they went on a vacation on their vacation. From what Sam had told me it sounds like they had fun. I cant wait till they get home as well. Well thats it for now, I will keep everyone updated.

New Blog

2009-06-07T06:09:00.000-07:00

This blog is for me to post things for my kids. I want to make a blog to post lines from my books, a place where I can voice my concerns and issues and just random things. Everyone is free to read them, offer suggestions or totally rail on me if you think my line of thought is out of line. The blog is named after the tentative name for my book:
http://www.sleeperseries.blogspot.com/
Check it out if you want.

How the court case is coming.

2009-06-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

Well, let's see... Not much new, there are a lot of lies floating out there, and once they are shown to be false, then we will finally be able to progress in this. I want to thank everyone for their prayers and support. I will hopefully at least be able to see Kennedy and Kyler soon, well the soonest would be in November, when I am tentatively getting out of the military. Brittany is against letting me see them through web cam meetings. I dont think that will hurt anything, and it will help me get to know them better.
I am at least getting out of the military, I know that much at least. Because every year they make you take a promotion test, and I denied it this year. If you deny it, then you can not reenlist. I wouldn't see any benefit from taking it anyway, I just wanted my higher ups to know that I am serious about getting out of the military.
I think i will be staying on the day shift this next go around, hopefully my days off will shift a little so I can go to church. Well I love Kennedy, Kyler and Kyliena. Oh yeah, Sam and Kyliena are in England right now visiting relatives. So we dont get to talk as much as we usually do. I really miss them a lot. Kyliena is growing up so much. Walking all over the place, getting into everything, I cant wait until we are all together.

So tired...

2009-05-09T13:42:00.001-07:00

Well I had the mediation call, and it went how I pretty much expected it to go. So it is on to court, where the actual truth will be shown.
Getting up at 0445 every morning is starting to take its toll on me. Its not that I'm not getting enough sleep, just that its so early.
Countdown to getting out of the Air Force is looking pretty good. Almost 6 months exactly, I really cant wait, plus I cant wait to see if I can get my job afterward. The same job, I just get to grow facial hair, and wear civilian clothes, all you civilians don't understand how nice that is, maybe dad does, but his uniform doesn't look that uncomfortable. I'm talking the one he would always leave for work in, not the one he wears when he is on a call.
Sam and Ky are really looking forward to their trip to the UK coming up shortly. I will be sad that they are gone, we will be talking less cause it would cost a fortune to talk as much as we do now.
Other than that, things are going fine. Just wanted to let Kennedy and Kyler know that I am thinking about them and that I love them.

My Birthday

2009-04-17T16:34:00.000-07:00

Well, I am 28 today. This really has been one of my best birthdays yet. It was my monday for my shift, so that was a little disappointing, but a friend at work made me a from-scratch, chocolate cake with chocolate raspberry frosting. I got a present from another friend, 2 books. I was really excited about those, got the newest Raymond Feist book. He is my favorite author.
I feel real blessed, I am happy that everyone is talking to me and things are going good in my life. Hopefully soon the court case will be resolved and I will see Kennedy and Kyler again. The case will be going to court in May, so please pray that whatever happens, it will be the best for Kennedy and Kyler. Well I love you all, Ill write more later.

Switching to day shift

2009-03-31T10:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I am done working at nights. I will now start working from 0630-1430. I have Wed-Thurs off. Not really a big deal to me, but still I would have liked to have at least Sunday off. Oh well, what am I going to do. I did get placed in training for a job I would rather do. And it might help me get a job afterward.
Hopefully soon, things in my life will be a lot better, hopefully I will be able to talk to and see Kennedy and Kyler. I miss them every single day. Kyliena is starting to walk. I'm sad that I missed her first steps, but she is growing, and in the high 90 percentile for height. Things seem to be going well for me. Now if only I could transfer that into a winning lottery ticket and rid myself of money issues. Oh well, cant wish for too much. I love you all and hope you are doing well.

Happy Birthday Kennedy

2009-03-18T05:45:00.000-07:00

Well it is Kennedy's birthday. I got together with my parents and was able to get her a dress-up dress. Here is a picture of it.Brittany has moved again, without telling anyone her address. But luckily the post office was able to forward it from her old address, and Kennedy should have gotten it, and know that I am thinking of her. The cow in the picture is the card I sent. Once again, Happy Birthday Kennedy, I love and miss you.

My battle with the post lady

2009-03-03T06:03:00.000-08:00

I put Kennedy's birthday card in the mail yesterday morning. I have a roll of forever stamps that i bought a few years back. If you recall forever stamps can be used no matter when, hence the name; Forever Stamps.

Well I got my mail when I was leaving for work at night and this is what was in my mailbox, along with the card:

If you cant read that it says something like: This stamp is from 2007 which if I remember correct is 39c postage (something) 42c. This card will come back due to not enough postage. Thanks, Donna.
She also made a mark on the stamp, which I will show here:
So she drew a little circle around the stamp, I dont understand why she did that but, eh, what are you going to do. So in order to let her know that they are forever stamps I wrote her a note that I put inside the mailbox with the card, no change to the stamp:
You should be able to read what I wrote, but if you cant summary is, forever stamps last forever no matter the price, and if it wont be able to be sent because it was drawn on, just come knock on my door till I wake up and I will put another stamp on there.
Other than that, I am starting a course at my job that will help me find a job after I get out, I was lucky to get it. So that is something that looks good in my life for right now. Cant say much else about it. Well I love and miss you all.

Cool Fact

2009-02-13T15:18:00.000-08:00

I was watching a tv show and on it it talked about the counterterrorism calender, and the only day that there hasnt been a terror attack was March 18th. I thought this was very neat. Since, you know its Kennedy's birthday. Just thought I would put that out there. The link to it is.

http://www.nctc.gov/site/calendar/index.html

Happy Birthday Kyliena

2009-02-05T04:34:00.000-08:00

Well it is Ky's birthday today. She is 1 year old today. I wish I could be there, but she is still in Texas with her mom.
Just in case you are wondering, this will be the premise of my book, and if it ever gets published i expect the summary of it to be:
Daniel Cooper is just a plain first term military guy. He has dreamed of always being the main character in the adventures he has read. Being far from home and away from his family he decides that he needs a pet, something to keep him company. While out shopping around for a pet he comes across a Ferret who seems to be drawn to him. He takes the ferret home and comes to find out that his dreams will never be the same.
Thats about it, I would go in more, but I guess you will have to wait until I am finished and get it published *fingers crossed*.
I love you all.

It Snowed in South Carolina.

2009-01-23T05:06:00.000-08:00

And it stuck for about 1 hour, then it all melted away, I am still a kid at heart and would have loved to play in it. I saw some pictures of Kennedy and Kyler playing in the snow. I wish I could have been there to play with them. I get pictures of Kyliena all the time, she is growing fast. Sam tells me that she pulls herself up now and is getting into everything.
Well, it is time for me to go to bed, just wanted to write some of my thoughts down. Oh, one more thing, I started writing a book. Just something to pass the time. I am having a friend from work read it every once and a while and having him help me get through the rough parts where my mind seems to freeze up. I know nothing will probably come from it, but its something that I wanted to do for a while, so I decided I have tons of time on my hands so I will write a book. I love you all.

2009-01-08T04:37:00.000-08:00

I would like to remind anyone who reads this. That my sole purpose for making this blog is so that my children will know that I love them and that I am always thinking of them. Please don't write anything negative here.
With that out of the way, work is going alright. I just switched to the 1030 at night to 0630 in the morning schedule. Its hard to stay awake the first couple nights on that shift. I had to go out and do some quick exercises every hour or so in order to make it through. Well thats about all that has gone on. I love you all.

Happy New Year

2008-12-31T21:25:00.000-08:00

Well, its 2009, at least here on the east coast. Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Wishing I could be closer to my family, but this will be the last New Year that I have to spend alone, and in the Air Force. Love you all.

A Christmas Present for everyone.

2008-12-22T20:49:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to everyone. This beautiful little girl that I am holding, is my daughter. Her name is Kyliena Jill Fox. She was born on Feb 5th. Her mother and I are most likely going to get married, hopefully (its up to her right now). But I figured the best gift that I could give my family was to introduce them to my beautiful daughter. As of now, she lives with in Texas with her mother, Samantha. Kennedy and Kyler, yes I know have 2 kids who can be called Ky (I had no say in either names), this is your little sister. I love you all. Once again I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.

Christmas Memory

2008-12-21T21:00:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to tell a short story about a memory I have about Kennedy and Christmas. We got to Aiken, SC in the beginning of November. So we had our first Christmas away from all family here, together as a small family here. One day we were going out for a drive, I think it was to look at Christmas lights, and we got Kennedy into her car seat and I was being silly and saying Merry Christmas a lot. I guess I annoyed Kennedy because every time I would say it, she would roll her eyes and say "Oh Grant". It was so cute, I'm sure she learned that from her mom, since I was always being silly.

2008-12-17T07:34:00.000-08:00

Well, it is getting close to being Christmas. I just want to wish a Merry Christmas to Kennedy and Kyler, and everyone else.
Somehow I got lucky and my regular break days are both on Christmas and New Years. All I will be doing is sitting at home though, ha ha. I offered to switch with someone who has a family they would rather be at home with, so far no one has taken me up on my offer. Most people in this job field work the holidays around their schedules. But yesterday marked the beginning of my last year in the Air Force. I'm so excited to finally be getting out, and being able to get closer to Kennedy and Kyler, and family.
Other than that, not much has happened since the last post. Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday time, Merry Christmas everyone.

2008-11-27T17:41:00.000-08:00

Well it is Thanksgiving. I haven't been doing much. I am being trained again on how to do my job after being gone for so long. Just want to wish Kennedy and Kyler a happy Thanksgiving, along with everyone else, hopefully your dinner is better than the bowl of soup I just had, haha.
Other than that, life is going well. Every day I clean the house a little bit more. All the leaves are falling off the trees, and I never really had to rake leaves before, but it needs to be done. I remember growing up if there were leaves on the lawn, there weren't many so we would just mow them up. I remember the first Thanksgiving we had here in this house. Was the first one that your mom actually cooked herself. It was pretty good, and we sat at the table, Kennedy was in her booster seat. She really loved mashed potatoes, I wonder if she still does. Well Kennedy and Kyler, I love you both and I hope you have a fun time for these holidays.

2008-11-04T09:28:00.000-08:00

So, this is me, driving home. I took this picture somewhere along New Mexico, near Elephant Butte. Yes I know it isn't said like Butt, but still, I wanted to mention it.
I had a good trip. Like I said before I went to see Kennedy and Kyler. Brittany wouldn't let me. Good thing I stopped by the police on the way there to state my intentions, because she had already phoned them letting them know I was coming. I brought along some of her things, which she asked me to get to her. The police officer was really nice to me, even gave me a case number for the report he filed on the incident. In it is the truth of what happened. Now, Kennedy and Kyler, I love you both very much, I would never do anything to hurt you. So when I heard that your mom insisted that Officer Barber, the officer who handled the case, check the boxes I left for her for something dangerous, I was hurt. I would never do anything dangerous to anything that would get near you. I would never do anything like that to harm anyone. I really thought your mom would know that too. I am sorry also, to Kennedy and Kyler, normally I would be trying to call, even if I never do get through to you, but I no longer have a number for you. Your mom has changed her number and has blocked it from my phone the one time she did call me. But I will get to you in other ways. Sending letters, emails and this is one way of me letting you know that I love you.
I am really happy, and grateful that my family is talking to me again. It makes life so much easier that you have a support system. So back to my trip.
I had Ceri clean my teeth. I think I hold the record for most visits, well most visits now that she knows what she is doing. And then after cleaning my teeth, she gave me a big bag of Airheads for the return trip home, are you securing future business for yourself Ceri? But really, thank you for the candy and the granola bars, I got home late Saturday evening, Sunday morning, and I had no food in the house, those granola bars kept me alive waiting for Monday and hence Grocery shopping.
I visited with Grandma Fox, we stayed up till 11:30 talking about things we missed since I have moved to South Carolina. The next day we went to a luncheon where I got to meet Grandma's friends. It was a great visit, and the food at the luncheon was great, chicken tortilla soup was the best.
For the most part I stayed at home, getting random things I would need, I was also able to check up on the Border Patrol, which I am planning on doing when I get out of the military. If you wouldn't mind I am going to be taking a test on the 21st of this month and I could use your prayers in doing well on it. Mom and Dad were the great, Mom even got me the most wonderful shirt in the world while I was there. Thank you Mom, I love it. I went running with Molly almost every day, she hated it, the running, I think she enjoyed my company, until I told her to get ready for the sprint we did at the end of each session. Brig and I went to church at the singles ward where I felt like a fish out of water, too old. Brig and I also were able to talk a lot, and he whoop'd on me at Wii Boxing.
On my way home I stopped by Mesa, and visited Grandma and Granddad Black. We talked, ate Panda Express, and watched the Phillie fans celebrate winning the World Series. They gave me some directions on how to get to back to the 10 and I was on my way back to South Carolina. Along the way my speedometer decided that it wanted to freak out. I swear I was not doing these speeds it says I was. It made it an interesting drive home. I would every once and a while time a mile and calculate my MPH to make sure I was going the speed limit. Which I got very good at near the end, calculating it, and keeping within the speed limit.
I swear, I couldn't even do this speed if I wanted to, but wait, this next one is better.
How is that even possible. Well I made it home safely. Thanks to all who helped me. I am grateful to know that I am still loved. For a while there I wasn't sure about it. I love you all. I love you Kennedy and Kyler, I am your father and I will always be there for you.

Got home safely.

2008-11-03T14:53:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am home safely. I will write a longer post later, when I can put pictures in it. But right now my camera is dead, and I cant find my charger, I promise my house isn't messy...

Hello Everyone.

2008-10-28T19:54:00.000-07:00

Well lets see, I am in the United States Air Force, only for 1 more year. My next goal in life is to join the Border Patrol, not only so I can get closer to my family, but because it is something I believe in. Right now I am living in South Carolina, stationed at Ft. Gordon in Augusta, GA. My job is super secret... so dont ask me.
I just got home from my deployment in Iraq. It was a load of fun, I got to stand around in 130 degree weather and watch other people work. So yeah, loads of fun.
I have a daughter, Kennedy, and a son, Kyler. I love them so much, but I miss them because I havent been able to see them in almost 3 years.
I took a trip after getting home to see them, but their mom decided that I shouldn't be allowed to see them for some reason so I ended up going straight to my parents to visit with them and my the rest of my family. The trip all in all was great.
Now I am on my way home, to go back to work and count down the days until I am out of the Air Force. I have a test with the Border Patrol to see if I am good enough to join, I think I am, on the 21st of Nov. After that I have an interview, I am hoping to make it in, because it would make my life so much easier, put me so much closer to Kennedy and Kyler.
Well thats it for now. I love you Kennedy and Kyler, I miss you every day. Happy Birthday Kyler, I hope you got the card I sent you. And thank you everyone else for reading.