BJ's Deployment

Well...the day finally arrived. The countdown has begun. BJ left for Camp Shelby, MS last Monday (Jan 7th) for a couple of months. Then he will be heading to Iraq for the remainder of his 400 day deployment. We had a bitter sweet "send off" in Walnut Ridge, AR. It was tough to say good-bye but we're glad that the time has started. We get to talk several times a day right now and we're definitely taking advantage of the cell phone. Here in a couple months it won't be like that. Ben and I will get to go to MS to see him before he leaves for Iraq, which I'm really looking forward to. We miss him so much.