The Last Day...until R&R that is!!

We got a few last pictures the day Les left. Didn't want to take any at the actual family time (the last hour we had together) it was to hard to smile and look happy:(

I love you Les.

The Night Before

We took these pictures the night before Les had to leave. We just spent time with each other and had fun.




Nathan had his finger over the flash in this picture, so it didn't turn out so great.

Nurnberg Zoo

Here are a few pictures from our trip to the Nurnberg Zoo. We had alot of fun looking at all the animals they have. The tiergarten (as it is called in German) is the largest one here in Germany.
Here is Lucas and Nathan in front of a rhino.

Some kind of bird and a really big nest...

We had to take a timeout and get some lunch. The boys had pizza and some pomme frits, me and Les had a hachen schnitzel.

Nathan with some Zebras and other horse-like animal. I didn't realize Nathan didn't smile in any of his pictures until we got home because I broke the LCD screen on my camera. He said he did it on purpose too. That's a boy for ya!







These two gorillas were taking it easy looking at people like "What are you looking at?" It was very human-like poses the way they were sitting.

More Zoo Animals...

An Asian and African Elephant

a saltwater aquarium...

Some mountain goats...check out the huge male on the roof!!

a snow leopard...

these cute little bears were waving at people, that's
why Nathan has his hand up waving at them. He thought it was quite funny!!

a few penguins...

Lucas with a tiger behind him

this was a huge tiger that was inside...

a mama and baby seal hanging out on the rocks...

the mama lion was going over to 2 cubs she had. I couldn't get a picture of them because they were behind the bushes. The male lion never got up both times we passed by them. Go figure!

More pictures from the zoo

Nathan and the polar bear

I barely got this seal as it swam through the water

Another polar bear chewing on a bone

The boys and the polar bear





Another bear just walking around

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Some Kangaroo's

Dagger Brigade Combat Team Departure Ceremony

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 was the departure ceremony for the 2nd BCT in Schweinfurt, Germany.


Bravo Company of 299th Support Battalion
(Les is in this picture...somewhere)

Commander LTC Sledd holding the flag for 299th FSB...

The gap in the formation here is where 1-26 Infantry Battalion would be standing. They deployed on August 5th...

Cannons firing during the ceremony...

Major General Robinson
Colonel Burton

Gathering of the Flags...

1st Armored DivisionBand...

Inspection of Troops...

2nd BCT Unit Flags...

Helicopter landing during ceremony...

The Schweinfurt WildePark

We visited the Wildepark on Sunday. The kids enjoyed petting and feeding all the wild animals at the park. They had everything from an albino deer, to moose, a variety of birds, rabbits, pigs, many deer and lots of other animals. It was a great way to spend some time outdoors and with family.

Nathan swinging on an upside down merry-go-round.

Lucas had to hang upside down because he was to tall