Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Veterans Day & Suicide Prevention


I know its been a while. I would offer excuses, but the truth is that my life just hasn't been that interesting over the last couple of weeks. I spent last week in a certification class to teach the ASIST suicide prevention class. This is one of the programs the army has adopted to combat the high suicide rate among soldiers. Eight hours each day studying suicide intervention and training is a bit tedious, but the program is a good one.


With Veteran's Day, I had a day off today. Em and I took Isaac for his first family portrait. Ironically, getting a two month old bathed, fed, bathed again, dressed, and in a good mood for the photographer turned out to be easier than getting my wife dressed and to the photographer. No, the pic is not from the photographer. I took it this week. I was too lazy to upload one of the professionally done pictures.


Other than that, the weekend was spent getting ready for Thanksgiving. Em & I are hosting my entire family. That'll mean 20 people having Thanksgiving here. The next week or so is going to be hectic enough that we wanted to get ahead where we could.


OK, that's the update on our lives. Tomorrow night is a hail and farewell event with my battalion. Thursday night is a predeployment briefing for families. Hopefully, Em and I will have something to post from these.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The picture really shows how Isaac is growing. I could not print the picture so will try again later. I hope today will be a blessed day for all of you.
Love
Mother

Anonymous said...

Zack said the picture of Isaac was Emily made over. There are days when I wish I was as busy as you are and will be; and then there are days I appreciate my solitude. Enjoy the next few weeks and have lots of fun. Love, Shelia (Momma)