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*Ashton*Elizabeth*~*LiL Sis of An US Army Soldier & An US Army Guardsman*~ 11 septiembre Remember 9-11We remember.. .9-11. 0NE 0F THE M0ST TRAGiC M0MENTS 0UR C0UNTRY HAS EVER EXPiERiENCED. N0W 0UR C0UNTRY iS G0iNG THR0UGH HURRiCANE KATRiNA, AND THE ANNiVERSARY 0F 0UR TWiN T0WERS. EVERYTHiNG SEEM`S T00 BE FALLiNG D0WN. PE0PLE M0VE 0N WiTH THERE LiFES, BUT SERi0USLY, D0N`T Y0U REMEBER THiS ? THiS iS HiST0RY. Y0U WiLL BE TELLiNG Y0UR KiDS THiS ST0RY WHEN THEY ARE 0LDER PR0BABLLY. JUST D0N`T F0RGET Y0UR PAST. iF Y0U D0, Y0U HAVE N0 FUTURE        02 agosto Hot Hot Hot!Whew, I figured since it was so HOT outside I'd just sit here in the AC and write up a quick blog. I don't like this weather at all. It hasn't been this hot in Indiana for a few years. It's 95 with a heat index of 105!!! Really can't be outside for more the 10 minutes without sweating your butt off. I told my mom I could just sit outside for awhile and lose all kinds of weight, not that I need too but if never hurts anything does it? We do have a heat advisory warning til tomorrow at 8pm. Then hopefully it'll cool down a bit or atleast the humidity will leave for awhile. That's what you get with Indiana you never know what kind of summers or for that matter any seanson you will have. It really didn't get warm here til about mid June, it stayed in the 70s for the longest time and now it's above 100! Big difference that's forsure. Thank goodness for a swimming pool :) That's really been a life saver here lately. The heat just zaps you and never want to go do anything. So hopefully by the end of this week it will cool off a bit, we hope! I went and saw Sean my recruitor today and last Friday. Everytime I go and see him the more excited I get. I'm really getting excited about it all. Last Friday I went and stayed there for a hour and half! lol We talked about everything and anything. I did take my practice Asvab test which he didn't tell me my score because we started talking about something else but he did say on the paragraph section where you have to read a paragraph and the question usually asks what was the main ideal or whatever that you just read was and he did tell me I scored perfect on that section! Woohoo he was amazed lol. And so was I, I've never done well on that part of any test I'm just not big of a whiz in English never have been. But I was happy. He did tell me that I have nothing to worry about when I go up and take my real one. He said I should do awesome on it. But I'm still going to do some practice ones on the internet because I want to score as high as I can so I can have all my options open and the higher I score the bigger the range of jobs I can select from. Which I already have a few in mind. Pharmacy Assistant is probably going to be the one I go for. And my second one is Surgical Service. He said they were both great and if I plan on getting out after my 4 years are up or whatever I wouldn't have a problem getting a job :) That's always great to hear. I went up there today and his wife was there, which she just got out of the Air Force last month so we sat and talked about being in there. She was a great help, it's good hearing things from a woman also that's been there and done it. She asked what I planned on working in and I told her Pharmacy and she said that's the job to have in the Air Force. One of her friends done that and said she loved it and there's so much that comes with it also. A lot of things they don't tell you before you go into the program, and plus she said the pay was awesome! So that got me even more excited. I'm just really ready to get everything going, which it is. August 15th is when I go up and take the Asvab and then at the end of this month I go up and do Meps! So it's all coming together :) Before I know it I'm gonna be on a plane to Texas for basic. Woohoo I'm sooo excited. Oh what else has been going on. A whole lot of nothing, trying to keep cool. haha My brother has funeral detail at Ft. Hood all this week so I probably won't be hearing from him for awhile, which sucks but atleast I know he's in the states. My dad also told me that he's going to Air Assult school which is in North Carolina I think and that's not far from here at all. Well it's a drive but nothing like Texas so I'm excited. Maybe I can go visit him :-) I'll be glad when I get down to Texas and he'll only be 2 hours away, how great is that. We are both excited about it because we can go see each other on the weekends woohooo. And my sister is doing awesome. She's starting to get her figure back again and she doesn't look as skinny as she was when she was sick so that's a plus. She goes up to the doctor at the end of this week so we'll see how that all goes. I do know what I was going to say. This guy my mom works with at the hospital gave her two tickets to the American Idol concert in Louisville! The concert is August 18th my sister and I are going together. I'm soooo excited that means I get to see CHRIS DAUGHTRY! WOOOHOOOOO He's really the only one I want to see, lol the whole concert could be him and I'd be very happy. So it's only 17 days away that I get to go, yay! I'll be sure to try to get some good pictures and put on here. Oh maybe I'll actually be able to see him in person, that would be the best thing ever!!! Okay say maybe I like Chris a little to much :P I can't wait to go through. Well I think that's all I have to talk about today. So I hope everyone has a wonderful week and keep cool!!! Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
25 julio Time to catch up!!! Whoaa I took way to long of a break from this thing and I miss it soo much! I figured out every since I stopped writing on this thing all my thoughts have been all bundled up and not getting anywhere. So I'm going to start writing everything out now :) And boy do I miss everyone and their comments, sorry I haven't been to anyones space for soo long but I'm alive now and let's see if I can get caught up now.
Where to even begin! I guess I can start out by saying I'm really enjoying my summer break. I can't believe it's almost August though before you know it my little brothers will be heading back to school. I think that's in about 3 weeks actually, boy does time fly by! This has been a very busy yet great summer. Good being with all the family again and having my sister Amanda by my side 24/7 again :) I'm really enjoying that. We make it a thing now every night we go and walk a mile and half together and that's out own little time together. It's been sooo nice. I've just been keeping myself busy with the family and friends. I got my own little apartment set up now so it's nice going into my own room and relaxing! Had to run away from the boys! lol I'm kidding, I'm not far from the house and I'm still in there all the time, go figure! And inbetween all this wonderful summer doing, I go and break my wrist. I finally got my cast off last Tuesday! And man was I soo happy about that, this was the worse time to break it because it's soo hot and all you want to do is go and jump into a pool. ButI couldn't for about 6 weeks. I broke it mid June,it just stopped raining and I walked outside with my flipflops on and next thing I knew my feet were out from under me and I caught myself with my wrist and broke it in two places! And ofcourse i was my right wrist the one I do everything with! So it was challenge trying to do everything you done before, I know I took a bath more then I have in the past couple of years.So it was nice after getting it off taking a shower and being able to write and eat with you regular hand again! :) And well other big news is I'm joining the Air Force! I always thought about going into the military during the end of my Senior year but I thought I would give college a try and all that well I gave it a shot and just realized it's not for me right now, but the whole year I got in helped out majorly with joining. I will receive advanced rank and all that good stuff. I'm not forsure when I'll be shipping off to boot camp becuase we still have all the paper work to do and that good stuff. My recruiter is awesome though, he doesn't feed you all the crap that everyone said to be careful about and I think he was more excited then I was when he knew I wanted to go in. I do know I'll be in basic at Lackland AFB in Texas for 6 weeks then more then likely Sheppard AFB in Texas for my schooling, but that turns out good since my brother is stationed in Texas at Ft. Hood so I was excited about that and so was he :) I'll be sure to keep everyone updated on that process though, I go meet up with Sean my recruiter on Friday so I might find out some other stuff. He did say I wouldn't be shipped off right away I have anywhere from 3-6 months but that also depends on what job I want too! We'll see. But enough on me!!!
On to my sister, who is doing great!! Just wanted to say thanks so much for all the prayers and thoughts. The doctors are even surprised she's doing so well, they asked if she even received a bone marrow transplant! So that says something right there. She's still staying here at home with us, they are beginning on redoing her and her hubbys house so my parents said it'll be about October or so before they can move back in but what's a few more months with us! lol She still goes to the doctor every 2 weeks to get fluids and checked up but other then that it's been really good. She's is getting her hair back too, slowly but it's coming back and she's happy about that. Her hair before chemo was a dark color brown but the hair coming in now is coal black! So that's a big difference but she's just happy to get hair back and hopefully before to long she'll feel like she doesn't have to scarfs and hats anymore. I'm just glad she's back home and getting better everyday. Like I said we've been walking the track every night me to get ready to get my butt kicked at boot camp and her to build up her muscles again so it works out for the best. I just know through all this we have became so much closer, I didn't think there was a way we could but we definitaly have! She's my all time best friend and I love her to death. Her and her hubby are doing great too, Ryan has been at AIT for the guards the last 2 weeks so they've had a mini vacation from each other but they'll be happy to be back together that's forsure. He's unit is suppose to go overseas in May I believe. So I'm sure the training will start stepping up and yes that means another deployment for our family again. The second one in about year and two months! How nice, but this time we'll be a bit better prepared since my brother was over there. So that's always a plus.
And that goes into my brother! Who was at Ft.Carson,Co since he got home in Feb, but he is now in Ft. Hood Texas. He's been down there for about 3 weeks I believe and well I don't think he likes it to well. He says it's nothing like Ft.Carson, he loved it there. He said it's super hot and there are cowboys and rednecks everywhere! lol I was like you came from Indiana you should be use ot it he was like noo it's nothing like the people there. I thought that was pretty funny, he just told me to get ready for the heat when I get down there but it looks like I'll be down there during the winter months but I don't know if that really makes a difference or not....? I've been able to talk to him a lot more though, he calls a lot because I guess he's bored. There wasn't very many people out of his unit that went down there, they were scattered all over the place. He said about 10 people he knew went down there, but his best friend Adam was down there with him so that's a good thing. He is closer to us thought believe it not, he's only about 15 and half hours away unlike Colorado which is a good 20, so that's always a plus. I've really been looking for a way to go down and visit him and my cousin Tiffany whos husband is assigned down there at Ft. Hood too! They all want me to come down so we'll see how that will work out. I'm just afraid I'll go visit and I'l hate it and not want to go for basic and that wouldn't be a good thing! My grandma did say it was a big change though, my granpa was in the Air Force also and was assigned down in Texas for awhile so she said it'll be different from here but it grows on yo, but I'm not to sure about the not green around, like trees! That's all Indiana is! hahaha But we'll see I'm just super excited my brother will be close to me he'll be about 2 hours north which it's far!!! Woohoo
Boy I didn't know I had this much to write,but it's great to be back and writing. Even my family was like you haven't wrote onyour blog forever you need to get back to that! lol So here it is and all the updates that I can think of. It's been pretty busy and hott that's forsure. This weather has been crazy, so hot and humid it's been one of the hottest summers here that I can remember!! But it is good tanning weather :) I layed inthe pool for about 15 minutes today and that was enough to get my looking tan, woohoo! I will try to get to everyones space and see how everyone is doing!!! I know I have missed soo much, blah. A lot of people's hubbys are back and Cassie is now in Germany and all that! I definitely need to go read everyones blogs. But thanks for still keeping up on me and checking on how everything is going. You guys are great!!!!! And I've missed you all so much :) But until next time which won't be 3 months ago maybe a week, I hope everyone has a wonderful week and stay cool!! Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
 30 abril New Albums!*Just wanted to stop by real fast and tell everyone I have two new photo albums up!! The first one is of my brother Shaynes homecoming ceremony which sorry the pictures are kinda blurry and it sucks! I had really good pictures but atleast they are there for us to remember. :) The other album is of my Step Brothers Wedding that took place yesterday. It was so pretty! So there you go more picture for your viewing pleasure.
Everything is going good around just finally settleing back at home, because the school year has came to a close! WOOHOO But I just wanted to make a quick blog on the picture albums, I will be back later on type up a much longer blog because I know I haven't written on this thing forever! Sorry! Until then I hope everyone has a wonderful week and take care!
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth 17 marzo Ok so I'm alive! haha Yes Ashton is alive! I've fallen of the face of the Earth for a short while but I guess I'm back for the most part now. My life has been pretty much interesting...I think that might be the word but I don't know. It's just been crazy and doesn't look like it's going to slow down anytime soon!
Well as you all probably figured out all ready my brother Shayne is home!! I had a really good time while I was out in Colorado. I really didn't even want to come home, I think I could stay out there forever while if the weather wasn't as wacky as Indiana weather is. The homecoming for my brother was awesome, I can't even put into words the emotions I was going through. I think I went through all of them! I jumped off the bleachers even to go hug him. He was standing right in front of us, how about that. I got the first hug and it seemed like I hadn't seen him forever which it was a few months seen I had seen him but it was just great knowing he's actually home for good and we don't have to put him back on a plane to head back over there. We got our hugs in and we were out of there! lol We had to go retrieve his bags and crap first with took forever everyones were in the same pile! lol He handed me the backpack and well I put it on and almost landed on my back on the pavement! I swore it probably weighed as much as I do! So everyone got a good laugh out of that...ofcourse Ashton making a fool of herself in front of tons of people..everyone laughs. We left the base went to the hotel room where he finally took a shower after two days and well you could tell he hadn't showered his feet stunk sooooooo bad! He took off his boots and wow you thought something died in our room! lol Then we went to eat at Joes Crab Shack with was good fun, we were laughing the whole time we were in there. He's still the same ol Shayne. Then ofcourse we had to go to the mall for him to buy crap and in the mean time we ran into alot of the guys he knew there. Everytime you turned around there was a guy in uniform walking around. Guess they all didn't fit into their clothes or something. lol Then you know it was their first night back so they had to go out and celebrate so one of his buddies came to the hotel room and I don't think I've met anyone like him before. He's from New York and always talking and making you laugh. He's a big goofball and I see why him and Shayne get along so well.. they are exactly alike! OH lordy.. I met a lot of his guys in his unit they all seemed like a bunch of guys that you would probably have the time of your life with because they are so funny! But anyways I'm just glad he's home and he'll be coming home to Indiana in a few weeks to visit and back off to Ft.Carson he'll go but during the summer he's getting reassigned to Ft.Hood in Texas, he's excited about that and oh so am I ! I want to go down there and ofcourse I keep reminding him I've never been to Texas before! lol Yes he's going to be the one to let me travel the world :)
As for my sister, I'd have to say the past couple of months have probably been the worse for her. She was put in the hospital while I was in Colorado and didn't get out until about 3 weeks later. She was soo sick but she got through it and my mom has been her own personal nurse here at home. Looks like a hospital when you walk into our living room now, but hey whatever will make my sister better and stay that way is good. They have scheduled her to start chemo May 2nd, she'll get that for about 6 days and then she'll get her bone marrow transplant. I'm just hopeing and praying that will help everything out and she'll get better and back to normal life. It's going to be a slow process but she's strong and she'll get through it and plus she has all of us to help her. And even me! Since I'll be home for the summer. Just send some prays her way :)
As for me I'm doing good. I'm counting down the days to be out of school which it's 34 days! Woohoo I couln't be more excited I'm ready to be home and not have to leave everyone again. I'm going to school closer to home next year which will let me stay at home and I can commute and I'm so happy about that. The being away from home didn't work for me! lol Should have seen that coming but I can't help it I can only work correctly when I know my family is close. So hopefully all this will work out and everything. I'm just ready to be out of school already though to tell you the truth. But few years and I will be thank goodness! Other then all this I'm doing good. Trying to keep myself busy and not think about things to much, which seems to be working a bit...but again sorry for not writing on this thing forever and well you all can thank Cassidy she told me to get my butt on here and change it! lol Love ya Cass~! But anyways I'm gonna get going now. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and take care~!
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
 05 febrero Only 9 Days~! Hey everyone! I'm so sorry it's been so long since I've been able to get on here and write something. Between school and trying to keep up with everything and just not being in the mood to write on here I've been lacking and I'm sorry! Everything is going well though, nothing to major has happened for the most part so that's good. I just realized my life will never not be full of excitement. If it's not one thing, it's another! It sure does keep me on my feet though.
As you can see there is only 9 days til my brother will be back in the states and I'm sooo excited. I can't believe it's finally time for him to come home, it's been over a year since he's been back! And it's soo great to say in 9 days Shayne will be back in the states for good, well until the next one, which we hope there won't be one. I'm so excited because on ValentinesDay I will be up in the air flying to Colorado to see my Bub step off that plane! It's that the best Valentines Present ever, even though it's not til the 15th he'll be landing at Ft.Carson. But still close enough and I'm so happy I get to fly out there. I just wish the whole family would be able to go, but I know there just stuff going on at home they can't get up and leave and my sister needs to stay close at home due to everything she's going through. Shayne is so happy about coming home though, you can just tell from his emotions that he is. He can't stop talking about what he's going to do whenever he gets back to Ft.Carson. There is so much stuff we have to take out to him whenever we leave. It consists of clothes, and 2 snowboards, that are bigger then me! lol He's really ready to hit the slopes I think. But it won't be to much longer after he gets home that he'll actually be coming home home to Indiana. He's coming home for awhile at the end of March :) Which is good, I know everyone wants to see him again, just sucky I will be stuck down here at school, but I'm sure I'll be able to see him some. Ahh I'm just soo excited about going out to Colorado, it's going to be soo much fun. Him and his friends already have things planned out and I think they even included me in one night! Woohoo that should be soo much fun, and interesting lol. But yes 9 more days and he'll be home and no more worring! Woohooo
My sister is doing well! She's actually been the active little thing here lately. So you can tell she is feeling a lot better. Even though we still have so much more to go through with her. I was tested to see if I was a match for her and well they called after 2 and half weeks and said sorry it took so long we lost her blood but it came back that shes not a match. Ugh that was the worst news I heard, cause I really wanted to be it you know. But atleast I tried and know I can live with knowing atleast I'm not a match, then not knowing anything. Her doctors did tell her that there is a possible match though. They just need to do a few more test and see. So we are hoping and praying that it works out, so I guess even though I wasn't a match atleat they might have found a possible one :D So I guess there's always good news with bad news. Just can't wait for the day she's all better and she can get back to having her "normal" life and don't have to worry about oh if I do this I can get sick. I just know all this has really made me and her soo much closer, which I don't know how we could get much closer because we were before it happened but I can definitely say we are so much closer! I love her to death.
I'm doing great, school has been going well and everything. My weeks seems to go by so much fastest this semester, probably because I'm not saying over and over I don't want to be here and blah blah. Which I would much rather be at home but this is what I have to do. And before I know it it'll be all over and I'll be wanting to come back and have the easy life again! I am ready to get out in the real world though and grow up! I may only be 18 but I'm so ready for things to start happening and my life finally blooming I guess you can say,
But anyways, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and have a great week! Hopefully I'll be able to get on here again before I leave. But if I don't I'll be sure to get on after I get home from Colorado and tell you all about it! I'm sure I'll have so much to talk about :D Have a great night!!
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
 Miss & Love You Bub and ofcourse the rest of the family 22 enero Hey!~ Wow, I'm really lagging on getting entries on this thing. Just for some reason it's been at the bottom of my list. But I haven't forgot about you all though :D I think I just need a kick in the butt, to get this thing back up and going like I had before my life went wacko! haha. I'm just sitting down here at school, fun fun! Waiting for the new week to begin. I'm kind of anxious about tomorrow, because I have Comp and well I turned in my first paper on Friday and she actually let me type it during class time because she thought it was good. So I really hope I got a good grade on it. We had to right a paragraph about what our ideal guy/girl would be! So that was pretty easy for me but it was hard to put it in just one paragraph, because I think I could go on forever about what my ideal guy would be like. But I got it into a paragraph so I'm hoping I didn't space it out to much. I might have to put up on here to see what you all think. Since I'm in Comp now thos just might be on my entries for now on! LOL I'm kiddin, I wouldn't want to bore you all to death. Everything else with school is going well though, so much better then last semester and I'll hold my breath on this one but I'm actually kind of enjoying myself as of right now. It is just the start of the semester though, so might ask that question around midterms! haha All my classes are going well though, and I'm flying through math! I thought that I might have trouble getting use to it since it's on the computer but I'm a lesson ahead of everyone so I must be doing something right, and I've gotten a 94% on the two test we have taken already, so I guess that must say something. Just been a good start and I'm really happy about that.
Well it's almost that time where my brother will be back in the states!! 22 days and counting, and I'm super excited. I just really hope they don't move the date or whatever, but we are talking about the Army and all. We can only hope and wish though, and I'm probably doing that for five people right now! lol Just can't wait til he gets home. He's not forsure right now will he be able to actually come to Indiana for awhile or not. He used he's time to come home before Christmas but hopefully he can find a way. He'll only be at Ft.Carson for a couple of months before he gets reassigned down to Ft.Hood, and he's looking forward to that. You would think after spending a year in the desert he wouldn't want to go anywhere that would be the bit warm, but that's what he said he looks forward to the warm weather all the time! lol What a weirdo. And ofcourse he said it's only a couple of hours from Utah where apparently the best slopes are, so he can go kill himself "trying" to snowboard! hahaha If anyone knows my brother they all know he's crazy, he'll attempt anything once!
My sister has been doing well. The last few weeks have been good for her. She still has the mornings where she gets up and she's sick but she still pushes herself to get up and go. I sat in the hospital with her from 4pm-11:30pm on Friday because she had to get another blood transfusion because her hemoglobin was so low. I think that's been the 3rd one since she's been sick. I know she feels a lot better after getting them though. e had a good time while we were sitting there in the hospital though. lol We had our laughs and what not, and well we ordered out and got us some Casa Brava! It was soo yummy, and for once I think she ate more then me, whoa that's a first! lol But she needs some meat on her bones though, she's soo tiny, she's always been tiny but ever since she got sick it just seems like she's getting tinier and tinier and well she doesn't need that. They weighed her Friday and the scale said she only weighed 91 lbs! She was shocked about that one, she said she thought she was gaining weight! lol She always thinks that though, that's just Amanada. We haven't heard anything from her doctor up at IU about me being a match or not, and it's been over a week since I've been tested and so I'm really hoping for good news. I don't want another disappointing call that says I'm not a match! They told us when I went up there to get tested that they would know within a week or less if I wasn't a matter, so I'm hoping for the best!!! The sooner she can get her transplant the sooner things can get back to normal around here!! hahaha normal, I'm so use to everything being wacko.
Everyone else in the family is seeming to do good though. My little brothers are just the same ol Logan and Kyle..haha. They might get on my nerves but I really miss them through the week when I'm here at school, I just miss everyone back at home whenever I'm here. Even though I'm what like an hour away from them! I just try not to call that much because I know if I do that I'll just want to go home and I really want to finish out this year on a good note and then it'll be the summer and I'll be home! I only have about 4 months to go. We get out the first week of May so it's really not that far away, especially with the way the days are flying by now. Oh and Ed's doing great also, I talked to him Wednesday night! Yes the first time in like 2 weeks but he said they've been on missions that are about 2 weeks long and he just got back from them and finally getting a little break. I was just sooo happy to talk to him, I miss that boy! He also said he should be going on midtour at the end of March :D Yipppeee! We'll see how things go with that.
But I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe weekend, and well it's the start of a new week so I hope you have a great one. And hopefully I can start getting back on trace with this thing! Until then have a wonderful night and talk to you all later!
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
10 enero ***I'm Back*** It's a new year, and I'm back into action! I've been trying to get on here and write something for the past couple of days but it wouldn't let me on, but as I can see it's just not me having problems with MSN. Sometimes you just have to hate this kind of stuff! But anyways, I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Season and hopefully Santa brought you and your family all the goodies you wanted!! I had a great Christmas, well actually my family had Christmas a couple of days before, because my brother was still home. The whole family got together, ate supper and then opened up all the presents. It was sooo nice having my brother there though, we didn't think we would be celebrating Christmas with him but as everyone knows already he was able to come home on leave for awhile. Wish he could've stayed home a lot longer but he does have a job to do.
I'm finally getting everything back to normal. I know I've been away from this thing for a long time now! But I wanted to spend all the time I could with my family while I was home on Christmas Break. I really enjoyed it, even though every time we turned around it seemed like something else was happening. We all got through it and taking everything day by day. I'm finally back down at school. Our first day was yesterday, and by the looks of it I'm going to enjoy this semester so much better. It's not as hairy as it was last semester. I feel like I can actually take a breath and not feel like I'm going to be behind the whole semester. So I'm really looking forward to it. I have a couple of English classes, my comp and speech class, which I shouldn't have a problem with because I love to write about things and really don't have a problem with all that. Then I have my anatomy and pyschology classes, which I took pyschology in high school and really liked it, so hopefully it's somewhat the same. Then ofcourse my Math class, no problem there hopefully! I love math, that's one of my really strong subjects! So hopefully this semester will be so much better, and for the first time I don't feel like I'm sinking in my own stress. So like I said I'm really looking forward to this semester, and ofcourse I have my best friend as my roomie again :D! And well I guess you can same I'm doing really good. I had a my days over break that I just wanted to say screw everything but life is tough but after it all it only makes you a stronger person and hopefully after all the bad seems to go away things will start looking up! And I've just been trying to tell myself that, that sooner or later things will start getting better.
One thing I did realize over break was all the things I was taking advantage of! My break was some of a wake up call for me...sitting there watching all the things my sister has been going through I realized that you have to live each day to it's fullest and no matter what don't regret anything. Life is just one big lesson, you learn from everything you do, and well my family is a good example that anything can happen at the drop of a dime, you never know what is going to happen and you don't want to regret later on in life all the things you could have been doing!! I also realized how much my family does really mean to me. It kind of sucks that it takes something bad or hard to happen to make you realize how much people mean to you. But like I always tell people, my family is my everything! They are the people I live for each day. My parents are the ones that made me the person I am today and can't thank them enough for everything they do! My brothers and sister are truly my best friends, no matter what goes on they are who I look up to everyday and couldn't ask for better people in my life. I just truly love my family!
I'm sure you all are wondering about my brother. Since it has been forever since I've said anything about him. I actually got to talk to him tonight on messanger. He's been super busy with missions and they are getting stuff ready to come home :D He told me the other day that they should be landing at Ft.Carson, CO on February 14th!! How's that for a Valentines Day Present....I think it's the best! That means he has 35 days til he'll be back in the states. Woohoo! I'm soo excited, I'm really hoping that I will be able to fly out there for the homecoming and spend sometime with him for awhile. I miss him more then ever. Even though I just seen him Christmas Eve but that feels like it has been forever ago! But I really can't believe that his year deployment is ending, you kind of have to sit back and think where in the world has this year gone! But man am I sooo happy that it's almost up and he's almost back on US soil...5 mondays to go! We are on the home stretch and as the days get lower and lower the most excitement there is. This Friday, which is the 13th, is his 22nd birthday, so Happy Early Birthday Bub! Love You!~
As for my sister, she's doing pretty good. The last few weeks, have actually been good ones for her. She hasn't been put in the hospital or anything....knock on wood. She does has her good and bad days though. It seems like her bad days hit the day after she gets her shots. They really put her down. One day it was only me and her at home, and she felt awful. She slept in the chair from 10am to 4pm, she was maybe up for 20 minutes at the most. So they really get her down, but other then that she's been doing good. They said it will be about 2 months until they can find a donor for her bone marrow transplant, so like before it's just been a waiting game since the beginning of all this. She's keeping strong though, and making it look like nothing is even wrong with her, still trying to live her life as normal as possible. I know how much everyone is ready for all this to be over with and her to be healthy again!! Just have to take it all day by day!
So I think I have pretty much got everything back up to date! Hopefully now that everything is getting back into it's place, I'll be able to get on here more and write stuff. I've been missing this thing. But thanks to everyone that continues to come here and leave me comments. I really do apperciate it! I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and taking care of yourselves! I'll be back later on to write more and get back on track here :) Thanks again for everything! Until next time.....Stay Safe
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
22 diciembre *Merry Christmas* Well here we are at the Holiday Seasons! I can't even believe it, seems like these holidays has creeped up on us! But my family is going every which way here lately anyways. We've been busy with everything it seems like. The main thing is we are trying to spend time with my brother Shayne. He'll be heading back to Iraq on Christmas Eve. The crappest day for him to go, but that's when he's two weeks are up. We were praying that he'd be able to be home for good do to my sister, but my sister's doctor called Friday of last week and said Shayne wasn't not a match to be the donor. So he won't be able to stay home, really wish he could but guess that's how life is. Can't always have everything. But he'll be home for good in a few months so all we can do is pray for the best and make sure he'll come safe and sound. I'll be going with my dad to take him to the airport Christmas Eve and well I'm kind of dreading it. It's going to be sooo hard to tell him bye for the second time already. I'm about ready to give up on all these good-byes. But I know we made all that we could of the times we got to spend with him! I'm just gonna miss him sooo much, and I know everyone will too. Just ask for everyone to keep him in your prayers and just hope he gets back for the second time as safe as he can!! I'll miss you bub and just think before you know you'll be back out in Colorado..and this time I'm going to be there! lol I love you soo much and never forget that.
I do want to say thanks to everyone that has left the awesome comments about my sister! They really do help me out a lot. I've been trying to spend as much time with her as I can. She has her good and bad days but no matter what she always seems to be in high spirits. She started her immune shots that are suppose to get her immune system back up and going. Then after the holidays they should start her chemo. Really not forsure about all that right now since my brother wasn't the donor. The doctors are now hitting the donor banks to look for a match for her! We are hoping it won't take long for that. The doctors said it will take up to 4 months to find a donor. I truly hope it doesn't take that long. I really hate seeing her the way she is, but she's stubborn so you really can't tell anything is wrong with her. Just really hope this will go away sooner or later. I'm going to hate going back down to school and leaving her and everyone else again. I've really been enjoying the time I've been able to spend with everyone since I'm home on break for 3 weeks! It's really nice. But thank you all soo much for all the encouraging words you leave. I know my family reads this site so I know it helps them all out knowing people are out there keeping us in their thoughts!
I haven't said much about Ed here lately either! I feel bad...haha. He's doing good. Just received an email from him early this morning actually. He's doing as good as he can I think, he's just sooo ready to come home. Which I don't blame him. I'm just hoping he'll get my package before Christmas so he atleast has something to open you know. I sent him the regular stuff like food and all but he knows he has something extra in this one, and it's his own Nano iPod! He was super excited about that one. He tells me everything we talk he can't wait til he gets it! lol So I'm sure no matter when he gets it, it's going to be like Christmas for him because he's getting that thing!! But it's almost been three months since he's been gone! Looked at the ticker the other day it said we have 9 months and 2 weeks to go! I hope it flies by like the other months have. I really miss him and I just can't wait to see him again!!!
Well I just wanted to stop in real fast and write something out since it's been forever it seems like since I've written on here. Just know once everything calms back down I'll be around to everyones space! I know I have really gotten bad about not going around to everyones space and telling them thanks for the comments. I feel really bad about that too. But just know everything you all say means the world to me and I really apperciate all you guys that keep coming here and leaving amazing things!! They really do keep me going!!!
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Years! I wish you all the best and happiness you all deserve the very best! Take care of yourself and your families during the Holiday Seasons!
Merry Christmas and God Bless~!
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
 Missing My Boys10 diciembre Update* Hey everyone! Just wanted to stop in real fast and tell you all everything is going great here. My brother finally arrived in the states Thursday night at 10:30pm. He was with the family by 9:30am on Friday and boy was it sooo nice to see him. It really nice to have the family "complete" again. He's doing real well too, still the same ol Shayne that we all knew before he left. We sat on the computer with him Friday night and looked at all the pictures he has taken while he's been over there and I can't even explain how unreal it seems. Seems like they are in their own little world over there and it's just crazy. He had some very good pictures though and quite a few stories to go with them all too, which were all very interesting. It was crazy though he was up for 4 days straight and you could really tell it but he was so messed up on the time that he felt like he couldn't go to sleep but him, my little brothers and I all went into the living room to watch tv and he layed down on the couch and within 10 minutes he was totally passed out..lol! It was just nice seeing him there in person flaked out on the couch like old times :) You can see the ease in everyones eyes and it's great. We still aren't forsure when he'll be going back, he's leave was only for 14 days but with my sister being sick and him as the "maybe" donor we just aren't forsure when he'll be going back even if he does.
That goes into my sister. She's doing as good as she can be doing right now I guess. But there isn't a day that goes by I think why couldn't that be me going through what she is going through. Because atleast I'm not married and everything like that you know and it's hard to watch her go through the pain she is going through. She's been very tired here lately and achy all over. She's down to 98lbs and it's just crazy. She started her shots on Thursday that are suppose to get her immune system up so they can start the chemo process. She'll be doing chemo for 5 days then she'll have a day off then they'll do the bone marrow transplant and after her bone marrow transplant she'll be in isolation for a month. Which will be the hardest time for everyone and especially her. Just hope to God that will be the end up it and she'll get back to feeling normal and it'll be cured. I'm hoping and praying that's what will happen. She's was doing very well with it all until her doctors appointment on Thursday when he told her when the chemo starts she'll be losing her hair, and everytime she thinks about it she starts crying. Which I don't blame her, she's a girl and thats the worse thing for a girl to go through is losing our hair you know. So I know that's been on her mind since they told her. But Shayne and my little brothers all told her if she loses her hair they will all shave their heads completely to make her feel comfortable or atleast try. I told her I would too and well they all just sat there and laughed at me. But I'll do anything to help her through it and if she has to wear a hat or whatever I'll be there right beside her wearing one too. I just hope we all get through this, because I know this is when a family gets the closest and I can really tell it's taking a toll on my family. Especially my mom, and I truly wish I could do something to make it all go away but I can't and for that I feel helpless. My sister is a strong girl and I know she'll get through it and she'll be able to carry on with her life.
But I just thought I would stop in and tell everyone we are getting through it, it may be day by day but we're pushing through. Thanks for everyone that has stopped by and left wonderful comments and thanks for everyones blessings it will means a lot and I know my family could really really use them :) So thanks again and you all are amazing people. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and staying safe. If I don't get back before then I hope everyone has a Wonderful Holiday Season! You all deserve the best. And I'm sorry for not getting around to everyones spaces, I know I've been slow on that part. But just know I'm still thinking about you all and hope everything is going well. Take Care and God Bless
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
01 diciembre Surprise, Surprise! If you haven't noticed my ticker for my brother has changed dramstically! He leaves Iraq on the 6th of December and should arrive here in Indiana late on the 8th or early on the 9th :):) And I couldn't be anymore happier. It all started out just being his and my little secret. He was asked if he wanted to take leave time and come home back to the states for a couple of weeks, and ofcourse he took of the offer. He only told me and my sister, and we were just going to take off one day and go get him from the airport and come back home and surprise everyone! But as a few of you know didn't work out that way. My sister got really sick and still is and the doctor told my parents my brother needed to be home as soon as they could get him home. So he'll be arriving home in a week to be with the family and more than anyone my sister. This is where he needs to be anyways, from the day he found out my sister was sick I know that was all he was thinking about and he can't have things like that running through his mind when he's in the middle of the desert with stupid ignornant people shooting at him. So like I said before he'll be arriving in the states by December 9th at the lastest.
As for my sister, she's at home and getting through the days. The past week has pretty much been torture for her being in the hospital all week and being poked out every 2 hours. The doctors have been running many tests on her and really aren't completely sure on what she has but we know she does need a bone marrow transplant and that's why my brother is coming home. They believe he will be the best donor for her and if not the other kids are in line and we'll take it from there.
I guess that little "game" I had on here about who you would keep has really hit home here lately. I know I would much rather be the person that is going through this instead of my sister. I would take her place anyday but she's doing very good about it all. I think I've been more upset about it then she has been, she's been in very high spirits and it's nice. It's just hard for me being down here at school and leaving everyone at home dealing with this. Just have one full week and 3 days left until I'm out of school for Christmas break and I get a month long break so I can tough it out and then I can get back to being with my family. Just before I konw it our family will all be together again and I think that will make it so much easier, especially for my mom. She's been worrying about my sister and brother both a lot here lately and I know it has to be hard. So having my brother home will be a big relief on everyone and I know he really wants to be with my sister right now.
I also want to say a big thanks for everyone that has beared with me the past week or so. It's been a huge help and I thank everyone for still coming by and leaving wonderful comments. I really don't know how much I'll be on here the next few weeks but I'll be sure to stop in every now and then and keep you all updated on everything. Just all I ask for is prayers sent our way and I'm sure with that everything will get better for our family. Just have to take it day by day and I know my sister will pull through it, she's a tough little booger! And I really hope she knows how much I love her and everyone else. Thanks again for everyone that has stopped by! I apperciate you all very well, and ofcourse I really have to thank Aron, because without her and our long talks I would be insane right about now! I owe you so much and I really apperciate and much love to you!!
Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week, which tomorrow is Friday :) And ofcourse you all take care and Happy Holidays!! Take Care
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
Missing My Boys29 noviembre Hey... Hey everybody just wanted to stop by real fast and say I haven't fell off the face of the earth! Just been a lot going on with my family and with finals coming up. So for right now I will be taking some time away from blogging, but don't worry I will be BACK! I promise. Just have a lot of things on my mind right now, and I'm trying to get through them! So I hope everyone stays safe and you all take care. Have a wonderful week and I'll be sure to get back as soon as possible.
I'll update on my boys real fast! My brother is doing great, he has 78 days til he is home for good, and I can't wait! It's getting closer and closer everyday. He's been doing well though doing a lot of missions here the past few days. As for Ed haven't heard from him since Friday but he said he's been keeping extra busy so I'm sure he's out doing the Army thing! lol Tomorrow will be 2 months down, it's flying by and I'm loving it!
And I especially want to say a quick thanks for everyone that comes here and leaves great comment, my page finally hit 10,000 actually it's about 10,500 now! Just want to say a big thanks to everyone. You all are amazing people and have helped me through a lot. And also to Aron I just want to tell you thank you so much for being there for me the past couple of days, it's been pretty tough and I'm glad I have somebody like to you lean on! Your amazing and couldn't ask for someone better. Thank you soooo much!
This part is for my sister, if she ever gets the chance to read it. I just want you to know how much I love you! You are my best friend and no matter what goes on the next few days I will always be by your side. I really wish I was with you right now instead of at school, but this is where you wanted me to be. I love you and I hope you start to feel better!
Take Care! Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
Missing My Boys22 noviembre *~Give Thanks~*As We Thank God For Our Many Blessings Today
For We Do Have Many, Many Blessings Please Remember The ~WTC~ Tragedy The Ones That Were Lost, And The Loved Ones Left To Cry Ask GOD To Guide Our President, Our Military And This Nation As A Whole We Have The Greatest Ally Of All We Have GOD On Our Side GOD Bless Us One And All ~GOD Bless America~ ~Amen~ I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!! Have a wonderful week and take care!
Much Love, *Ashton~Elizabeth*
19 noviembre Been lingering on my mind.. Here it was Tuesday morning in Nursing Lecture, and the subject for lecture was Termnial Illnesses and Coping with termnial illnesses and death. So to put us in the shoes of people going through these things, my prof had us all play this "little game" and well after 2 hours of being in class was finally up there wasn't a dry eye in that room. And ever since I walked out of that room this subject has been going around and around in my brain. So I thought I would share with you guys what she did with us and find out your thoughts and feelings with this. It probably won't be the same as sitting in a room with tons of people but if this isn't a hard thing for you to do then I don't know what is! Because I know I was breaking down in tears by the time it was over and I felt like my world was crashing down. So heres the thing. If you have a piece of paper sitting around some place or another go grab it because you'll need it....maybe some tissues also! So here we go.
The first thing to do is write down three favorite things you like to do, such as spending time with family, talking on the computer, doing things with your spouse/kids anything that you like to do, but just 3! Once you have those written down, write down the 3 most important people in your life....before you start freaking out you can group people together such as your parents in one group, brothers/sisters in another and so on but the only people you can not group together are your spouse and children if you have any..everything else works! But just remember 3!!! I know that one was difficult for me because I couldn't just pick three, but for my three I had
1.) Parents 2.) Brothers/Sisters 3.) Grandma. Now after you have done that write down your 3 most prized possessions, such as pictures, things people have given you or whatever you thing of. Now for the final thing write down one more important thing to you, it can be another important person, possession, favorite thing to do or whatever else is important to you!
Now that you have them all written down the hard part happens now. Out of everything on that list mark something off, it can be whatever seems the least important to you or however you want to do it. Just know that whatever you mark off your losing, if its a person your losing that relationship with that person, if its a possession you don't have it anymore, if its a favorite thing to do, your not doing that thing anymore. After you have that one marked off, mark off another one.......and another one.....and another one. After you marked 8 off you are down to your final two things. You have to mark off one to loss and one to keep with you. And this part was the hardest thing I think I have had to do in awhile. My final two things were between my Parents and Brothers/Sister. She keep reminding us your going to lose one of those things so make it wise choice. But I kept thinking to myself how in the world do you pick between the people who mean the world to you?? She started going around the the room asking what did you give up and what did you keep. Every person down was a one closer person to me and I still didn't know. Everyone was in tears because people were having to pick between their husbands, parents, and children..how can you just pick one? So all these thoughts were going through my head my parents or my brothers/sister and I mean I even had events going on in my head where I was with them and I couldn't picture my life with out any of them.
Here's my thing, my parents...I don't even know where to begin with them because they are amazing people and I couldn't ask for anybody better to be them. They have always been there for us kids and have always put us first. Yes I have had my times when I thought my parents were horrible people because they wouldn't let me go do this or that but now that I have gotten out of the house I realize it was for my own good, and I see now because of everything they have done I have grown into the person I am today, and I love them both to death. Then theres my 3 brothers and sister....who I think are all my best friends and they are who I go to when I have problems. Yes we all have the brotherly sisterly fighting matches but I can't see myself with out them, they all mean the world to me and I love them all to death too. So here I was thinking oh my goodness if I even lost one of them I wouldn't know what to do in this world. Finally my turn came to say who I would pick to lose and stay....and my answer was I would give myself up before I lose any of them, and the by then I was bawling and so was every one else in the room...
But this subject still lingers in my mind 4 days later, and it's strange because you never really think about those things and a lot of the time you take everything for granted and you never know when you could be put in that situation.....so my question is what would you all do???
So now that I have that all out of the way, I know it wasn't a regular blog for me but I thought I would post it since it's been lingering on my mind for the past couple of days! As for my brother Shayne and Ed they are both doing well, I got to talk to Ed yesterday afternoon on messanger for about 15 minutes so I was thrilled to death for that and I finally heard from my brother this morning and we chatted for a few. They have both been super busy and are both very tired!! Less then 3 months and I'll have my brother home :) I'm so so happy for that! But I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend, and I'll be back later to write more of a normal Ashton Blog! LoL Have a great night and take care!
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
~Missing My Boys~
16 noviembre It's way too cold.... Hey everybody! Sorry it's been awhile since I've been on here to write anything. Just had an interesing week and it's only Wednesday how about that! I'm just ready for this week to be over, it seems as if this week has been double the length because I had to come back down here Sunday night to take some Chemisty tests! Did not want to do it at all but I had too. I need those points. Monday was a pretty calm day, and then Tuesday rolls around!! Ugh, it was pouring when I woke up to go to classes so I walked to my classes in the pouring rain. And no I'm not talking about a sprinkle here and there and it was monsoon! I swear!!! So I got back from my morning classes and was trying to dry out when over the TV comes a Tornado Warning! Here I am freaking out so I call my mom ask her what to do...lol yes I depend on my mom for everything! She just said to keep watching the weather and if it gets bad go down to the first floor, because you know we are on the 4th floor here!! Soon as I hung up the phone the stupid Tornado alarms went off so Jessica and I ran down to the first floor! Yes we ran like little kids. Tried calling my mom when I was down stairs but got cut off, so they started worrying! We sent in the hallway for about an hour, and by the time they let us go back to our rooms I had 4 voice mail messages and 3 text messages!!! hahaha I was like wow they really do care :) This was all over by 3:45 and I had class at 3:30 so we went to see if I had classes which it was canceled so it wasn't that bad of a day after all other then the stupid weather. Then I woke up this morning, walked outside to go to class and my breath was literally taken away cause it was so cold! And it's SNOWING!! ARG, Maybe you should live in Indiana Aron! But then you would have to deal with Tornados one night and snow the night....Good ol Indiana weather for you :)
Haven't been able to talk to my brother much this week. Which sucks, I really miss him. Can't wait to see him again. We are down to 91 days!!! I can't believe it has went this fast, but I'm soooo happy. I just know he's been really busy with missions this whole week and ofcourse if you haven't watched the news things are starting to get bad again over there. Ofcourse cause you know the Holidays are coming up!! But all we can do is pray they will all be alright. Just ready for this crap to be over with, and hopefully never have to go through it again. Might be wishing for a little much right there. But he has found himself a girl, named Kimber! I've been able to talk to her a lot here lately, and she seems really awesome. Don't have the weirdness going on and that's good!! She sounds like a real sweetheart and hopefully she'll make him happy, which she already seems to do that, and that's what he needs. Soo I'm really happy that he seems to be happy and he's planning on things to do when he comes back so that's a good thing!!
Haven't heard from Ed the past couple of days either. Last time I talked to him was Friday night, and believe it or it was actually through messanger! First email then he popped online, and I wasn't there. So I got back to my computer and say he left me messages man would I have been mad if I missed him! We got to chat for a few minutes before he had to get back to work or whatever he was gonna do..haha. Just hope everything is going okay with him, it's been awhile since I heard from him. Which I'm sure he's doing fine! He's almost been over there for 2 months already, seems like he just left yesterday though that's what sucks. But I know before I know it he'll be back!! And I guess we'll see what happens when that time comes. I did get to talk to his friend Jason on Saturday, it was his birthday! Man what a birthday present huh..being stuck in Iraq! So he's spirits weren't very high that's forsure. Hopefully he's doing better now!
And well that's basically all that is going on around here. Nothing to exciting I guess, other then yesterday! That was kind of crazy, Indiana has had so many tornadoes in a short time span! It's crazy, because I don't remember any tornadoes since I've been born, but hey I do now!! It's scary too especially since I'm away from my family..don't like that feeling at all. But just 2 more days down here til the weekend wooohoo, then I come back for Monday and Tuesday then I'm off for Thanksgiving Break....I couldn't be more excited. All I'm going to do is eat eat eat and spend time with my family and that's great :) But I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week and stay warm it's getting colder! AHH..Have a good day and take care!!
~Ashton*Elizabeth~
Missin' My Boys11 noviembre *Say A Big Thanks*Veterans' Day will come and go Just want to say a big thanks to every single military man/woman! You guys are amazing and I know we wouldn't be where we are today with out the true heroes out there. And I'm so proud to say I personally know three amazing people, my brother Shayne, my brotherinlaw Ryan, and Ed. I'm so honor to be able to say I'm in a military family :) I can't thank my three boys let alone every other military service person out there enough for everything you guys do! So if you know any one that is/was in the military just tell them Thank You I know they will truly apperciate it! To Shayne, Ryan and Ed, thank you guys so much for being in my life, your guys mean the world to me! Take Care of yourselves! Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth 09 noviembre Hello!~ Hey everyone! I'm soo sorry it's been forever since I've written anything on here. Just been busy and really not in the mood to sit here and type but 'm good now! It's finally Wednesday, this week has gone by pretty quickly and that's great. I'm so ready for this weekend, don't know why but it's been a blah sort of week for me. To much running through my small little brain. Haha But I'm having a good week though. Only 9 school days til Thanksgiving break! Woohoo I'm soo excited, that means only one more full week, so ready for a break and ready to actually be able to sit down and have some time with my family! I miss them so much it's not even funny. But like I said not much longer at all :)
So ofcourse I have to update everybody on my brother. I can't believe it there's only 98 days til he comes home. I sit here and think where in the world has the time gone, I mean I'm thrilled to death for him to be coming home but it really hasn't seemed like a year as gone by! Yeah we still have about 3 months but man it's crazy, it was almost this time last year that we were saying our goodbyes!! I can't wait to see him though, miss him like crazy and I know everybody else does too. It's going to be hard going through Christmas without him though, but we aren't having out Family Christmas until he comes home, so we won't be missing to much though. It still won't be the same. But before we know it he's going to be on his way home..Can't tell you how much everybody is looking forward to that. Kimber and I have already planned on ganging up on him and just picking the crap out of him :) LoL He was like you can try but I doubt it will happen. So much love let me tell ya! Yeah we'll probably get our butts kicked but oh well, we will probably have a blast at doing it!! I love wrestling with my brothers haha it's just sooo freaking fun. I did get to talk to Shayne today, he's been doing good. I think he just got back from Missions a few days ago so ofcourse he was tired. Not much longer to go Bub! Just look at it that way. I know you're probably counting down the days just like we are.
I've heard from Ed off and on that past couple of weeks. It's been though email but hey I'll take anything over not hearing anything at all. We actually talked for awhile last Wednesday we emailed each other back and forth for about ever! lol It was nice though, soo good to hear from him. Miss him like crazy, ready for him to be home too. But yeah still have a few months for that one. He really seems to be in high hopes though, which is great. But I know he really wants to come home, then again who doesnt! Just gotta keep saying everyday down is a day closer to him being home, and well that day will be bitter sweet that's forsure!
And for the rest of the family they are all doing great! My younger brothers each wrote a Veterans day report on my brother...I'm really anixous to hear if they won or not! I really hope they do, even though it will suck because Shayne won't be able to be there. I just hope they win though, they are really excited about doing it! That's going to be a kind of a hard day, didn't realize it was this Friday! I wish I could go to their program they are having at their school but I have clinicals til 12:30...ticks me off. Everybody else seems to be doing good, no good stories I don't think! Lol that's a real suprise.
Ofcourse I'm doing well. Like I said at the top, I've just been having one of my down weeks. Just can somebody please fast forward this next year and half so I can finally be out of school! LoL I know that sounds horrible but I've been in school for twleve years already and I think these next two years are going to be the slowest of them all! Ugh Just ready to get into the real world, yes I know I'm crazy for saying that but I'm just that type of person. Just ready to start my life! And I'm only 18!? How crazy am I! Haha Just a short vent there sorry!
I want to also thank everybody for stopping by here and leaving great comments. There's been a few newbies that stopped by so thanks for stopping in and leaving comments. I've also added new people to the list of sites. So be sure to check them all out if you haven't already! Thanks again for everybody stopping in and leaving comments. You all don't know how much those truly do lift me up a bit! Great to know people out there can make me smile :) I hope everybody has a wonderful day. Take Care and Much Love
*Ashton*Elizabeth*
Missin My Boys05 noviembre *Song* Hey everyone! I just wanted to write a quick thing about the song I have up playing right now. It's called Soldier By Mark Dakota. I absolutely love it. I came across it on myspace.com and he said if you wanted to listen to it just email him and he would send attachment of the song, so I did, and well two days later he emailed it to me with the attachment of the song. I haven't stopped listening to it since. I'm really excited about having my brother listen to it!! There is a story behind it so I will put it on here..This is coming from Mark himself..
I wrote the song Soldier after watching a television show about the soldiers in Iraq and their families. I was thinking about how hard it is for the soldiers, and was overwhelmed with gratitude. This song basically wrote itself at that point. I hope you download it and pass it on. I don't ever want to make a cent from this song. We live our lives every day, still in a country with freedom and privilege that is second to none. If this song helps people remember that there are men and women at this very moment laying their lives on the line with no questions asked to protect that, then this song will have served it's purpose. If this song is ever heard by a soldier and lets them know that there are people back home that care and think about them every day, then this song will have served it's purpose. I am in the studio finishing my album, however this song couldn't wait, so here it is take it, tell someone, show someone, and listen to it so you don't ever forget. When this song is released on my record all of the royalties from this song will be donated to the families of soldiers that did not make it home, and disabled veterans. If anyone including the record label tries to persuade me otherwise, they will no longer work with me. -Mark markdakotamusic@yahoo.com
I hope you all like this song as much as I do! Hopefully if you stop by and you know a soldier let them listen to it! Because it's their song!!! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do. If you would like a copy of the song I put his email on here, just email him and ask him! I'll be back to update about my family and everyone later. Just thought I would stop in and tell you about the song. Have a wonderful weekend and Take Care
Much Love, Ashton*Elizabeth
Missin' My Boys30 octubre It's Been A.... Very good weekend! Believe it or not, it's just been soo relaxing. I think I just let go of all my troubles and worries and just went with the flow. I think I need to do that way more often, and well I'm going to try. I know I put way to much stress on myself when I'm at school, and that just makes me miserable and just makes everything ten times worse for me so I'm just going to try to go with the flow and hopefully things will get better as the time goes by. We don't even have that much longer to go in school this semester, I can't believe I'm almost half way done with my first year in college! It's crazy. We only have about 5 weeks left, because of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Three full weeks, and two days til Thanksgiving Break, and then after that just 2 full weeks and it will be Christmas Break! Woohoo~ I'm ready for that. Cause we got a month off for Christmas, I won't know what to do! Haha Just enjoy the time with the family that's forsure!! Not to much longer after that my brother will be coming home :) Can't wait.
Oh I'm not even forsure if you guys know the great news! I was talking to my brother the other day, on one of my very horrible days, and I was complaining to him and everything then out of no where he was like we are coming home the beginning of February not March now! Ahhh that was the greatest news that I had received all day. That just kicks off about 21 days of the count down!! Sooo happy. Let's just hope the Army doesn't screw this one up. It would be nice though, because that would mean he'd be back home for his month vacation in March and that's when mine and my younger brothers spring breaks are so we would be able to spend some time with him :) Just really hoping that's when he gets to come home though, I miss him! Other then that I haven't talked to him for a couple of days now. Last time I talked to him was on Friday, and he was upset. They lost one of their SSGs the other day, and he was pretty upset about that. So I just told him I was sorry, and kind of left it at that because I didn't want to bug the living crap out of him, because I know when to leave him alone. Just hope he's doing alright!
And well for Ed! I've been able to talk to him twice in the past week! Woohoo. Well Monday kind of doesn't count because I was in class when he got online, but he left me some messages and also he's address, so I guess I better be sending him some stuff huh?! He wants some "goodies" so I guess I will just start walking through the store and whatever I like I guess he's going to have to like too. I actually got to talk to him last night, through emails. Which is better then nothing, I'm not complaining that's forsure. Their internet guy was on vacation so he wasn't able to get on messanger so we just emailed each other back and forth. But it was basically like we were having a conversation, because I can put the voice to the words and it's nice. Just really nice to hear from him and know he's doing okay. Just hopefully this means I'll be able to hear from him a lot more, but he's busy most of the time. He's basically in charge of everything so he stays pretty much busy! Just can't wait til he gets home, hoping it's sooner then later! Miss him soo much! Ohh and he sent me a picture in one of he's emails so I'll put it up! I'll put it in the mi chico photo album. He's all decked out in his uniform and gun! Ahh, still looks like the guy I know though, so that's always a huge plus :)
I got to help my sister pick out somethings for her Halloween party she was going too, so that was pretty fun. She was going as a gypsie, and her hubby was going as an Amish man! LOL The sad thing is, everybody can actually see him as a Amishman, pretty sad. I really hope they took some pictures because I want to see them, I'm sure they had fun. They went down to Ft.Know, KY for the party, Ryans best friend was throwing it on the Base so I'm sure it was one heck of a party! Cause you know how Army boys like to do things!! :) Hopefully they had fun though. And other then that I've been pretty lazy this weekend. And for once I actually slept in how about that!! It's been a good weekend! And can you believe it, it's Halloween tomorrow! Crazy Crazy, that means all the freaks are going to be out down at Vincennes so hmm that dorm room is looking pretty good right about now.
I hope everybody is having a wonderful weekend and enjoying the nice weather! Hasn't been that cold out this weekend, but wait this week will probably be another killer....just my luck! Hope everyone enjoys tomorrow night too since it's the best fatten Holiday we have! Halloween! Woohoo, I have already started on the candy, my grandma gave me a big bag full! Looks like I'm going to have to hit the gym after this, because you know the freshman 15, hmm yeah might have already gained that. Haha, what am I going to do with myself!! But anyways, hope you all had a wonderful weekend, and tomorrow is the start of a new week! Joy Joy! Have a great day and take care!
Much Love, Ashton-Elizabeth
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