The Trip

On August 12th, Kim, Jordan and I flew down to Gulfport, Mississippi. We arrived in the early afternoon, made our way to our hotel where I set about to beautifying myself for my wonderful man. Then we hit the road.

It took us about an hour to get to Camp Shelby, where Brandon had been training all summer. Along about 4:30 or so, we approached his barracks (where he sleeps). There he stood, in the blazing summer sun, all handsome: Sergeant Brandon James Anderson.

Thus began the trip. It was an amazing four and a half days we got to spend with him, playing on the beach, seeing movies, eating and laughing together. It was awesome! We were so blessed to get to spend time with him before he left. Back in May, when he initially deployed, we weren't sure if we'd see him before he left the country. It was really awesome. Woot!

One highlight of the trip was a surprise Brandon had been keeping from us. It was a yacht cruise out to an island and a sunset dinner on the way back! A very generous couple of men offered their services and boat for us and Brandon's buddy's family to go out on this cruise for free! It was about 7 hours long and was soooo amazing. These two men just wanted to thank Brandon and Bryce for what they do for our country. Isn't that awesome?!

So yeah, it was really amazing. The whole trip was awesome. The memories we made were wonderful.

Thanks to everyone who prayed for our travel and trip. It went off without a hitch!

-Sarah

The Next Phase

Hello everyone. Brandon is now in Kuwait. He arrived safely after a long journey; 30 hours. He says that its extremely hot, like 90 degrees at 11pm. Sand blows everywhere. When you look up, you see blue sky, but as you move your eyes toward the horizon, it becomes more tan and then...sand. I will be posting more as I hear more.

Sarah

Alaska: Coming Soon to a Blog Near You

Greetings to all our readers! This is Sarah writing. I recently took a wonderful trip to Alaska and I wanted to give you a preview of that. I haven't updated the blog for some time, however, I see Brandon got the chance to...YAY!

On Sunday, the 12th, my mother-in-law, my brother-in-law and I will be flying down to see Brandon! We will get to spend four days with him! There have been a lot of flight cancellations lately and this is just one trip we really can't miss. Typically most of the cancellations are near the end of the month, so we're really praying that all would go smooth. Please, if you think about it, pray that we wouldn't have any complications with travel this coming weekend.

Once I return and have a little more time, I will be blogging a little about my trip. The photo in the corner is of adolescent seals on a buoy, being territorial. If you click on the picture, it will enlarge and you can see clearly that the one is trying to get on the buoy, but is being viciously barked at by another. It was quite a funny sight.