Creative wishes!!

Merry Christmas is spelled out in dog and cat food,
then the next picture the dog was tired of taking pictures
and got hungry! Thanks Joe, Erin, Clover and Debo!


Love, Mike, Lee, Tyler and Jessica Wynn




This picture was made by Erin's brother, sister-in-law
and the kid's diapers. Merry Stink'n Christmas :)




If you can't read the small sign it says, "Look an Afghan"
referring to the blanket Grandma Reed is covered up
with. Very clever guys!

Merry Christmas from Afghanistan!

Well, it has been 9 weeks in country so far! The time has actually flown by, thankfully! Andrew's military orders are for a total of 400 days and we are currently on day 108, so that means we are a quarter of the way through this deployment! Andrew's R&R is attentively scheduled for April 19th-May 3rd, so we are really looking forward to that!

Andrew sent the pictures this week, the Christmas tree picture is "Afghanistan style" because they hadn't received any real decorations yet. It is decorated with PT belts, homemade snow flake, badges of "guys who have been fired from their job" and a cardboard replica of the badge they carry on a daily basis. The tree is know decorated "American style" but I haven't gotten any pictures yet.

Andrew and I have been able to talk almost everyday by SKYPE. We love it and it is free! We usually talk when it is early morning for him and night time for me (9 1/2hr. time difference). It really makes a difference and things easier (emotionally) when we actually get to see each other's face. Some days the Internet connection is better than others depending on how busy the connection is on base. So, if you download SKYPE, then maybe you can see and talk with Andrew. His beard is quite impressive as you can see in the picture.

I want to thank everyone who emailed Christmas pictures to me for Andrew's photo album. He received them last week and loved them! He said it really makes a difference know people haven't forgotten about him :) Of coarse we wouldn't but being that far away he said it can be lonely. Andrew picked out his favorites which have been posted below as well. Thanks everyone!!

It's seems that care packages are taking about 7-10 days, which is great. He has received so many. He said the unit chaplain's office is stuffed full of care packages sent by churches, schools and many other organizations. He said everyone is so appreciative all the support. Keep the packages coming because it helps with the moral.

Andrew and I are so appreciative of all the support from family and friends. Thank you so much. Enjoy the pictures and Merry Christmas from Afghanistan and Indianapolis!

Love,
Erin