What Would We Do Without It?

Jed made it to his final "sandbox" this week.  Which meant we could start skyping!  What a lifesaver technology is, without it we wouldn't be able to do this:

The kids were so excited to "see" Jed - it's been over two months since they've laid their eyes on him.  It totally made their day!

We tried skyping when Jed was in Kuwait but the quality of the picture and the speed weren't too great.  Now that he is in Iraq, the connection is much better.

Jed answering all sorts of questions and showing Ronin his weapon:

I think from their faces you can tell skyping is a big hit in our household:

I think Jed was pretty happy too - he couldn't stop smiling either.  I loved just watching his face, he was so joyful at getting to talk to his kiddos (and me of course):

We even got to have some of our first family prayers with Jed, it's so nice to be able to do that again.  Our morning is his night, so it works out pretty well with catching up with each other...for now anyway.  He tells us good morning and we respond with a hearty goodnight.

I am soooo grateful for technology - whatever would we do without it?  We are so fortunate to have these kinds of things in this day and age.