Teaching Our Children By Example

My 13 year old and I volunteered 8 1/2 hours at the Fort Bragg 4th of July Festival for the BOSS (Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers) Tent. We helped sell candy creations (really cool candy sand that you layer to make a design in a test tube), and glow necklaces so people could add their own patriotic spark! We literally closed the place down, as the weather rushed in, bringing wind and rain. It was an awesome cooling off end to a great day! My 8 year old wanted to help so bad, but I thought the novelty would wear off before the day was done ... he should up later with Daddy, and tried his hand at marketing candy creations and glow necklaces! He has a future in marketing!

Army Life is a Busy Life

Cast of "When Dorothy Meets Alice" Fort Bragg, NC

My 13 year old, daughter and I performed in the 2011 Army Festival of the Arts Competition "When Dorothy Meets Alice". This is a volunteer position with BOSS (Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers) and FMWR (Fort Bragg Morale, Welfare and recreation). My 8 year old also attended almost every rehearsal, learning everyone's parts along the way. We each contributed over 150 hours each in this all volunteer production.

UPDATE:

I'm proud to announce we won 3rd Place for Ensemble among all Garrisons throughout the U.S. Army.