Who Do You Mourn Today?

On 25 June 2009 1st Lt. Brian Bradshaw was killed in action in Kheyl, Afghanistan. He died from wounds sustained when in improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

1LT Bradshaw was 24 years old from Steilacoom, WA. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.

1LT Brian Bradshaw is survived by parents, Paul and Mary (Gillis) Bradshaw; his brother, Robert Bradshaw; his grandmothers, Nancy Gillis of Hudson, Massachusetts, and Virginia Bradshaw of Parsons, Kansas; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Preceded in death by his grandfathers, Charles Bradshaw and John Gillis, and his aunt, Cathy Gillis and uncle, John Bradshaw.

Who do you mourn today? The King of Pop? Farrah Fawcett? Or do you mourn a March of Dimes participant who volunteered with the Pierce County Search and Rescue before joining the United States Army after ROTC. This former leader and counselor at CYO camps was ignored and forgotten by THIS nation when he lost his life fighting with OUR nation's military.

This soldier will never forget you 1LT Brian Bradshaw.

(8 OCT 1984 - 25 JUN 2009)

Army Spc. Joshua L. Hazlewood died June 25, 2009 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom 22, of Manvel, Texas; assigned to the 614th Automated Cargo Documentation Detachment; died June 25 in Arifjan, Kuwait, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.

Outdoor School

Taking classes outdoors is awesome!!! signed-up for a group cycling class with REI so I could learn more about group riding etiquette. There were two instructors and 5 students. While we did not ride far it was fun to be out with a group and meet different people from this area.
The only downside was the weather. It was so hot outside that I almost fell out at one point. (Lesson learned, all rides this summer will be in the early AM.)

A Little Burdine Fun

Need I say more...?

2010 Burdine Family Reunion

Generation 2 and Generation 3 getting together every three years for a week of fun and games!

The Hultgren Family picture!

Burdine Reunion

Let the ORANGE SHIRT games begin!!!

With cousin Brittany Burdine at the Sight and Sound Theatre's Noah.

Please Don't Jump

This secret was posted on postsecret.com on 06JUN2010. The Facebook COMMUNITY has responded and want the author to know they care. Here is the link to the Facebook page created to show that the this particular COMMUNITY cares.

If you are in the San Francisco area on 13JUN2010 I encourage you to go the Golden Gate Bridge and join others as they plaster the bridge with copies of posts from the Facebook page. You can play a part in saving a life. Here is link with further information.

To whomever you are, you are loved, wanted, and belong.

Practice What You Preach

Stole this picture from my Aunt Lynn's Facebook page.

Thought it was pretty ironic!

Do We Really Support Our Soldiers

CPT Michael Clauer's homeowners' association foreclosed on his family's $300,000 house and sold it for $3,500 while he was deployed to Iraq.

Is this how we support our troops?

Read the article HERE.