The Bushman's

Help keep siblings together

2010-05-17T07:27:00.001-07:00

My amazing sister Angela is trying to win a $50,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Everything project to open up a group home for sibling groups in the foster system. Most foster homes don't have the accomodations to house more then one or two children from the same family, so those children are most often split up and placed in seperate homes. The group home Angela is trying to open up would be able to accomodate up to 10 siblings.
Angela needs this money to show proof that she has the funds to run the group home for the first year. Watch this video to learn more about sibling groups in the foster system
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-oq1LUNIBo

Imagine being a child and being placed in a foster home without your siblings. Imagine how alone you would feel. Angela already has a sibling group in mind for the home that she wants to open up. They are ages 6, 11, 13, and 15 and are living in seperate homes.

Please go and vote everyday until May 31st for Alegnas Homes at www.refresheverything.com/alegnashomes

Lions and tigers and bears

2010-05-03T20:27:00.000-07:00

So this weekend I finally made it to Tucson to spend some time with my bestie, Riley :) We had so much fun! Movies, nails, pool, cooking and eating in, and the highlight of the visit, the ZOO- we were like a couple of five year olds, we were so entertained by all the animals. something about the zoo just brings out the kid in me :)

Definitley was time to finally visit her. Gonna miss her tons :(

R & R

2010-04-10T20:05:00.000-07:00

So, for the first half of Gregg's deployment while he was defending our country and fighting the Taliban and doing all this really important stuff, I was sitting in good ol Mesa, Arizona making people beautiful (I used to think my job was essential to man kinds well-being, now I realize its insignificance in the grand scheme of things.. oh well, I still love it). Ha, but I did keep myself busy busy busy (hence the lack of posts) with work and school and spending time with my awesome family and friends.

Anyway, six months and one traumatic brain injury later, Gregg got to come home for mid-tour leave, for a whole month! Of course, that month went by so much faster then the first six did. He left a few weeks ago, so we're back to the countdown.

We really didn't do much of anything while he was here, just spent a lot of time together and with our family

Somehow my mom managed to plan family pics while Gregg was home :)

The "I Do's"

2009-09-01T22:59:00.000-07:00

When we were planning the wedding, Gregg told me to do everything just exactly how I wanted it and that he wanted everything to be perfect for me.. well, we had some crazy mis-haps and last-minute racing, but everything was perfect, because all I wanted was for him to be waiting for me at the end of the aisle..

Thought I would share some of the wedding pics..

My sister Amber did the cake, it turned out AMAZING!

One of my favs :) I sure hope our kids get those dimples..

Wedding party..

The familia

First comes marriage...

2009-08-30T05:54:00.000-07:00

Then comes blog! :)

Me and Gregg were married on June 27th in our beautiful hometown of Snowflake and could not be happier! Our long friendship grew into such a strong love and continues growing every day. We spent the first two months of our marriage in North Carolina, where Gregg was stationed in the Army, until he left for his deployment earlier this month. Besides the seperation, I really like the army life and I know Gregg loves what he does.

I've moved back to Arizona and am very happy to be back with my family and friends, but in the two short months I was there, I learned to love NC and being on post. I could do without the HUGE bugs and streets that were impossible for me to navigate, but I miss the greenery, the bbq, the military discounts, the sweet tea, hearing the distant sound of artilary rounds and canons at all hours of the day and night, and even the humidity. But most of all, I miss my best friend, my husband.

For now, I'm back working at Got Roots? Salon, where I've been a stylist for about a year and a half, until Gregg gets back in August of 2010. I'm also going to continue working towards my degree in psychology and I can't wait to jump back into the busy schedule that I'm used to.

We are so grateful that we found each other and I feel so lucky that we have such wonderful, loving family and friends who help and support us in so many ways.