Mini Session Giveaway for the troops Entry 2 The Cross Family

I am so happy to announce my second entry into my Giveaway for the troops contest.

This entry comes from Kim.  Just another reason why we should all be so grateful for our military and their families and the sacrifices they make to protect our freedom.  Thank you to Tim, Kim, and all our brave heroes for the sacrifices they make <3

You can Vote for the Cross family by leaving a comment at the bottom of this blog.  Only one entry/person will count <3 I will stop taking entries on December 31 and the contest will run until January 7th at midnight<3

“My name is Kimberly Cross and I’m from Lewes, Delaware. I met my husband, Tim Cross, when I was a junior in college. To say that it was love at first sight is putting it lightly – I knew within a few weeks of dating Tim that I had found my forever love. In our first six months of dating, Tim was deployed on his second tour of duty to Iraq. It felt almost impossible to say goodbye to someone I had just fell so hard for, but Tim and I hung on as tight as we could and made it through his year long deployment together. He even made it back in time to surprise me at my college graduation!

A few years later, we were blessed with the most adorable little girl, Isabella Cross – or as we like to call her, Bella. It was a wild ride learning to be parents, but I couldn’t imagine doing it with anyone else but Tim. He is a caring and loving father and the best husband any woman could ask for. When Bella turned two, we found that that Tim was being deployed for the third time, this time to Afghanistan. Although we had done it before, it seemed virtually impossible to do it now that we had our daughter. But with a lot of love and perseverance, a few tears and of course – Skype!, Tim made it through his third tour and Daddy returned home safe and sound to Bella and I.

Unfortunately, we still haven’t gotten him back completely. Tim was wounded in the last month of his tour in Afghanistan and is currently stationed at Fort Belvoir outside of Washington DC receiving physical therapy and treatment for his injuries. While his recovery is going strong and we get to see Tim on the weekends as much as we can, Bella and I miss her daddy and my husband very much. Tim, Bella, and I are all looking forward to the day that we are reunited and can finally be a family – together – again.”