Brandon Hardy

March 8, 1981 - April 28, 2006

On Memorial Day we celebrate and remember those who have served our country and died protecting us- Brandon was one of those who gave his life, and today I am thanking the Lord for him and remembering him. Even though he died 2 years ago I think about him every day and know he died doing what he loved and what he knew God called him to do, I know he felt good about serving and giving his life for the country he loved. I wish he didn’t (that no one) had to give his life for us, BUT he did and I am so thankful that he was willing to give the ultimate gift to keep me and my children free and safe.  I know he served his county well, and I am so proud to call him my friend and hero…

THANK YOU Brandon and all of the other soldiers out there who have given their lives to keep America Free!!!  We are celebrating ALL of you today!

Brandons mom wrote the poem above I hope you can read it- I thought I would share it with you all- please pray for all of our soldiers they fight for all of us and our children and our grandchildren…

Two years ago, myself (chris), my Dad, my brother Nick met up with my Dad’s best friend Norm Galvin and his son for our first “Weeny Welding” trip to the Grand Canyon. Earlier this year, we decided it was time for WWII, Weeny Welding II, and this time, we were going out to Reno Nevada for the Reno Air Races, and do some hiking around Lake Tahoe.

So yesterady my dad, brother and I flew out to Reno yesterday, and met up with Norm, his son Jay again. It was a long day of travel, and after arriving at Jay’s house, he and his wife made us a wonderful spagetti and meat ball dinner - THANK YOU JAY AND MELANIE! - then we went to bed.

This morning we got up and went to the air races. Already there had been two deaths the two days before so we were interested to see what happens today. We had pit passes, so we were able to go down and see a bunch of really cool planes, the ones that were racing. We heard some of the planes racing, so we decided to watch a bit. Just as we were walking up to the line where we could see, we noticed some dust and smoke a bit in the distance. Turns out that there was another crash. Later we found out that another person had died, when two planes collided and one man was killed instantly and the other was able to land his plane with non-fatal injuries.
    
The races were canceled for the rest of the day, which was a bummer, but there was still some really cool exhibitions. We saw several trickster planes, and also the Canadian Snowbird team perform, which is the Canadian version of the Thunderbirds. My favorite part was when an F-16 was putting on a show. Man, that engine is incredible and LOUD.

 

Anyway, check out the photo’s that I posted. More coming tomorrow.

Photos

Today, December 8th, Aubrey O’Malley turns 1 year old! April, Logan and Chris want to wish her a very happiest birfday!

Here are some pictures of us, BL (before Logan), visiting them at the hospital shortly after the birth of Aubrey. For more go to the O’Malleys blog by clicking here: O’Malley Clan