Evan got 'block' leave, before shipping out to Iraq, around when Roe and I were thinking of taking a vacation. So we decided to make it a family vacation and booked a week stay down in Aruba. Roe and I had been there in 2003, but this was the first time for Evan to go to one of the islands. I think he liked this 'sand' more than he will the 'sand' in Iraq:)