troops

We had the pleasure of spending a good amount of time with Rodney Atkins, a true-blue country music star on Wednesday night just moment before he took the stage at our Jingle Jam show in Troy.  While discussing playing and performing for our troops in Afghanistan, Atkins talked about a terrifying moment that he'll never forget. And after hearing him tell it, you won't either.

As the holidays approach, and Veteran's Day is celebrated, I can't help but think about all the the men and women that are serving our country and away from their families. We are trying to do our part to help them feel love from home.

You went trick-or-treating last night or you may have bought a ton of candy and didn't end up having a lot of kids come to your house. Now what? Ever thought of donating it to the troops?

You may have hung up your Christmas lights this weekend, you might have trimmed the tree, like we did, or you might have finished your turkey up while watching Hallmark movies!  All great Thanksgiving weekend options... but some really amazing people in Glenmont spent their Saturday sending care packages to our troops overseas...

I wanted to teach my children the meaning of Memorial Day in a way that they could understand.  It's hard to wrap your head around war and death at 3.  So, my husband and I took the kids to the Lansingburgh Veterans Memorial Day Parade...

Taste of Country Music Festival headliner and overall good guy Brad Paisley went way out of his way to honor the troops over Memorial Day weekend.  He flew to Afghanistan for a surprise visit to Bagram Air Base where he played an hour-long acoustic set for about 3,000 U.S. troops!

Families in the Albany area got the best gift ever when their husbands, wives, fathers, mothers and children returned home early this morning.

Just wanted to take this time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!