Best birthday present ever

Subject: Best birthday present ever Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:22 pm

Quote :: Gabriel Hurles celebrated his sixth birthday by unwrapping the best present ever - his father home on leave from Iraq.

The youngster was so engrossed in the cupcakes his mother brought to his class yesterday that he didn't notice the enormous wrapped box.

'That's one big, giant present,' a classmate told him. 'See what you got, Gabriel.'

The six-year-old peeled back the wrapping paper to find the surprise of his young life.

'It's my dad!' he announced joyfully to his classmates at Sutro Elementary School in Dayton, Nevada. 'Hi, Daddy!'

Army mechanic Casey Hurles, 23, hadn't seen his son since he left in June.

When he learned his leave would coincide with his son's birthday, he hatched a plan to hide out in the big box.

'It was such a rush of emotion,' said Hurles, who said he got butterflies in his stomach while waiting in the box.

'I always get them when I see him,' he added.

And he admitted he also got a surprise when his son pulled open the wrapping paper, saying: 'He gets bigger every time I see him.'

'He’s my son. I feel anything he does,' said Gabriel’s mum, Jackie Holocker, 25. 'I’m excited when he’s excited. I think it’s wonderful.'

After Hurles sat down and ate a cupcake with the birthday boy, teacher Dawn VanSickle presented him with a banner from the class that read, 'Welcome Home. Thank you for your service.'

VanSickle told the Nevada Appeal she was happy to arrange the reunion in her classroom.

'One of the first things Gabriel shared about himself was that his dad was in Iraq and that he was waiting for his dad to come home,' she said. 'He talks about his dad all the time.'

Hurles, who joined the Army four years ago, is a mechanic in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.

He completed one tour in Iraq and is seven months into his second tour. He expects to finish sometime this summer and talks to his son on the phone almost daily.

Gabriel’s grandparents, Darrell and Karen Hurles, and uncle Joel Hurles were also there.

'His dad wanted him to have this memory because you never know what tomorrow might hold,' Gabriel's grandmother Karen said.

Gabriel said he looks forward to playing with his dad over the next two weeks but understands why he has to leave again.

'He has to work,' Gabriel said. 'He works in the war.'

Tyrant T-002 Posts : 2615 Join date : 2008-10-18 Age : 38

Why does he have to go back? Didn't Obama say that they are pulling forces back?

User BANNED Posts : 9885 Join date : 2008-12-08

lol, it was funny looking when you see the guys face behind the gift wrapping, I wonder what the kid was thinking??? Smile

Subject: Re: Best birthday present ever Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:59 pm

frodomir wrote:: Why does he have to go back? Didn't Obama say that they are pulling forces back?

yeah there pulling out in a couple months but not right now...my couzin is also going back over again...nice post Ghost Leader

Tyrant T-002 Posts : 2615 Join date : 2008-10-18 Age : 38

Regenerator wrote:

frodomir wrote:: Why does he have to go back? Didn't Obama say that they are pulling forces back?

yeah there pulling out in a couple months but not right now...my couzin is also going back over again...nice post Ghost Leader

well i wish him luck for that 2 months

Subject: Re: Best birthday present ever Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:08 pm

Regenerator wrote:: yeah there pulling out in a couple months but not right now...my couzin is also going back over again...

16 months, to be exact. And I wish your cousin well over there.

Subject: Re: Best birthday present ever Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:19 pm

Ghost Leader wrote:

Regenerator wrote:: yeah there pulling out in a couple months but not right now...my couzin is also going back over again...

16 months, to be exact. And I wish your cousin well over there.

G.L. ...I haven't had that large of a lump in my throat in a long time...many many thanks for posting this. God bless those young men and women and I thank all of them.

Subject: Re: Best birthday present ever Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:51 am

That is so beautiful
It makes me want to cry

Nah,not that much

Subject: Re: Best birthday present ever Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:47 pm

duralumin wrote:

Ghost Leader wrote:

Regenerator wrote:: yeah there pulling out in a couple months but not right now...my couzin is also going back over again...

16 months, to be exact. And I wish your cousin well over there.

G.L. ...I haven't had that large of a lump in my throat in a long time...many many thanks for posting this. God bless those young men and women and I thank all of them.

God bless them is right...those troops need all the support they can get

RPD Officer Posts : 393 Join date : 2008-12-16

Regenerator wrote:

duralumin wrote:

Ghost Leader wrote:

Regenerator wrote:: yeah there pulling out in a couple months but not right now...my couzin is also going back over again...

16 months, to be exact. And I wish your cousin well over there.

G.L. ...I haven't had that large of a lump in my throat in a long time...many many thanks for posting this. God bless those young men and women and I thank all of them.

God bless them is right...those troops need all the support they can get

No....they need a dozen of god damn Cargo Troopers and helicopters to get the hell out of here.

nah joke Razz

still its a funny story(perhaps the kid thought he might get somethin real big and..."duh its only my dad~~" Razz

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