Our Little Sniper
Tomorrow is a BIG day for Kate as she qualifies with the M-16 rifle. She and her platoon have spent the last two weeks living at the rifle range, first becoming familiar with and practicing the various...
Monthly Archive: January 2009
Winter\’s moon
The full moon Saturday night was the biggest and brightest of the year. We were up in Winters visiting Diane. Matt and Bree (and Brian) were there too so it turned out to be a...
When animals attack!!!!!
Niya has been like a mother to Bruno and Mali. Well, sometimes, mothers eat their young. Ever since the pups came aboard, Niya has treated them well. One thing that both Bruno and Mali like to do...
Recruit Kate update – 45 days – Half way!!
Tomorrow marks the half way mark for Kate\’s recruit training! Its hard to believe that Kate has been gone seven weeks already! We continue to receive letters on a regular basis, as well as follow...
Recruit Kate Update – 30 days
Today marks day 30 for Kate as a Marine Corp recruit. She is doing GREAT! We have received a few letters and she reports that, other than some minor aches, pains, bruises, cuts and scrapes,...
Our Lazy Wiikend
It was another kick back weekend for us. Too cold and rainy for a bike ride (at least for me), so we just started an early fire in the fireplace and stayed home. Staci came...
Brotherly Love
Sometime around midweek I received a flurry of texts on my phone, Five rapid fire texts from the Kahuna, setting up a Saturday bike ride on the creek trail. Sounded good to me. I could tell...