It's fun to go see the kids after school, today they needed to blow off a little pent up energy so Jenny and I took them to the nearby wash to ride their bikes on the concrete ramp! While we were there Jordan discovered he could write on the concrete using rocks, he said look mom chalk rocks!
Jackson is full of stories and stopped ridin his bike so he could tell us a story!
Juliet is starting to be like the big boys, she loves to ride her Cinderella scooter!
August 5, 1980 this fine young man came into our lives. Born in Frankfurt Germany in the American hospital.
Cory has always had a sense of adventure and loves life to the fullest. He went with some friends to the beach this summer and since he didn't have a table he improvised.
A love of all things nautical so it is fitting he is in the U.S. Coast Guard. Cory spent his birthday in Dutch Harbor Alaska waiting to ship out for a 2 1/2 month trip to the Artic Ocean and the North Pole. He will be aboard the ice breaker Healy along with crew and many scientists. He will document the trip with photos and stories. Something Cory is very good at. What a great life he gets to have and we are so proud of him.
Cory shipped out this morning aboard the Coast Guad Ice Breaker Healy. He will be gone for 2 1/2 months, which puts him back in Alaska somewhere around the middle to end of October. He is going to document through photographs and stories the mission of this ice breaker. He said there were 140 aboard the ship. This includes crew and many scientists. The scientists will study all kinds of things from ice flow, water temperatures, medical, environmental and other studies. It is the very first unaccompanied trip to the Arctic. Usually the ship has escorts and a helicopter but this time they are floating solo. That is a little unnerving, but got to trust they know what they are doing.
This pictur is a picture Cory sent of the "Big Red Beast" he called her, the CG Ice Breaker Healy.
Cory has spent the past three days here at Dutch Harbor Unalaska. He got to see them preparing the ship to go out to sea. The logistics are incredible he said. Food and supplies and I hope some 'ordinance'. Dutch Harbor has a history from World War II as it was the only other place on American soil that was bombed at the time Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was bombed. It has been rebuilt and serves as a major fishing village grossing several billion dollars in fishing revenue mostly haddock and cod.
While Cory was there at Dutch Harbor he was able to take advantage of the water and went kayaking. That boy never wastes an opportunity to have an adventure of some kind. Communication will be spotty at best while he is gone, mostly just email. We eagerly await the photos to start coming. Cory will photograph all aspects of life aboard a Coast Guard Ice Breaker, from stem to stern and the work they are doing aboard. All his work will go through Seattlebefore being posted on the Coast Guard website. Cory has an eye for photography and he is the best there is. He finds the best shots and captures the essence of what is going on around him in the best possible light. So excite...prays and ,I've shipping out with him today and everyday he is gone.
This cute man and I have been married for 41 years now and it has been an amazing journey together! We have had our ups and downs and good and bad! We have stuck together like glue for all these years! What has been the glue?...
Our eternal marriage! We were sealed not only for this life but forever along with our precious family! We thought it fitting to spend our anniversary at the temple!
The closest temple to us is the Gilbert Temple outside of Phoenix. We went fasting and praying today to get some direction and strength for this next leg of our journey! We reviewed the revelation we were seeking and it was strong and beautiful ! We are supposed to be here in Tucson at this time and we love it here! We are excited for our next chapter to begin- here we go!
Happy 41st wedding anniversary to us! We spent the day together and had lunch at El Charros in downtown Tucson! The next day we left early for Phoenix and went to the temple!
Petes family went to dinner with us to celebrate our anniversary! There was a balloon lady there so the kids got balloons.
Jackson got in on the face painting while waiting to be seated!
Juliet also got painted but it was on her arm.
Here is the before! What a cute returned missionary she is!