It's Gonna Be A Hot One!

This Spring we have enjoyed cooler than normal tempertures. All that seems to be coming to an end. It was a good run. Pack lightly if you're coming to visit!
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A week barely worth mentioning......

Tom has been gone 9 days now and let's just say that we have all missed him terribly. My poor mom came out for a visit to help us out, but it turns out that, quite frankly, we were beyond help! To sum it up the week consisted of a lot of driving all over the south, long and sleepless nights with a dog who has horrible diarrhea (self-induced, might I add --- eating an entire bag of dental chews -- including the bag, is not recommended), a terrible spill in the neighbor's driveway chasing after the dog which resulted in a quick trip to the ER for x-rays for me (everything is fine), Muzzy "clotheslining" Marin with her leash on the driveway which resulted in Marin having a huge bump on the back of her head and a red "ligature" like mark on her neck (after a good cry Marin is totally fine and still eager to give Muzzy lots of kisses --aahhhh, kids and forgiveness) and oh, did I mention the dog's diarrhea --- yes, it persists, but she is now on some good medication. You know, I was kind of feeling sorry for us and then I found a few minutes to sit down and read some friend's blogs and well, everything came into perspective. When you have a chance (and a full box of Kleenex readily available), click on The Wilkening Web link to the right and read their Cancer Blog from start to finish. You will be so inspired by little Eli and his fight with leukemia and blown away by his parent's ability to so beautifully articulate in writing what they all are going through. Please keep them all in your prayers.

PS: Thank you Gramma Mac for your help and everybody, please don't let us forget to have a fence installed before Tom's next trip! :)

PPS: Does anybody want a 6 month old Goldendoodle? She's very cute and EXTREMELY well-behaved ;) Just kidding.

USS John C. Stennis

While Tracey, Marin, Calvin and Muzzy have been suffering through the ides of May, I've been aboard the carrier off the coast of San Diego. Here's a photo of me "waving" aboard a T-45 Goshawk for a student's first ever landing at the boat. I'm now back in San Diego and figuring out how to make this our home again.
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Golf at Dancing Rabbit

On a nice, lazy Sunday afternoon, Greg and I played the Oaks at Dancing Rabbit. The whole family had been in Choctaw, MS this past weekend for the Ball and to get out of town, if only for a couple of days.
The round was close the whole way until Greg narrowly nipped me by 17 strokes to finish with an 85. On this hole, we both nabbed pars and for the moment I felt worthy of playing on a course much beeter than my game.
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Fun at the Hotel Pool

Marin's favorite so far has been the "hot, hot" pool. So we're here enjoying the sun (storms moved through in the night) and laughing about the crazy night.
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Goshawk Ball

We're at the Goshawk Ball! Marin is with Aunt Sara and Uncle Greg. It's fun so far.
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Muzzy's new 'doo!

Here is a quick shot of Muzzy and her new hairdo. Muzzy likes it so much that she ate through part of the wall to celebrate.
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