Letter from Private Ryan!

We had a letter from Ryan yesterday. He is doing good. He finally got a letter from me. I received two, "return to sender" this week and I was getting very angry. One letter that was sent back to me had been opened and retaped?
He said last week was the best week by far. He did the Gas Chamber last week. He was nervous, but he came through, after gaging and getting sick. But he was able to recite everything he was suppose to before he left the chamber. He has been learning combat with a bayonet, and something that looks like a big q-tip? He also did an obstacle coarse that was the biggest he had ever seen. With hurdles, rope climbing, crawling under barbed wire and lots of mud. He has started to shoot his M-16, which he says he is pretty good at. He has marched in full "rattle Battle" which when completed dressed out, weights about 50lbs. He has 5 more weeks until graduation. He says these last weeks will be marching, camping, more marching and camping.
He says keep on writing and sending those cards.
love Jo-D

Oh What Fun!!!

Linda, that's a great idea! No one will notice she's a little different.

Ok...I started my preceptorship this week and it is a blast! I helped deliver 2 babies yesterday, a boy and a girl, and then today worked in the evaluation unit where they are admitted and determined to be in labor or not. They (the other nurses) said I am catching on very quick and think I should work there. I told them to pass the word on to their superiors and one said she already has!!

Shelby lost another tooth today but left it at school. Jamie told her that the tooth fairy doesn't pay up on your word. Ha!

Tomorrow is my last day of school, thank goodness! Especially now that I have a carpet issue to take care of. Last week when we had so much rain, it came in through the floor of the basement (we presume) and soaked 1/4 of the carpet. Now it smells a little foul (moldy)and we've put the house on a "no show" until we resolve the issue. Any ideas??

Reva

Tom and I took Birthday cake and Ice cream over last night to Dad for his birthday. They had Chili/Beans and corn bread for supper (could'nt tell). We got there just at "feeding of the hounds" time. Whatever she was feeding the dogs looked a lot like what they had for supper! Dogs had cake and ice cream too!!
Two of my letters that I had mailed to Ryan came back today, "Return to sender". I don't know why. Lana used the same address I used and he got her's. I am really bummed. I just know he feels like I am not thinking about him.
Jo-D

My new granddaughter...

I'm so proud...maybe next year I could bring her to the girls weekend!!!!!!

LB

Kansas Update

This is the beautiful filly I delivered on March 7th. (She's 7 days old in the photo!) She's growing up so fast...

I just got back from Spring Break 08. A couple of sorority sisters and I went down to Corpus Christi, Texas. We had a great time and the weather was beautiful.

Alpha Xi Delta is keeping me very busy and I love it. We have so many philanthropies and functions coming in April!

Pistol had a great 5th birthday... He's a big boy now!

Love and miss you all!

Katie :)

Grandpa's day!

Sounds like we all had a good Easter. Relaxing, yet eventful. Today is Daddies 79th birthday. I talked to Mother last night and he had walked up the street and brought back someones trash (or should I say Treasures). He was in the gargage trying to get a fan to work. I was suprized that mother was not concerned about him walking up the street alone. He walks up to Westlane.
I also talked to one of my parents in the pre-School about Mothers brain shrinking. She is a nurse and her husband is a brain doctor. She said that shrinking is normal for a 80 year old. If you took a poll of 10, 80 year olds, 7-8 of them will have brain shrinking. She said she would be more concerned with the eye problem. Once they have lost their eye sight, they go down fast from there. She had a grandmother with the same disease. She would put on the same cloths with stains on them too, because she could not see the stains or that they were cloths that she had worn for 3 days. When I talked she sounded very perky!
Sisters, I have sent you an e-mail. Check it out.
I agree about the pictures, I too had #2, #7, and # 14 on my list. I think Cheri will choose #38 or #39 of Libby. That will give us a variety.
Jo-D

I can't top that....

So nothing I have is quite so funny.

We had a very quiet weekend for Easter. We participated in the Raymore Annual Easter hunt. Keaton collected ten eggs and said, "that's plenty." I think the park nearby was too appealing. We also had a mini-egg hunt Sunday morning at 6:15am. The flash light in his basket has been a hit. Church was very nice. A little long for Keaton as the baptisms got a little boring because he could not see the babies. I thought it was very quick, since Father Tobin pointed out that it would be much shorter than the three hour service on Saturday night.

In the afternoon, we took a railing off of Keaton's crib as it converts to a toddler bed. He loves it! He now only wakes up once each night versus the two to four times each night. We hope this trend continues as we are beginning to feel much more rested.

This morning I got a frantic call on my way to work as Keaton's head began to spin around and he threw up EVERYWHERE. Apparently, Keaton learned that golf club are meant to be used on the golf course, not for chewing.

Happy Wednesday.

Caroline