Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Greg And His Crew

Greg brought his girls to visit for a week or so. The girls thought they were going to be able to meet up with Kaleigh and Ashley, but that didn't work out. They ended up staying a couple of days and then went home when Greg had to go back. They decided maybe they would try to hook again with the cousins on some other week before school starts. TOO BAD...SO SAD! :-(

The Lake is flooding this summer. We had to use the aluminum boat just to get us over to the walkway that leads to the marina. Can you believe that? In the boat is Greg, Brittani and Darian, Greg's friend Summer in the red cap and her son Ethan.
The marina was closed due to the flooding conditions so after getting my boat in the water and starting up only to find out someone had decided to syphon ALL of the gas out of my boat we had to put it all back up and head back up the hill. Luckily enough, we ran into the manager and he opened up and let us put some gas in the boat so the kids could get a glimpse of the lake before heading home. Another adventure on the lake...got to have at least one every summer, right! :-)

Greg and Brittani



Darian, Greg's Friend Summer and her son Ethan


Daniell's House will probably get flooded within a few days



Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Care Package from Jason's Aunt Pam

Jason's Aunt Pam and her friend Patti got a care package in the mail to Jason on Tuesday, June 26th. It has candy, cheese crackers, bandanas, ace bandage (for his wrists and ankles), deodorant, foot powder, athlete's foot cream, shoe inserts, moist wipes, hand sanitizer, peanuts, and jerky, just to name some of the contents. They even included a San Antonio Spurs championship T-Shirt in there for him!

Also, quite a few of the folks from Pam's office have contributed $$ so she bought a stash of stuff to send to him over time.

Thank you so much Pam and Patti.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Care Package from Michelle's Granny

Barbara Gandy copied a Nascar race to a DVD that was run yesterday June 24th and it will be going into the mail tomorrow.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Donations from Kenny's Family

Today I deposited a check from Kenny's mom and sister (Margie and Sandy) into Jason's debit account. Thank you so much for your support of Jason during this time. I'm sure he appreciates knowing he has plenty of family and friends supporting him here at home.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Care Packages/Donations

Jason's Grandma sent a care package today. It has Starbursts and Skittles, beef jerky, a toothbrush, travel size Dove soap, Old Spice deodorant (I hope he can use the deodorant...it's probably scented), 4 travel size Gold Bond foot powder, a couple of travel size shampoos, 1 Cutter's insect repellant wipes, and probably a couple of other things that I don't recall right now.

I also deposited two checks made out to Jason into the debit account he is using to purchase the things he needs while serving in Iraq. On behalf of Jason, I'd like to say "thank you very much" to his Aunt Patricia and my friend and co-worker at the Department of Veteran's Affairs, John.

Care Package From the Gandy's

On June 19th Joni Gandy indicated she had subscribed to Sports Illustrated and the Stuff magazine and she will be sending them to Jason as soon as she receives them. Barbara Gandy ordered another magazine called Scene and it is a weekly magazine on Stock Car Racing that gives results of the races. They also printed out some articles from the past two week races, Jeff Gordon won week before last race so they printed out pictures and article.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

PaPa Turns 70 on Flag Day







Today is PaPa's 70th birthday. Jared brought Tara and their kids, Jay Leigh and Grahm to spend the week. Michael and Patricia brought their girls, Kaleigh and Ashley, to bond with their big sister. The kids had a big time celebrating PaPa's birthday...they cooked dinner and baked a birthday cake for him. We all had fun. Talk about some good cooks...we sure did have some!



Some more pics of the Big B'day Party











Grahm, Tara, PaPa and Jay Leigh


Andrew and PaPa


The Weekend Before Deployment - May 5-6, 2007

The Weekend Before Deployment - May 5-6, 2007
Jason, Murphy, Gramelspacher, and French

Smiles Dueling Piano Bar

I had the pleasure of meeting the guys Jason is spending the next 15 months with when I went to pick up his truck one week before he deployed. I met each of these guys parents that night as well. Their parents should be very proud of their sons. They are all highly skilled and brave young soldiers. Please keep these brave men in your prayers.

Jason and Doc at 12:18 a.m.)

Tara and Jared - Jason Loves you two

Jason and French at 1:56 a.m.

Your Mama Loves You and You Know It...

Jason and Jared having a great time

Jason and Tara - He used to be her "live" doll...Take a look at him now!

We also spent a short time on the beach at Tybee Island, GA