Answering "What's Next?"

Checking each other out.

Greetings all.

Many of you know that our family is preparing to leave Kansas for our next army assignment, but we have not shared the details on when and where we are going. Partially because the army keeps us in suspense as well, and partially because things keep changing in our orders. As of right now we are moving to Ft. Lewis in WA state. We were slated to leave in June, but now Mike's new unit has asked him to stay here and take another course before he leaves. Because we are already stationed here we will all stay as a family. Although we are not looking forward to being here for another sweltering summer, we are excited to stay close to some of our friends that are remaining here for their own reasons. Currently, it looks as though we will be back in MA for a couple of weeks this summer. Jodi and the kids will be home close to the 14th of June and Mike will come the following week. With luck we will all be able to stay through the 4th of July, but that end of the trip is still in question.

We should be arriving in WA around the first week of October, from there life will be very busy, especially for Mike in his new unit. Mike will be joining a Stryker Brigade once he is there. The good news is that Mike will not deploy until the Spring/summer of '09, but early spring will be punctuated with a lot of time away for training.

So there is the news. We will certainly have a place for people to sleep if anyone wants to come and visit.

Ruthie, getting cuter every day

Trying on her smiles....



Just being cute.

The serious look

SEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who needs carrots when you have fingers for the dip?!





Sean loves hats....he can make a hat out of anything.

Enjoying friends in Kansas

Aunt Heather with Ruthie.



Sean with his girlfriend Heidi!

New Englander's Unite! All of our New England frineds here in Kansas. We simply seem to find one another.

Mike and Jodi chillin' with the kids

We feel very blessed to have two beautiful children...I am sure you agree.

Ruthie with the Baker's

Cuddles from all....she just loves being held...and spoiled.

Campbell's and Sean and Ruthie

Ruthie spent much of Grammy and Grampy's visit sleeping in Grammy's arms. Lucky girl!




Sean enjoyed visiting with both Grammy and Grampy, but especially loved being silly with Grampa.

Baker's and Sean

Uncle Jim and Aunt Teresa!!!! Lots of squeezes and tech savvy toys.

Papa and Aunt Mary's visit was punctuated with St Patrick's Day and picking teams for the NCAA tournament. (Sean is still doing well....)

Appologies.....

Sorry for not posting in such a long time. Life here is crazy. Since Ruthie's birth we have had a ton of visitors and we found out we will be moving to Washington state in June/July, we most likely need to buy a new car, Jodi needs to find a job, and balancing two kids while in the midsts of flu season is giving us little time to keep up with blogging. I am, however, impoving my one handed typing technique. It is amazing to sum this all up in a sentence or two, when it feels so much larger than that. Anyway, here are some pictures.