Roger tried out the Mrs. Potato head earing for fun.Nicholas decided he likes wearing the pink tie from Johnna's wedding to church. He keeps waiting for comments but no one has said anything.
This weekend we got three baby chicks. It is hilarious to lay them on their backs when you hold them. They get all limp and relaxed. They are so messy I decided to leave them in the coop in a wire gerbil cage. They'll just have to survive or not. So far after two days they have survived.

Grant has finally received our letters even though I left out a line of his address. Here is the correct address:

RECRUIT LINGARD GH
2DBN FOX CO PLT 2136
36001 MIDWAY AVE
SAN DIEGO CA 92140-2136

The only high points in his life are letters and church so keep em coming. He says he is doing fine with the physical training but the mental mind games they play are crazy and wearing and he has a cold so that doesn't help. He's definitely going to build his mental/emotional/spiritual strength doing this.

Garrett hopes to finally get his driver's license this week. I really need another driver.

We are limiting the the boys' computer time to one hour. They have been total couch potates this summer. At least Michael and Roger have been doing swim lessons and they are having fun playing with the chicks.

New additions

No new babies....just Dad's buffalo skull in the place of honor AND our Glorious Shabby chic chicken coop. Carlos claims it is just shabby.



Grant has finally written a letter, after lights out in the dark he says. They didn't let him sleep the first three days, he got seven shots at once and is getting hammered real good. His eyes have been opened to the true difficulty of his choice. Hope fully what doesn't kill him will make him stronger. He would love letters! Those and church on Sunday are his only moments of comfort.
RECRUIT LINGARD, GH
2ND BN FOX CO PLT 2136
SAN DIEGO CA 92140-2136

Happy Father's Day

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

No news is good news?

Still no word from Grant. Hopefully no news is good news.

Can't believe Grant leaves for boot camp tommorrow. We have had a great two week family vacation marathon driving session. We went to Utah, spent Sunday with Mom Lingard and had dinner with the extended family. Monday we drove to Moscow, Idaho and spent five days there. We fished at Spring Valley, saw the Lower Granite Dam, played at the "dune" by the river, went to Elk River for Huckleberry Icecream and shooting, toured the university, learned to make arrowheads courtesy of Dad Hughett. Sunday we drove to Yellowstone and spent Monday seeing the park and all its cool geothermal sites and wildlife. Tuesday we drove to Colorado, visited with Tami at dinner time and drove on to Canon to stay two nights with Dave and Ashley. Only one kid with cavities so it was a stellar checkup with Uncle David. Enjoyed bowling with the kids and having ice cream and fun playing card games. Thursday we drove home to Arizona. Carlos figures it was close to 3,000 miles! It was great to have some memory building time before Grant leaves the nest. I'm sad this era is over but excited for him as well. He's a great kid/son/young man.