Michele's Comments

Yes, I made it up there. I drove up a few days early in case I got caught in bad weather, but we got in after the first storm. It was neg 24 below the day we arrived (Sunday), then on Tuesday they got another snow storm. An additional 7 inches fell ontop of the already 3 or 4 they had. However, thankfully the day of PIR (Wed) it warmed up to 20 with a light snow. We left Xmas morning for home- with my sailor! I broke my toe..got a speeding ticket but I dont care. He looked so awesome..he has matured. He left this past Sat for Florida to spend a couple of days at his dads house before he goes to A school on Jan 03rd. I would not change a thing. It was a great trip. I plan on going down to see his school graduation and maybe see some beach the next time. LOL

Michelle the NC N4Ms get together is set for Jan 18th. Come to N4Ms website and look for event. Its going to be held at Marsher's house in Mebane, NC. She lives right off 85N/ 40W. You need to send her a message and she will reply back with her address and phone

Hey Michele, I'm the Principal and Chief Finacial Officer (I pay the bills)and my wife is the Administrator and Professor of Multiple Disciplines. She's a right busy lady! So far we have 3 graduates (the most difficult students),and she's enjoying the younger (less difficult) children this year.
I see from your pics that you made it to the Marine Science Museum. We liked it there, especially the pool of rays.

Hey Michele, you've been a busy girl! I enjoyed your photos of Hampton Roads, the Portsmouth Tunnel (under the Elizabeth River), NAS O, and your kids. Looks like you had a great time. For future visits you might consider going to Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (US history!) and/or Busch Gardens, which are about 1.5 hours away, or nearby visiting First Landing State Park (lots of hiking trails and a beach on the bay) and the actual site of the first landing at Fort Story. K

Merry Christmas Michele! My last duty station was the training squadron at NAS Oceana, but it's landlocked- no ships there. About a 45 minute drive away is NOB Norfolk, which is where the carriers dock. The squadrons may be stationed on the East Coast, but may deploy with ships on either coast. Did Wes ask for the P-3? The F/A-18 is an awesome aircraft and he will be challenged with the fast pace of operations and maintenance. Tell him I said to keep his "head on a swivel and to stay alert and aware" as he begins work on the flight deck. One of my first responsibilities was avionics flight deck troubleshooter on the Nimitz. Regarding Luke, he graduated from GL and came home last Thursday. We are enjoying his visit and he is excited about CA. Blessings, Kevin

Hey Michele, Hope you are having a good time with Wes!!! we loved your card it was soooo nice next year I will do better..HAHA.. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!!!!! God bless all of you! Cindy Oh Yeah love the new pics..treasure those moments..

Thanks Michele for the info. The shuttle it will be! Godspeed, Bill

Hi Michele! I just read your comment, don't know how I missed it, but I did. I am bubbling with joy. He's on the plane, in Seattle as I'm writing this. I'll get to see his handsome face in about 1.5 hrs. He was excited as his best friend and another girl were at the airport in Seattle waiting for him when he got off the plane. I asked him what Ally did when she saw him and he said she gave him a huge hug. I'm jealous! I haven't got to do that yet. My nephew lives in the LA area. I would be surprised if they did get together, but it would be great.

Now, in response to your last comment. Anthony's last name is Clark and yes, he is an officer. I would say strict, but you couldn't ask for a better guy to stand side-by-side with.

Did Wes say why they weren't giving him C-school? I'd hope they wouldn't take away his college money. That's one of their biggest 'ploys' so to speak. I couldn't think of the word I wanted. Ploy is to strong, but you get my drift.

Kelson is a good kid. That I know. These next few years will be tougher than we had with Morgan. I always knew that though. Strange isn't it. You give birth to your children, get to know them inside and out, and know which will be the easy one to raise and which one will be tougher. Yet, you love them both the same.

It's understandable about not thinking of the baby. Distance does have a lot to do with it. Isn't it great to reconnect with friends you haven't talked to in years. There's so much to catch up on.

Morgan is to report to San Diego, Camp Pendleton, Dec. 27th. He will continue with his medic training and is also assigned to a div. of Marines. He'll go through some BC with them as well. Once that is completed and he graduates...again, he'll either stay in San Diego for 6 mths then be deployed for 7 mths or vice versa. He'll be stationed in San Diego for 2 yrs. We'll be going to his graduation the end of May. It's a driveable distance!

Michele ~ Morgan graduates Friday and will be home that night! I am so excited. He's to report 12/27. I had a brief text time with my nephew. He'll be about an hour away from Morgan. Just wanted to share that. It's late, so I need to get to bed, but I'll write more tomorrow night.

Hey Freind, I saw Wes is at his base, I am sooo happy he is a little closer to you. Well Evan is on land haha... We have been counting down until the 19th so is he everyday he calls he will say Mom 14 more days I am so ready to see his pretty little face( he would so kill me for saying that HA). but I am the kids are getting excited he has gotten them some presents wow!! all I want is for himto be here.. well I will write back later I have been trying to clean and wash today.. Cindy

Hi Michele, just stopping by to say "HI", it sounds like you had a nice Thanksgiving. Luke stayed in GL for the holiday, but got to visit the family of a friend for the weekend. He should be done with GM school in a week or two and is excited about his orders to San Diego. Hopefully they'll work out his travel so he can come home for Christmas.

I'm so happy you got to spend time with Wes. Christine is a Navy Mom here in Boise. She and her husband, Richard, moved from Virginia 9 mths ago and they haven't made any friends. It was Christine who planned our pie and coffee time last month. We connected almost instantly. My mom found out, at Thanksgiving, that Richard was a pastor for 10 yrs and they were missionaries. Anthony stayed with us 19 yrs ago when he flew in for a karate special training. We became good friends and have stayed in contact. He's been in the Navy all this time and is now in Virginia Beach. Needless to say, he's known Morgan all his life. I can't say enough good things about him. As far as his looks go, he reminds me of David Dechovny. Kelson is in a difficult part of life....and this girl isn't helping. On her behalf though, she has had a tough life. This wasn't his first truancy, I gave him a break on that one but told him if he did it again, there would be consequences. As you've already said, we listen and talk with him and I can say he listens, just hasn't totally heard yet! Thanks for the compliment, you're a wonderful mom too! Getting excited about the baby? ttyl

Hey Michele ~ It sounds like you had a great time for Thanksgiving. I am so happy for you. We had a good one too and I was thrilled to have Christine and Richard join us. They are a blessing. Quick update on Morgan. The rest of his orders are that the division he'll be assigned to will be on the front line. When I first heard that my heart went into my throat. After talking more with Morgan and a good friend of ours who is still serving in the Navy, I'm better. Virginia Beach....that's where Anthony is! It would be so cool if they met, although Anthony is on medical leave for awhile. Anyway, catch me up on you, the family, Wes, etc. ttyl. Oh....my youngest pulled a good one about 10 days ago and ended up spending 1.5 days at school in 'in house' detention. Now I know, for sure, what you were talking about. ttyl again!

Hey, Oceana is in Va Beach, about 2 hours from where I live. That area has many naval things going on, several bases. He should find plenty to do there.

Michele, Hey I wanted to invite you and your crew for Thanksgiving we will be down there also. we would love to meet and we will have plenty of food we will be doing a Seafood feast YUMMY!!! EG is so looking forward to meeting you , Cora and Howie.. Hope you can make it. We will be leaving tomm. about 3 pm.. so let me know. I will send our cell #s to you.. ttyl..

Just saying "hey"....bet you are looking forward to getting to spend some time with Wes! Having them in the military makes holidays together all the more meaningful! Enjoy!

Michelle Iam planning a potluck at my house for NC moms sometime in Jan. Your welcome to come.

He's doing good. He said he finally had to do 'duty' this past weekend. Still hasn't classed up though. We got his ticket home for Christmas. He said he is going to try out for some wrestling team on Dec 6th, which I'm happy about - keeps him busy and out of trouble! Let me know where he ends up doing his C school. Jacki

Michele,
Did you ever find out if your son is an 'O' or an 'I'?