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Hey my friend! I hope you had a great time in Florida for Thanksgiving. In reading your comments from Cora and Michele, it sounds like your time was blessed. We had a good one ourselves and I greatly enjoyed having Christine and Richard join us. They are a blessing. Wanted to give you a short update on Morgan. The rest of his orders is that the div. of Marines he'll be with will be on the front line. Ya know, when I first heard that I struggled. After talking more with Morgan and a friend of ours who is currently in the Navy, I'm better. Anthony helped me the most. He knows me pretty well from the mom point of view. Anyway, can't wait to hear about your Thanksgiving. Looking forward to meeting you in San Diego! How's Evan? Any news on his knee? ttly

Cindy! EG! Oh my gosh what an awesome holiday you all made happen for me :) and the children! Wes also said what a great person EG is. . I won't ever be able to thank both of you enough so be prepared for a lot of thank yous :). Thank you thank you thank you! God Bless you all, Michele

hey Cindy...make sure EG gets away from the computer occasionally while your in Pensacola...think he lives on that thing anymore!!! have a good time---- Paul

So sorry ~ I'm finally getting back to you, shame on me. I hope Trey is now over the stomach bug and I hope it wasn't passed on to others. Kuddo's to Michael! I would've done the same thing you did. Except that I would've handed Martin the camera when everything started. I don't have the steadiest hand. I emailed Evan right after I got off the phone with you. He never responded back to me. So, do they not have internet access while at sea? Did you ask Evan what he had done with his paychecks? Morgan once told me you can't believe how many guys blow through their paychecks. I asked him what they did with them. He said he wasn't sure, but he did know a lot of them go out and get drunk. He's not a big spender, so he's got quite a bit. We encouraged him not to tell anyone and he assured us that wouldn't be a problem. Now I know why it was so easy for him to get that tat. Gee, Cindy, maybe we should jump on the band wagon and get a Navy Mom tat or something. What do you think?! With Evan's knee, they still don't know what he did? I'm surprised they don't have an MRI machine on the ship. It would be nice to have him home that long wouldn't it. Gotta run, Kelson and his gf went to see Twilight this afternoon. He's lost his driving priviledges ($75 speeding ticket) so Martin and I get to chaufer. ;-P ttys

Hello. I'm not doing well at the moment. I just quit my soccer team, mid season. It was a really hard decsion as indoor soccer has been an important part of my life for 6 years. I had to face reality and admit that with my scoliosis getting worse, soccer wasn't helping anymore. It's time to hit the gym now. I so needed to see your comment. Glad to hear you're feeling better, that must've been one heckuva cold! I didn't read the forum but will now. I'd like to be able to tell you Morgan aced his test, but he didn't. He did pass though, so classes are now officially over and yes, I am very proud of him. Two weeks of lab, one week of clinicals, then graduation. He's getting really homesick to see family and friends in Seattle. Still hasn't received his orders and he's not sure now if he'll be coming home on the 13th of Dec. or the 19th. His orders will decide that. I don't have any plans for Friday night, so please call.

Hello my friend...I hope you're feeling much better. Thought about calling you until I realized it's almost 10 pm your time. Thought you might be putting the kids to bed, or yourself! I thought about Evan today. We went to my parents church as they were having a special service honoring the military. It made me cry...okay more than once! It was an amazing service. How was the dinner for Michael's team or have you had it? How's the weather? Business? etc. Maybe I had better call you to catch up on what's been happening. Morgan takes his last test Wednesday. I'm already on pins and needles. When he gets to clinicals, he wants to either give the shots to the newbies or work in the ER. He loves the smell of hospitals. Can you imagine? ttyl

Hi girlfriend...I tried to call you tonight, but your phone was turned off. I left a voice message, but thought I'd let you know that I was thinking of you.

Hi Cindy, good to hear from you. We have traveled a bit and I was away from the Navy sites for awhile. Now I'm also one of the first on the USAF Dads site, which is a great resource also. Trust you, E.G., and Evan are well. Happy Reformation Day! Kevin

Me thinks you need another computer! Yes, the wax is bad. I think they are called bisquits and all the wax was melted. I guess I'll take it to the cleaners! I did find one close to my job. Morgan is doing good. I talked to him tonight. He passed test #9 with a 90%, test #10 is tomorrow morning. He's been attending mando studies. Said tonight that he was asked by 4 - 5 guys if he would go and help them study. Evidently, he helped them pass the last test. The guy he seems to hang around the most received his orders, although they are pending. Gibbins has two choices he'd like to do. He'd like to be a SeaBee or FMF. Either way, he'll go to San Diego. He also mentioned that more guys are being sent to Cuba. He hasn't heard anything, so it does make me wonder. He'll get his flight ticket the day before he graduates which will be a one way to his next destination. When he gets to the airport, he needs to see if he can get it changed to come home. If they don't have anything....well, tough luck. I told him to get a flight to Seattle then head this way. I've had a few short exchanges with Evan. He called me maam. I told him that was very sweet but it made me feel old! Did Michael's school put something special together to celebrate? I'll check out the pictures as I need to respond to Elmo's message. He is a good man...but I don't want to say that too often...he may get a big head! Please talk to me more so write, write, write away!

Cindy!! Help!!! We had a couple over for dinner tonight. I had a tea light warming up scented wax, which Martin managed to spill all over the table cloth. Laurel said she had done that before and a friend told her the only way to get the wax out of the tablecloth was to take it to a dry cleaner. I immediately thought of you....but you're a little too far away. :( Is there any way I can get the wax out without taking it to a drycleaners? It wasn't expensive so I don't want to spend a lot if I don't have to. Hope you had a good weekend.

So sorry you had such a long week. You missed a great chat time with Michele and I! I hope you got a good nights rest.

Haven't been on for a few days....any news on Evan getting his rate changed? Morgan passed his 8th test the other day....4 more to go! His best bud failed, so he's now Phase 1 again. He's retaking the test again and I hope he passes. Morgan's pretty bummed because he's Phase 3. My guess is Gibbins was his one true 'friend'. I felt so sorry for him last night. He's really missing gymnastics as it was such a big part of his life before the Navy. I told him he needed to find some closure, or stay in it somehow by judging or coaching. I think he will once he's stationed. Pray for him, these next 4 tests will be difficult as their instructor is hoping, out loud, that a lot of the kids fail. It seems he doesn't want such a big class. I ask Morgan if he thought the guy was just trying to psyc them out, he said no. How are you all doing? Michael come down off of cloud 9 yet? I hope they did something really special for the team. How's football fantasy going? Win any games yet? Might call you this weekend if you're going to be home.

had a mail from Eric--told me his ship (the Roosevelt) has taken up watch duty for the Reagan so your boy should be starting the long sail back home soon...start preparing for the homecoming!

Hey girl friend! I heard back from Evan already. Was totally surprised but pleased. He really didn't answer any of my questions, but did tell me how wonderful you were and how you were his rock. Way to go Mom! I'll write more later, it's past midnight and I really need to go to bed. It's been a very long day.

Eric was pretty happy to find learn that his words helped someone else. I think that is another part of this Navy journey that our kids are on-- learning that simple things can impact others is a positive way and by reaching out to others you yourself grow. please give Evan my best regards and tell him that no matter how bleak the situation may appear to be, he has many people that support him and his shipmates. Best Regards- Paul

That is so cool and exciting! Michael must be on cloud 10 or higher. Please tell him congrats for me. What a great accomplishment. Glad to hear Evan is doing better. Isn't it nice to know that we can still cheer up our 'babies'...even if they are in the Navy! I am enjoying the weather! Another beautiful day today. Great football weather tomorrow. Go Broncos! We play Hawaii tomorrow night on ESPN, 6:07 pm, our time. Can't wait to see the article. I was surprised to see a commercial for N4M's last night, but was very happy when I saw it. Tell Elmo he's done a great job with this site. I know it's going to be a great success. Gotta get that son of yours written!

Thank you Cindy, I am so worn out from daily hardships that all my Trust is put on God. He is the only one that can lift me up. Thanks for your prayers. Luis

Hi back! I couldn't believe we had the snow either. Just so you know how crazy Boise weather is, I was sitting outside during my break with a short sleeved shirt on, it was in the 60's. I'll have to watch the movie when it's at the $1.00, ok, $2.50 theater! There's too many others I'd like to see on the really big screen. So who got to chase Jessica? You or your Mom? So, how did the game go last night? Did Michael help create some new history? I'm sorry to hear about Evan. Hey, can I write him? I'd really like to. He was such great help to me, I'd like to help him. You can call with his address if you'd like, or send me his email address. That would get there faster. I've often wondered how the recruits would handle being out on the water so long for the first time. Martin's nephew was in the Navy for 4 yrs. He would go out in the submarines. He liked it until he and Caren got married and started a family, didn't like it so much after that. How do you suppose this friend would get out? I guess you could get a dishonorable discharge. I'm sure he'll make new friends on the ship, especially since they're experiencing the same thigs. It is very hard when your kids are sad, I'll be the first one to admit that. The Lord knows how sad and worried I was while Morgan was in bc. You know too. Morgan's doing well. Martin talked to him last night. He's taking his 7th test Friday. Sad part is he has watch from 12 pm - 2 am, and his test is at 7:30 am. Crazy. This is the first time he's had this. Do you suppose they do it on purpose? I'll have to tell Morgan what you said about the dummy. He's excited to start doing that kind of stuff. Needles have never bothered him like they have me, so he should be okay. I didn't realize that he could work anywhere for clinical work. A friend on N4M's son is working at the VA Hospital next to RTC in GL's. Marks' really enjoying it. K my friend, hope things are going well for you. Tell Elmo I said hello. How's your Fantasy Football teams doing? I've never played, can't get to my team. I'm bummed. I really wanted to learn how to play. Chat at ya soon!