Here are some photos of John. We look forward to seeing him in person real soon!

Callum turned 8 this week. Here he is with his morning birthday cake.

and with some of his presents. Little sister is making her presence known as well.

Happy Independence Day!

For most of John's deployment he has complained of being bored.

We have been VERY thankful he has been bored and have tried to convince him that bored is good.

Last week, John lost two friends from his company. Our hearts go out to their families and friends. We are thankful for their willingness to serve and for their sacrifice. We know they made an impact on John's life and he will always remember them.

While we were not able to have a real discussion, we have spoken to John by phone. We look forward to seeing him in person soon.

Summer officially started one week ago and the temperature has been 90 or above every day since. This is our weather.com forecast for the next five days.

John said it is miserable in the warehouse and I have been nagging him about drinking more water. I am staying in my nice air conditioned office. The temps are expected to be in the mid 90s next week but it looks like we are headed for a long, hot summer!

Finally got some pictures from Scout Camp. Here are some photos from the Troop Stump-Tug-o-War Championship that was held in their tent area.

They evidently played this game a lot from their blisters and rope burns.

But it reduced the amount wresting with the two biggest boys in the bunch, John and J.T., and probably saved them from more serious injury.

I had some problems with my other blog account and deleted our old blog by accident. I thought maybe I was through with blogging but found that I have missed it so I am starting up a new one.