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This just in from Rickey Lynn. Sounds like Somebody's gonna have fun! Enjoy! Rickey Lynn, Lori and June are going on an 8 day cruise to Mexico on March 10th. We're going to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. June is set up to spend 8 hours working with a dolphin trainer in the water - her dream of a lifetime. We should come back totally rested and 20 pounds heavier from all the food. Lori seems to be doing much better, and this is kind of a reward for her for following the doctor's directions so carefully. Next stop according to June is either Italy or Japan! Rickey Lynn and the gang

I made a mistake. Sherry asked me to reinstate the Birthday Calendar on my blog... and I agreed to do it. THAT was the mistake. *grin* So now I gotta. Here's the Birthdays for the first quarter of 2007 - if I missed anybody, send a comment to this post and we'll getcha in the first run next time!! January 02 - Mark Ian Tate (1988) January 05 - Adi Whetstone (2003) January 06 - Gary Ryan Whetstone (1981) January 07 - Melonie Schollmeyer (1958) January 07 - Alyssa Weston (2001) January 11 - Twins: Brittany and Robert Schollmeyer (1994) January 23 - Janice Tate (ain't telling what year, she might hit me) January 23 - Kyle Lowe (1958, hey that's not old at all) January 24 - Sherry Whetstone (ya'll already know she's 60 so she can't hit me for saying it) January 28 - Susan Walker (1950, but I'm still younger than Sherry) February 09 - Dave Tate (1962, very nearly an OLD guy) February 10 - Mary Wroten (ain't telling when, but she looks younger every year!...

Jimmy saw this posted at BlackFive.net . It profoundly affected me. Thought you might appreciate reading it too. It's an email from a former Marine, remembering Iwo Jima. Semper Fidelis! Dear family and friends, Sixty-two years ago today, AP photographer Joe Rosenthal snapped a photo of five U.S. Marines and one Navy Corpsman raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. The 37-day Battle for Iwo (February-March 1945) was only in its fourth day when the six Americans raised the colors. As the flag went up, thousands of Marines and sailors across the island began cheering, as did sailors witnessing the event offshore. Ships' horns and whistles began blowing. From the main deck of USS Eldorado, a beaming Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal turned to Marine General Holland M. 'Howlin' Mad' Smith and exclaimed, “Holland, the raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.” Rosenthal's picture, which would become the mos...

It's been a long time since I've posted anything here, I was really discouraged and did not want to do much of anything. But it's a new year and I need to get a new start on my life. I am grateful to all my family and friends who have been so supportive -- all of us to each other -- through the past many months. And now it is time to get back to using this blog for what it was meant. To post news from, of, and about our family. Sherry is joining us as a team member, and I am looking forward to her posts (she promises photos, too)! So let's get to it.