1. Tracy..........HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. I don't know the primary song they're referring to so I won't attempt to add words here. Have a great day...and...take it easy.

2. Valentine? About the only thing I remember about Valentine is the boys playing in the city garbage dump and celebrating their find...the carcass of a dead bovine.

3. 57 days...................Luckyyyyyy............:)

4. Kim is visiting and she looks like she is very excited about her upcoming event...close.

5. When the Titantic was sailing over here from Ireland, it was little known that the ship was carrying 500 cases of mayonaise from a famous exporter in France. It wasn't well known at that time, but these cases were headed for the political regime in Mexico. Well, you know what happened, "lost at sea". In memory of that tragic event, the Mexican government, at the time, chose to remember this terrible loss as, "Cinco de Mayo". And that is the end of the story.

6. Bad joke.

7. Marnie is becoming a beach cruiser. We all are eagerly awaiting the blog photo of her new wheels. Come on, Marnie...let us see the Schwinn.

8. We are counting down the days when we will see all of you again, if even, for just a short time.

9. The fact that we spent only 4 years with all 7 of you at one time in the home is disturbing to me. All of a life time and you get to spend just 4 years raising your group as one family in one place..............hmmm.....makes you realize how very important quality time with your children is. I know this is why parents long so much for visiting with their grown children as the years pass along. We really do miss and love you all. And, we love the heaven-sent grandchildren. They add so much to our lives.

10. Mom and I are really pushing to get back into our post Vinson deployment-shape. She has posted our photo from that period in our lives and we realize that it is possible to get out of this veg state and back into flexible activity. My goal is to break away from this "no running" edict and do an occasional 5 k.

11. Keep 2007 open for the cruise trip for the adult members of our family. We are making the plans and desire that you try to come up with a unaminous available time in that year. Obviously when is important depending on where we go. Weather makes a Big difference and you know how much I love temps <70 degrees, but I am willing to take on all temperatures if it means we can do this together.

End of my meanderings...love, Dad