Dinner with Bill

Friday night the kids and I were able to meet with Bill at Old Chicago's for dinner. It was wonderful to see him again. We ate great pizza and then played a game of pool....boys against girls. The girls won (thanks Cody.....he scratched). We were able to catch up on our lives and just have a great visit. After dinner we went to Bills hotel (Cody said it looks like a hotel you would see in the movies.....scary movies) and Cody and I recieved blessings. They were just what we needed! Oh yeah, check out the first pic, Ashley is just a little taller than Bill...hard to believe isn't it?

The Lipizzaner Stallions

OK...I am finally doing this. For Mothers Day Dad and Janet took us to the Lipizzaner Stallion Show and it was amazing!!! They were also hoping it would help with Devan's birthday (being that it is tomorrow). All I can say is that these horses are brillant! I've wanted to see then since I was a kid and I got too today. Sorry about the last pic. I forgot to rotate it before I uploaded it to the blog. I will e-mail you guys more, pics. I can't fit them all on here. Kristie, Sheralan, Stefani, and Mom....HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Brushin Teeth

When Eve and Aurora and I went for a walk Fri. a guy on a bike, riding towards us, smiled and said "Hi" with a big, toothless except for a few big yellow ones, grin and I waved and said "Hi". After he passed Eve said, "Well, that's a motivator for brushing your teeth!!" LOL!! Thought you might get a kick out of that.

Meet Sandy / Adress Correction

This is Sandy, the puppy (yes, she's just a puppy) that has adopted the soldiers at Steve's FOB. Isn't she neat looking? She has stolen the hearts of all the men there and she is probably the most spoiled dog in all of Afghanistan. She receives constant treats in care packages (I always add something for her) and they have trained her to do the basic commands, like sit, stay, lay down, and shake. Steve absolutely adores her.

Also, I recently received an email from our FRG saying that mail isn't getting to the soldiers consistently and we needed to change the address to make it easier for it to be sorted and sent on. Here is the address correction they gave me:

SGT Marrott, Steven R

B TRP, 1-61 CAV

TF Currahee

FOB Whazi Kwah, Terwa

APO, AE 09354

Hopefully this will make their mail more reliable. I know they've had some problems.

Anyway, just wanted to introduce you to Sandy, the unofficial mascot for 3rd Platoon, and let you know about the address correction. Have a wonderful day!

~Sheralan

BBQ Fun!

Okay... I am not sure if I am doing this right, but I'll give it a go! I wanted to share this picture of all of us that were lucky enough to hang out Saturday! We were able to enjoy food, fun, and visiting with our 'local' family and David, Eve, and Aurora!! We were so excited to get to spend time with everyone. I hope everyone has a great week! ~Stefani :)

Steve's Care Package

I'm glad we signed up for April - I'd hate to see how long it took to get a package on the moon!! I'm hoping if that settlement occurs the family gets to go to, what an experience that would be! We had fun putting together stuff for Steve. What you can't see in the picture is all the love - it barely fit into the box!

First Iraq, then Afghanistan. . .Now the Moon?

Steve's deployments have taken him far, but how much farther will they take him? Here's a link to a bizarre article on Live Science about soldiers colonizing the moon and Steve's platoon sgt has volunteered them. There's actually a picture of Steve's troop about halfway down, Steve is on the far right. Check it out. It is. . .interesting, to say the least.
Here's the web address http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/04/25/afghanistan-heroes-offer-to-colonize-moon-mars-and-beyond/
~Sheralan