Greetings from Greg!

Greg sent a package of CDs with all the pictures he has taken so far on deployment and then a DVD that he made for Ava (another post with those pictures).

My Hunk Hubby

Greg and Zack

Greg's 1st Med Port Stop

Classy dinner

For some reason Blogger will not allow me to rotate this picture but I love it.

Catching up with his USNA roommate Cliff who came aboard when the Ike was coming home

Swordsmen Ready Room

The Calendar Squares- each swordsman has their spouse or family member make their calendar square each month. Good morale booster for them.

Jen's class sent this banner to them for Memorial Day

Dirty Mustache group

B A R F. He has been notified that he is not allowed to return with it! Interestingly, notice that he has a RED mustache- the girls get their hair from their Daddy too!

Lake Nottely

Our last stop on our July roadtrip was to Lake Nottely to visit Mom and Bob's new lake house. It was like being in paradise. It is in a tiny quiet town on the water. It was one of the first times I have fully relaxed in months. Mom took the girls each morning so that I could sleep in and I was in heaven. We spent the majority of our time on her wrap around porch with the baby pool and ventured out to the dock and lake every afternoon.

view from the deck during the day

Sunset view

Penny HATED the taxidermy raccoon

Dock time

Ellie loved the glass table and circled the table for food like a baby shark

pack n play with a view

Ellie had fun knocking every magazine off the block

First time I had read a magazine cover to cover in months!

Ava was so excited to have a toddler bed

GiGi holding court

buddies

block time

Ellie doing the "sprinkler"

proud of herself of dumping out all the blocks

She thinks she owns this place

Dock time!

weeeeeee

swim time every day

our gardening babe

picnic table in the front yard

view from downstairs rooms

Bunk Bed Babe

Having fun boating with Ms. Shirley

GiGi and Ellie Bean

Sunset on lake

Ellie Bean driving

fell asleep with GiGi

view of GiGi's house from the water

feeding the fish all afternoon

monkey babe

Ava ended up getting motion sickness so we had to evacuate the van and clean it out. Thank Goodness GiGi was with us to battle the drive!