Hello from Colombia

Well I am on my last week here in Colombia and can't wait to get home. The work has been fun, but the hours are a killer. I have been getting up at 1:30 ever morning to launch the aircraft and then fall back asleep around 6:30. I get back up around 10:00 o'clock to go meet the plane for refuel and then 2 hours latter I go meet the plane for recovery. I then spend the next few hours fixing any problems that raised during the flight. I then come and FaceTime with Ang and the kids till around 10:30 or 11. Then off to bed for a couple of hours to do it again. We only have one down day a week when the plane is not flying. I have been restricted to the base, so I haven't gotten to see much of colombia. Tomorrow we are going to the other side of the base where they have monkeys and crocodiles living on base. I have seen a lot of iguanas on base. There is a big 6 ft long one that is often in the trees by our building. There are also a lot of trianchilias running around outside our rooms.

On my way home we are stopping in Panama and they will be taking groups of people to see the canal. That will be something new and exciting. Well I love you all and look forward to being home.

Oregon vacation

Our little family is tearing it up on the Oregon Coast. We have rented a house on the beach with my in-laws. We literally walk out the back door and down to the beach. The kids love it. In fact Lexi was having a blast running towards the ocean and then letting the tide come up around her feet. During one particular wave she got a little to far out and the wave knocked her to the ground. Hilarious. I recorded it on my iPod, and I'll try to post it on here. Another time Jessie was running towards the waves and then running from them as the tide would come in. As she was running she lost her flip flop and it got washed away to sea. She came back to the house with her poor lonely thong. A little while later I went to the beach with Lexi and the flip flop had washed up on shore, so we were able to rescue the size eight run away. It has been a blast.


P.S. thanks to everyone for her prayers, love, and concern over Jessie's miscarriage. It has been a hard year for her and really appreciate you all.