Surprise From Canada

On Friday night my family and I got a surprise of a lifetime... one of my friends who lived across the street from me when I was four till I was eight, came and knocked on our door.  It was completely unexpected, considering I have not talked to her or seen her in about fifteen years!! Her and her sister were my best friends growing up, I pretty much owe them my soccer career because they got me started in it.

Meghan and her boyfriend (Terry) were on vacation from Canada.  They drove down to Mexico, in a camper, and stopped where ever they wanted to surf.  They had been on the road for about a month. (Now that's my kind of vacation!!)  I feel very blessed that she just walked back into my life and we were able to reconnect...

We still kind of look a like, but when we were younger we looked a lot a like!! We always tried to trick our parents, not that it ever worked, but they were good sports and played along.

My parents were so excited to see her... my mom even cried!! Of course my dad had no idea who she was until we told him...lol!! I thought he would for sure recognize her, cause she looks exactly the same!!

Empty Nest Syndrome

Since Kevin's departure my mom has taken to help care for a baby blue jay right outside the kitchen window.  So a few days ago the baby bird fell out of the nest and my mom heard the parents go crazy.  She went outside and picked up the bird and put it back in the nest.  Later that day, my mom was sitting in the living room minding her own business when she heard a knock at the window.  The mama blue jay was fluttering around the window and occasionally ran into it, to get my moms attention.  My mom thought it was a little weird, but didn't get up to do anything.  So the mama bird flew to the front door and perched on the window sill and started tapping the window with her beak.  My mom decided that she better go check on the baby bird, and of course the baby had fallen out of the nest.  She picked the baby up and put it back into the nest.  The baby has been in there since, until this morning.  My mom went to check on him and when she did, Joey went running to the bushes by the pool.  Joey started to walk through the bushes and before my mom knew it, a little baby blue jay pooped up from behind the bushes with dog in tow.  So she picked it up again and put it back.  This is the prime entertainment at my mom's house now...which I guess is a good thing now that Kevin isn't home very much.

Kevin's Home

A couple of weeks ago, sorry about the delay, we went and picked Kevin up from boot camp in San Diego.  We were super nervous to pick  him up, just because we were thinking he wouldn't be the same goofy kid he was... but we are happy to report he is the same kid, he just says mam and sir now.  anyways the ceremony was pretty cool because of the marching that they did.  It was really neat to see 300 soldiers march in unison.  Kevin ate more than I think anyone has eaten in their life,,, the day we saw him he had 3 donuts, prime rib, veggies, mashed potatoes, 2 king sized Snickers, fries, 3 sodas, and an ice cream bar.  Let me remind you that we only saw him for 5 hours that day and that's what he ate in front of us...lol!! He had ten days off which was really nice, but too short.  He is now at School of Infantry for two months, but he can at least call this time.  After that he will know more about his future in the Marines.  But we are very proud and miss him a ton!!

Here he is all dressed up in his outfit... I guess uniform.  Its just weird because I remember when he wore this same outfit for Halloween when he was three...