proud momma must brag...

K has finished his 6 weeks of NCO training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX, and flew home yesterday bearing another award, the Levitow award for leadership and top scholastic achievement.  I'll have to find a link that tells the particulars and add it.  Check back later.

It is later..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airman_Leadership_School gives an overview of Leadership School and tells about the Levitow award.  As Starr put it in her last letter, he brought home the award
"for Outstanding academics and general all around awesomeness. Earning 2 Levitows within 5 years is basically unheard of...so if there's not a position for him in Ohio (the next posting he is interested in), they'll make one for him. He's a wanted man. (Don't I know it!) There's a higher ranking guy from his current squadron already slotted to go to Ohio & he intends on taking K with him. ...we'll see how it all turns out."

It is even later...
Here is a photo of the event.

a brief re-cap

• Last week both Cody and I spent without cell phones... both due to pool dunking- different days and different pools, but wet nonetheless.
• Cassie was with her team in Las Vegas selling Christian books.
• Ryan started new school year at Walla Walla
• Kit continues to look for a job... know anyone who needs a new Material Engineering grad?
• Konrad completed third of six week course of Air Force NCO training in San Antonio
• KellySue met dead line getting all AZ SDA beginning of school reports in to the Union Conference.
• Starr had to take a day off due to a flu like virus that hit upper respiratory (it was a little strange to spend my volunteer day with a sub in the classroom).
• George is helping get a Pathfinder club, dormant for several years, up and running.  He is the coordinator for our region.
• Tim and Debbie were at our old alma mater,  Maplewood Academy, for their 40th class reunion.



Cody



Well, she said she was having a good time!



Front: Sherri, Carolyn, Kathy, MaryLou, Susan, Lynette
2nd: Joan, Vickie, Diane, DEBBIE, Nicki, Verna
3rd: Russell, Darrell, Tim, Leonard, Bob, Jeff, Charles
Back: Darrell,  Rick, Dick, TIM, Bruce, Randy



Women of Faith 2010

3 generations at worship and praise of our God

Friday and Sabbath spent with 10, 000 women in the U.S.Airways Center at Women of Faith Conference!  Woohoo!  Loved spending the time with our small group of regular attendees which includes three generations of my family.

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Family in from NE

My cousin and her daughter flew from Nebraska last weekend.  We had a wonderful four day visit with Susie and Elizabeth.

A few of the highlights:

Water is fine!  Well, once the "lobster" (dead scorpion)
got removed from the bottom of the pool!

Swimming at Uncle Leo and Aunt Claudine's

Mommy getting all that fun recorded.

A day at the Science Center..


Tootie posing





Lying on a bed of nails



Aunt Claudine helps Tootie pull herself up



A John Deere wagon!
















And time in my pool....


Masked and ready for the deep!



Taking a breather hanging on to the side

Ready to head down, again!