Justin :)

He is now home in Michigan from the Army Boot Camp in Georgia. He is done at the Army and no longer to be in it. Thank you for all your support for Justin! Now he can be with the family and take care of his foot and treatment that he had to go thur. Pray that he will find his goal for his life that he would like to do.... SURVIVOR?

We love you!
WELCOME HOME JUSTIN WELCOME HOME!

Rjs picture

I thought we would all enjoy a picture of Rj. He told me this weapon weighs about 30lbs!

Justin and RJ

We got two good news so far we know of,

Justin would possibly to be home either on Dec 11th, 20th or a week later after Jan 6th..it all depend on what happening there. It seem a good news that things are all handling ok thur the Army..sadly he would be out but want to thanks him for doing all his best he could since he joined.

RJ will be in Kuwait appox on the 28th from Iraq. After leaving Kuwait sometime after 28th..he should be heading home to Lousiana. He have worked hard and going thur a hard way and this is his job duties. Want to thank him for all the things he have done.

Again wishes both boys to be home safe and be with the family.

Iraq Weather Season!

(Aunt) Janine have send me the information that she have looked up about the Iraq weather so here is the information that she send me...

The Iraq climate is similar to that of the extreme southwestern United States with hot, dry summers, cold winters, and a pleasant spring and fall. Roughly 90% of the annual rainfall occurs between November and April, most of it in the winter months from December through March. The remaining six months, particularly the hottest ones of June, July, and August, at approximately 102° F (32° C), are dry. The influence of the Persian Gulf on the climate of Iraq is very limited. Near the gulf the relative humidity is higher than in other parts of the country.

I got a call today that Rj will FOR SURE be leaving Iraq on the 26th of December. He should arrive home on the 27th-28thish. Only a little late for christmas but all is well.

Rjs address is no longer posted on the blog. Apperently thats so breach of securtity somewhere. So for anyother deployment the address can not be posted up here either.

Also, no more packages, please! We were told not to send anymore packages because *if* they do come home early they possibly could not make it to them. Sorry, send the goodies to Justin.

UH OH...REFIX FOR JUSTIN

Now He had talked to me last night..seem he will be staying at the basic longer since he turn them down about the benefit so there are things he had to do now to straighten them out so may be home in spring or so...WHO KNOWS! He will be home for christmas which is a good news..Dec 20th till Jan 6th. Then he go to Texas at end of January and beginning of Feb to take care of business he had to do. He might end up having surgery later on. So let pray and hope he be alright and take care things that he want to do. Will keep in post unless Justin can post to explain more!!

Re fix....about RJ!

As what I heard from Emily. She said RJ may not come home before Christmas so seem things change and unsure what really happening so let pray that he can come home sooner. Will hear more from Emily with more update about RJ!!

Words from JUSTIN!!

He just got a phone called saying that his findings were in. That means that they reviewed his case and estmates of his benefit and now he waiting for his orders to go home. It won't take too long.

I want to share this with you. I am proud of Justin of being an Army as he try to reach his goal and end up with accident. But he will always be an part of Army in his life even if he have not been graduate but it part of his life that he have already had some experience but not as much as like RJ have but at least he been in Army training. I want to thank him for doing his best for his hard work, duties and learn to defending our countries. He will always remember this part that he been through even we don't know what it like. RJ been into alots of experiences and I am sure RJ can share this someday with Justin. This is a great opportiunity that Justin try and now he soon be home with the family. Let be honor him for all the support he did for all of us. Thank you!

Just remember, we still have RJ out there and will be home soon to be with Emily before Christmas. It all good news and RJ have worked so hard out there even he not like it at all but this is part of his job. I want to thank RJ for all the work he been doing in a danger places.

Thank you for both of my ARMY BOYS...

Welcome Home SOON Justin and RJ! I am proud of THEM!

RJ!!

There is a possibility Rj will be leaving Iraq December 15th!! (This was postes in RJ/Emily's Blog...

This would be a great news if this happen! May God bless RJ that he did a good job and did his duties at a danger place and soon he be coming home with his wife, Emily! Pray that he can be home safe with a long journey home. This is a great christmas gift for Emily..She would be happy to have him home with her! We all are happy, too!

Love from all of us!!

NOTICE JOSH THIS IS FOR JOSH

josh can you please do me a huge ginormus favor can you make me some of your scrumpltus snicker doodles and send them too me please lea if he wont do it for me will you make him you will be my faovirite sister in law kurt sorry your not my favorite sister in law anymore if lea makes josh do this for me PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE thanks love you bunches josh

funny story

ok so are repalcments will be here this month sometime and they are the big red one out of fort riley their in kuwait right now the funny part is jake wheeler is in kuwait out of fort riley big red one so they guys were gonig to be showing around tell we leave is jake wheelers unit so i might run into him i hope i do that will be really cool so yeah i dont know if its really funny more wow thats kind of weird

What a SURPRISE at Josh and Lea's wedding!

Fred, (My Children's father) have annoucement when everyone be seated at Josh and Lea's wedding. The annoucement was told by letters but in real way of suprise that....

Joshua and Lea was very surprise...and I don't know what going on. Hope was busy taking pictures and end up relizes of no interpreter for me so she sign and said...JUSTIN IS HERE!

That was a hugh surprised that Justin showed up! (Sobbing) That was a good gift for Josh and Lea!

Family Photo below:

With Mom
Lillian (his neice)
Cousins: Cortney, Becca
and Trevor!

I am sure there more pictures taken of my family. I didn't get enought to take more!

hey

hey im so sorry i have been super super super busy and sleep is so valuable here thank you everyone for all the stuff im still waiting for moms and emilys package but i can wait im not going anywere i wish i was on a planne to come home this place really does stink litrally think of a dump site now multiply the trash by 1000 and the stench by 10000000000000000000000 and add the whole coutry thaats what it looks like its reducles ppl live in ankle deep trash at the best i will be takeing pic but these pic cant go online at all so i willbring them home with me i love you all cant wait to see you all

Package Excitement

Rj got Jills, Hopes, and a Soldiers Angels, packages. He officially got out of his grumpy mood and decided he loves care packages and wanted me to spread the word to SEND HIM MORE! Imagine that...

RJ'S GETTING OLD!!!!

Happy Birthday Brosif~
I have been thinking about you and Justin so much I miss you guys! I am sending pictures soon! I hope you are ok and that you find something enjoyable as you celebrate your birthday! I love you and I am proud of you! Take care of yourself!
Love Josh

BIRTHDAY GREETING!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RJ!!!!

We will be thinking of you!!

LOVE the whole family and relatives!!!!

PS Justin:

Don't worry there's a letter in the mail to you too. Can you recieve packages? I know that you could at one point but I am not sure about now. I'll mail you a package if you can recieve one.

I can't wait until you come home!!!!!

PS- I can't call long distance so call me either today or tomorrow.

Love, Hope

Absolutely nothing to do with military....but I don't care

This is the easiest place for me to post this:

Attention Kurt, Josh, Lea, Emily, Rj and Justin: (everyone else can ignore this)

I finally got around to drawing names for Christmas:

Kurt - Emily
Hope - Josh
Josh - RJ
Lea - Kurt
Justin - Lea
RJ - Hope (I swear this is like the third year that you've had my name....just meant to be I suppose. Or maybe it's because you give good gifts and I rig it up so you always have me :D )
Emily - Justin

So we have several things we can do here.

1- Typical $15 limit gift exchange
2- "Go Green" and limit ourselves to $5.00 Gift has to be found, made or purchased second hand
3- Game - in which case we'll ignore the list and play the white elephant game. One at a time drawn out of hat, grab a gift and open it. The next person and choose that gift or pick from the middle. It's a wicked game of theft and fun.
4- we ditch the list and everyone just buys one present and gives it to the favorite *oldest* sister.... oh wait that would be ME. :P

Let me know. :) Or if you have a better idea please feel free to come forward and make suggestions.

No Fun For Us

Rj told me he pretty much doesnt want our crap taking up his space. So no fun family game on who sends the most packages.

DONT send him care packages.
DONT send his christmas gifts there (he doesnt want them there)

hello family

so about sending me stuff end me what ever you like i guess but please dont send breakables and christmss presents i can see your just trying to help me out and make it eaer on me itss wronge of me to put such big restriction im sorry all i ask is no breakables ie glass lol and no christmas presents

another thing

this goes for everyone do not mail me birthday presents cards are ok and do not mail me christmas presents wgive them to emily at christmas ans she will save it for me i will behaveing my christmas in feb dont send me anything i have t take home if its too kaarge i will have to mail it back home hope i need your addrese i have sometings for lillian emily i need collin and jacks addresse i ave some stuff for them as well i get to not only semi spoil my neice i can do it for my nephews as well yay i lso need to know wht unt mary wants if omeone could help me out with that it would be great im gonig to try getting everyone a sevouner emily im already collecting yours its my uniforms coverd in dirt and dust yay the native ppl are really friendly here but still i wouldnt trust them as far as i could through a 2 ton truck i think tht a i got for now love you all and cant wait to come home back to the states oh yeah leave just sso you ll know i might not be comming to michigan it depends on aa lot of things so i wil keep you all further notice about that love you all see you all sometime

things i guesss i need

i need ummmmmmmm corridnate with the family i dont want to recieve 10 things of toothpaste or somethimng like that

toothpaste i guess

body wash

ibephrophin

my cheack book emily

i could use 2 more name tapes emily

oh a passport and a plane ticket

hmmmmm i cant think of what else

DONT SEND ME

steroids

cocaine

weed

booze

pornography

acid

anything that goes boom

and dont send me any drugs or anything like that

and no weapons trust me they haave enough here to fight a wr i dont need any more dont send me junk food and stuff like that all the time

Care packages

I found this website with TONS of care package ideas. It has pretty much any thing on there that you can think of and then some!
http://www.geocities.com/militarycarepackage/

If you goto the post office they have what are called Flat Rate Boxes. Its pretty much ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING that you can fit inside the box goes (as long as it follows the rules) and its only about 7bucks to send. There are 2 different shapes but they are roughly the same size so it depends on what your sending. Did i mention the boxes are free?

This is my goal. I would like to see every family unit (including myself) to send 1 care package a month. Some can be personal and some can be for the rest of the unit, just making sure Rj is getting the Care he needs. I think it'll be a fun challange to try for all of us.

Im starting my 1st package today!

RJ's New Address

Please send him stuff but unsure what he need and what available to be send...He will either called or sometime he would be online so you may want to ask him what he need.

Here the address: (It also post on the right side under all the addresses)

RJ Oom: (In Iraq)

PV2 Oom Randall
C Co 2/4 Inf
APO AE 09361

Iraq

As of Thursday night (our time) and friday morning (kwait time) Rj is now moving into Iraq. There he will stay put with no more moving around, at least, not that we know of yet.

Pictures From Kwait

A few pictures Rj asked me to post...

Rj drinking his water

Rjs Cot with all his stuff on/under it

One Dinar (pronounced Dee-nar)

Rjs battle buddy

Subway...One of the MANY resturants

Thats it for now but there should be more to come

for all that think water is boreing

send me the cool aid singles i think singles to go is what their caalled i want lots of them water is boreing and just plan and ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh love you all

HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for tho who dont know me i am batman holy snikys is that a BIG HUGE FAT LIE!!!!! i am actully rj and i will be posting or tryng to post pic tonight on emilys and my blog i have battle biddy that has the samn cammra and cord as me yay for that it so hot i drink 5 1.5 litters of water day and i still feel dehdrated wow that a lot of water that so i drink 1 gallon 3.5 letters qlmost 2 gllons a day WOWY its hot not like like go wimming hot it slike you jump in the pool and the water is boiling hot well im gonig to go so i can get out of the heat love you all bye for now but not forever

Rjs First Deployment

Rj and i started the day in the worst possible way. NEITHER of us wanted to get up...AT ALL, we knew what was going to happen and we werent looking forward to it. After he went to 1st formation to get a head count he got me outta bed and made me get ready. Oh man, that was the hardest. Im sure you could have cut the tension with a knife. Rj was very hyped and i was stressed and he only made me run home 2-ish times to get stuff (including my mother)

Rj got on the bus at about 11 this morning. He then went to the Alexandria, La airport where they sat in an airplane hanger, played ps2's, shot pool, and ate food til 3pm. Then he got on a GINORMOUS plane (seat pattern is window3-5-3window). Rj flew to Maine where they sat in the airport for about 3 hours. Probly the sweetest thing ever, there were some people taking pictures of all the troops and they posted them on a website and gave all the soliders cards with the web address--added below). Also, as they were getting off the plane other passengers in the airport lined up to shake their hands as the soliders walked by, what respect. After Maine they will be flying to Germany then to Kuwait. After that we dont know when he will be arriving to the place he will be 'stationed' at. Could be 2 days to 2 weeks.

I will put his new address on the blog as soon as i know it. Probly about 2 weeks or so.

www.ourstopinmaine.smugmug.com
click on The Troops 2008
click on September
click on September 19th, 2008 (7:30pm)

Picture # 19, 20, 108, 189, 212(crying on the phone)
The number is above the picture shown. ___ of ___. You may have to click around and look at the numbers bc the number is not listed on the photo.

P.S. He forgot his deodorant!!! Send him some! Seriously!! He's gonna reek! (I say that with love of course)

Change of addresses

Fred mention about Justin addresses change as you notice..I change the address on the right which is take care of so reminder ECO not DCO anymore like Fred said!

Many thanks..

Also prayer continue for RJ!! Don't forget we have Emily who is more likely alone and would need to support and comfort for her.

Justin

Justin is going to a new company the Med Board has started. He will be able to do alot more, even have a cell phone. YEAH I will be sending him a phone to use tomorrow. So when he gets it he can take and make calls every day with NO TIME LIMIT YEAH.

Looks like he will be home for Christmas maybe Thanksgiving. YEAH

Yes I am excited. His injury is getting worse and may have some more things done to him. We can only hope that he starts to improve this will be a lifetime problem for him.

Almost forgot his new address, you can start to use it now.

Pfc Oom, Justin RN #334
ECO 30th ag wtrp
Fort Benning, GA
31905

The only differncwe is the company it is now echo (ECO) not delta (DCO)

Sure you all heard about RJ keep him in your prayes as he heads off in harms way

Do NOT under any circumstance write the day Rj and his unit are deploying on this blog!!!!!!!!!!

Rj can be court marshaled and goto jail.

DO NOT POST DEPLOYMENT DATES!!!!!

If you havent already been told please call!!

Blog Etiquette

I think that we should have a refresher on blog etiquette. As I posted in my comment earlier blogs are and were intended to be a journal or record of events. We need to keep in mind the differences of opinions. If there are personal issues then they should be dealt with in a personal matter. Not due to embarrassment but because that is the example that was set religiously. Our private family issues should remain private, not laundered over the Internet.

We have Jesus Christ to look at as an example as we reconcile our offenses.

1 - Be not easily offended (Hyperlink leads to a wonderful talk by Perry M. Christenson.

2- Reconcile in private: D&C 42:88 : And if thy brother or sister offend thee, thou shalt take him or her between him or her between him or her and thee alone; and if her or she confess though shalt be reconciled.

3- Forgive even as I have. { D&C 98:40, D&C 64:10}


Obviously offenses were given and taken. Let's solve them privately, via face to face, phone or email, not publicly.

Things that we should keep in mind:
- we don't know who is reading this.
- personal information should not be posted
- be sensitive to the information being posted, ask yourself will it offend, hurt, or cause pain to another? Some things are better left un-posted.
- Comments should not be offensive. When being sarcastic signify with a smiley face or mention. Words can be interpreted in many ways other than the intended.

We are a family. Let's act like adults and be a family. Let's try and read these and all posts and comments through the eyes of the author and how it was intended to be understood.

honor the soldiers who have died and lived to protect are country past and present they all need to be honored and saluted enlisted to officer it dont matter their the bravest people of them all even the bravet people have a weakness but at are weakes hour is when were the bravest of them all U.S. soldiers te best in the world

dypolment

hello eeveryone this is rj from wht i understand emily sent out an email to everyone syig you guys cn come visit me on my leave before i fly out well i understand only 2 people sid they cant go that was mom and dad well i undersstand justin cant but i understand that noone asid anything to her and tht really hurt her she was trying to do something nice for me on my first dyploment were i happend to be scared more then i have ever been nd i dont get the commen curtisy of my family even eckowledging it i that how its going to be when i say werre pregent your gonig to ignore tht too and yes im hurt noone has ever called me to see how i was feeling thanks i apprecate it i guess when i got mrried and moved to fort polk i droped off the face of the earth to all of you who didnt answer at least i know my wife was thinking about me and not only that she was thinking about you giving you all a chance too see me before i leve on my first dypolment so i will let you all know now i have never been more scared in my life thank for wondering how i fell

R.J.

Business Man

I decided to open up my own business in my bay. I call it "The Trust". It has been open for business for about 3 weeks and so far has been extremely profitable. With my business booming I have even hired 3 others to help me out. Iknow what your thinking... that i'm crazy and what kind of business could I possibly have here with my limited privileges? Well let me explain... the first thing I started to sell is cough drops (something we are allowed to have), I buy a bag of the good tasting cough drops for a dollar a bag containing about 30 drops and sell them for a quarter a peice, 750% the cost. I know smart huh? Next I started selling singles, we have a gatorade machine that accepts ones and everyone here loves gatorade but don't have singles, thats where "The Trust" comes in. I sell 3 or 4 ones for a 5$, depending on my supply (currently I have 76 ones and $20 in quarters). I also offer to go get there gatorade for them if they dont feel like putting on their uniforms and walking there for $1.25. These things bring in money but are not the big money makers. With all my appointments I miss chow alot so I am given a pre-packed meal containing pringles, cookies, a mint, fruit, a main course and and side course. I then sell these items off, cookies are $10, pringles $7, the rest is for best offer. I can make $30 a meal (yes I still eat, I get to order out on my detail everyday =D ). The most profitable thing is firegaurd. Firegaurd is a one hour shift at night where you make sure nobody leaves or enters the bay. There are usually 7 shifts a night and 2 people per shift, weekends have 9 shifts per night. I offer the all coveted sleep for a mere $10, I usually make $80 a night doing this. This is why I had to hire people, some shifts are the same time frame and I need some sleep too, however I take a cut off the top. In all my business brings in around $600 a week before paying my employees. I use this money to fund my passes, I splurge and get anything and everything like a PSP with lots of things to go with it costing around$400, it also funds my take out while im on detail at the rec center and my time spent on the internet because I have to pay $7 an hour which adds up very very fast. Now why name it "The Trust"? Well I take credit so I am very trusting and they need to trust me to get up for there fireguard because if I dont they get in a ton of trouble. Eventually I will learn to save the money I make but for right now I'm gunna spend it!

HI!!!

I'm here.

HELLO?

ANYBODY? KNOCK KNOCK...anyone there?

RJ's in Battle Rattle...

IRT (Iraq readiness training)
Good looking there

Thoughtful!!!

Blog is still on and always stay on while RJ and Justin is out there! We need to keep up about JUSTIN who is still out there at the Boot Camp! There are only little time he can use computer and calling..he will continue to contact us either by phone or computer in limit time but he not receiving much of the letters like he used to before he broke his foot. Just remember, all the soldiers receiving a lots while Justin there and he only got two since he went back. I don't mean that you all must write him but it just a thoughtful feeling that he can't do much there and not receiving much from us while all other soldiers get so much. He is still out there! I wrote him one and I know Fred is sending things to Justin that he need. There nothing much Justin can do there at the Base so maybe it would be nice that we all continue to write him and send him something that he can do!! It would help him to keep his mind going and time faster as he is pretty much sitting around and can't do nothing! He did go to movies with some soldiers when there free time but most of time they are out on training and Justin are in room sitting with no plan going on but only in Physical Therapy. Trying to think what he need and can be send so hoping Justin can comment or POST and tell us what he would like to have to keep him busy. I am not sure what can be send so hoping things can be send for him to do! He is waiting for the paper works to order him to go home but it take about 4 to 6 months after paper work done! So think about it how hard this is when he can't do much there but letters would cheer him up! I send him poems, pictures and letter so that keep him updated to let him know what news and going on. We don't always hear from Justin so please keep it up with him like it should be before he broke his foot!

Now with RJ..we always will hear from him before he goes to Iraq and he did post it about what going on. Need to keep in touch with him before he leave. RJ and Emily do have their own blog together about what going on for their lives! But this blog here is about the boys duties and do in the ARMY! So it important to keep in touch with RJ and with Justin. I am sure Emily would keep up the blog in this while RJ in Iraq when time comes!

Keep our prayer for both boys to support them!
Again, the new addresses for both boys is on the right side of the blog to send letters and items!!
Also, keep up posting blog and comment! Same for the boys, too!

Many thanks and this is my thoughtful for my boys!!!

hello this is R.J. i started IRT (Iraq readiness training) today i had to wake up at 0330 am to be at weapons withdraw at 0500 we didnt start zeroing are rifles in until 0800 we got lucky we only have 37 peapole going throught IRT with us were last group had 88 thats a lot of peapole waiting to shoot on 16 lanes range we had to quilfy with are rifles before we can go over to OIF (operation Iraq freedom) it was a long day it rained for most of it then it got humid then rained again so when i came home i smelled bad and was wet with sweat and rain it wasent fun after we were all done qulifying they left 15 of us at the range and for got about us for almost 2 hours thas 2 hours more i should have been with emily for those 2 hours

New developments in my injury.

So it turns out, when i was injured i developed a condition called Reflex Symathetic Dystraphy (RSD). It is also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrom. Doctors do not know what happens exactly and there is no cure for it but it is treatable. The treatments I am currently recieving include Neurotin in a pill form I am easing my way to 9 pills a day, Apatch called Lidoderm which is an anesthetic as well as blocking nerve signals being sent in that part of my body, and finally an injection in my spine every two weeks. Currently I have a mild case, doesn't feel that way though, and it is in early stages however, if it goes untreated or the treatment doesnt work things could turn badly. Currently it has spread from just where the break was up to my knee, water, tempurature, and touch hurt as well as a sharp stabbing pains randomly. I just wanted to let everyone know my situation, do not worry it could be much worse than it is, I will most likely be completely fine with the treatments as long as I stay on them. If you wish to find out more on RSD you can go to google and type in RSD and all you need to know will come up. Love you all, Justin

RJ AND EMILY OOM

hello everyone this is rj im using emilys account because she loves me and gave it to me emily and i have a new address

R.J. AND EMILY OOM
4802E REED COURT
FORT POLK, LA 71459


thank you everyone for supporting me while i was in basic training now justin needs are full support because he is enduring something that is harder then i have ever had to endure while in basic training so gut justin your full support he will need it i know i will give it to him love you all

pv2 randall oom

A ton of changes

Rj left on tuesday the 15th to report to Ft Polk, LA. He made it their safely and at 11 or 12 at night.

Rj learned that he will be at Fort Polk til Sept 1st. When he comes home from Iraq he will be stationed back at Fort Polk, not in Fort Drum like originally thought. Half his unit will be in Ft. Polk and half will be in Ft. Drum.

I will also be moving to Fort Polk in Aug. to live with Rj and goto school at LSU. He "bought" a house today and has the keys in his hand as we speak. I've seen the floor plan and, oh man, im pretty excited. He will come back to Michigan to move with me.

I dont know all the details and such but I will post more when I do.

RJ's Update Information

As far as I know by RJ...

He mention that things have change. He is now at Lousiana and will be staying there till in September. He will be going to IRAQ by then for how long..I am not sure! After that he will be back in Lousiana. Since it had been change due of some of his units are already in Iraq and some haven't come yet so thing delay. RJ soon will be getting a place to live so address will be given later on.

Any more information will be post ..to be continue!

Justin's New Address

Please keep up contacting with Justin. He would still love to hear from you guys. He doing good but his foot hurt more with some nerve damaged. Not sure what would happen but he maybe will be out of Army within 6 months. Keep in touch with him and will know more information soon as we hear from him
The address is on the right side of the blog that are post.

RJ and Emily Oom's Wedding 7-14-2008

RJ and Emily's Wedding Day

Getting marry in Grand Haven Court House....

Just got married.......

A Proud Army Wife ....

Husband and Wife ...

Special Moment....

Very Happy...


RJ's Family Side....
Dad with Family

Mom with Family...

Proud Army Mother...

Emily's Side of Family...

Lovely Newlyweds...

Memories..

Just to be alone in moment...



Are they getting marry, too?




At the Reception Party...Fred and Gail's Home!

Family and Freinds...

Lillian...

Uncle Bob, Jill and her kids (RJ's side)

RJ and Emily's Wedding cake...

Gift from Hope...Home of the Brave

End of the Reception...

RJ's Two Days Of Ceremony!!

June 30th, 2008
Fred, Justin, Emily and Ben have arrived to Indiana from Michigan on the 30th of June and only slept for 2 hours and We all (Fred-Justin-Ben-Emily-Hope-Lillian and myself) left from Indiana to Georgia around 3 am and arrived to Georgia approx 6:30pm. We got the cabin and it a very nice sites. We enjoy our time and resting...play suffle board and went swimming in pool for two days.

July 2nd, 2008
This is a very speical moment to be there and to honor RJ who made it through in Army Boot Camp. We are very proud of him.

Looking for RJ...

Do you see him?

RJ's Troops and Drill Segernt

This is where the ceremony is and it hugh!
This is the day of Turning Blue Ceremony...

Army Troops arrived at the Ceremony where family and friend are...

Annoucement and Chatting...

Honor of Blue Ribbons put on by RJ's brother, Justin!

Proud of RJ and to honor him!

Marching away and Chanting....We follow them to meet where they are free to go and be with the family.

FAMILY HUGS............Down below!

RJ and his mom , Kimberlee

His girlfriend, Emily

His brother, Justin in middle and his Friend, Ben!

His dad, Fred

His sister, Hope
His niece, Lillian

Family Time while RJ with us before he go back to basic in Fort Bennings by 8 pm!

RJ and Emily

GRADUATE CEREMONY...July 3rd, 2008

There are some pictures below did the show about how the Army Troops have learns how to do in wars!

Tanks Arrival..there are two on each side!

Troops come out of Tank...

Bombs and Guns shooting....

Continue in show....

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This part of show telling us what kind of guns troops carry...

Troops run back in tank...

End of Show....

Bands marching ....Troops came along behind the bands...

Honor of Troops marching in...

Bands and Troops

All the Troops with different Drill Sergent's

Proud mom with RJ

RJ and Emily

GRADUATION CEREMONY IS OVER...Now family time with RJ and bring him home with us..YIPPEE!!!

Hope and Lillian

Ben-Justin-Kim-Hope inside tank...

Boys show off...Justin and Ben

Inside Tank

Left Ceremony...

We went out to eat at Burger King then had family pictures before we change clothes and heading home to Indiana and Michigan.

Family pictures...RJ's mom in it

Their dad in it

Let see how strong RJ can lifts those two guys..Ben and Justin with broken foot.

Proud of RJ

Heading home..stuck in traffic in Georgia twices..for one hour each time!

Ben standing on freeway waiting and talking to Fred, RJ's dad!

Traffic as you can see ...

On the fourth of July..At Rod and Jill's House..

RJ propose to Emily to marry him.

..and they kissed ~~~>Does that mean YES?

Happy After...

ENGAGED!!!!!

RJ and Emily is getting marry at the courthouse on the 14Th of July, 11:15 am in Grand Haven! Small reception with immediately family at Fred's house on the Sunday, July 13Th. 2008.

About Justin, He is now at the basic which he stayed at motel after we left on the 3rd of July. He had to be back at the basic in Fort Bennings, Georgia before midnight on the 4Th of July...Hope he see Firework!

As for now, we do not know what happening with his plan but only thing we know he will be in physical therapy and also might have another surgery to get his metal plate and pins out because it too much of pain for him. Will know more information later on from Justin and will be post once we hear from him.