I forgot to mention that we got family pictures taken before Jackson left. Here's the one we went with, I'll probably post the rest later.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Family Photo
I forgot to mention that we got family pictures taken before Jackson left. Here's the one we went with, I'll probably post the rest later.
I'm Back!
Whew, it's been a while since I've had the chance to be here... well anywhere online. For those of you out there who don't know, we've just moved into a rental house. Its pretty nice, bigger (room for Coryn to play and storage for all our junk). One of these days I'll take a picture of it for all of you.
Moving was only half of the reason I've been gone so long though. Upon rebuilding the computer area I had accidentally plugged the moniter into the wrong port (the original port) instead of the fancy video card port Jackson had installed. All I was getting was wallpaper and a moving mouse. So, my dad was able to find out what was wrong with it (he could be on the GeekSquad) and here I am. Thanks dad!
As for Coryn, he's his normal happy spunky self. Just look at the lip he's giving the camera! He's up and crawling a little now; it shouldn't be long before he's a menace to the area (or at least to the house). He's also eating a lot of table foods, like chunks of turkey, fishy crackers (goldfish: the snack that smiles back)
, veggies, you name it he's probably had some. Still no teeth, though his drool level has increased and the doctor seems to think his gums look swollen (I don't). He seems to have taken the move well, most of his sleep changes had to do with the late night boxing and hauling that went on for three days. He misses his daddy as evident by the big smile he gets when I put the phone to his ear.
Moving was only half of the reason I've been gone so long though. Upon rebuilding the computer area I had accidentally plugged the moniter into the wrong port (the original port) instead of the fancy video card port Jackson had installed. All I was getting was wallpaper and a moving mouse. So, my dad was able to find out what was wrong with it (he could be on the GeekSquad) and here I am. Thanks dad!
As for Coryn, he's his normal happy spunky self. Just look at the lip he's giving the camera! He's up and crawling a little now; it shouldn't be long before he's a menace to the area (or at least to the house). He's also eating a lot of table foods, like chunks of turkey, fishy crackers (goldfish: the snack that smiles back)
, veggies, you name it he's probably had some. Still no teeth, though his drool level has increased and the doctor seems to think his gums look swollen (I don't). He seems to have taken the move well, most of his sleep changes had to do with the late night boxing and hauling that went on for three days. He misses his daddy as evident by the big smile he gets when I put the phone to his ear.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Groundhog Day
By Jackson
As most of you know, I have been at Fort Lewis Washington since 1 June. I am working at LDAC, aka "Operation Warrior Forge," the same 33 day course I went through last summer as an army cadet. Every ROTC cadet comes here, generally the summer before they graduate as a requirement to commission. I am working with the Basic Rifle Marksmanship committee as the "data collections OIC" (officer in charge). I basically run the TOC (tactical operations center) and along with my staff of four collect, sort and record all of the scores the cadets get on the M-16/A2 rifle qualification range.
The cadets come through LDAC broken down into 12 increments or regiments. Each regiment spends three day at the range. On day 1 they zero their weapons, on day 2 they have a practice record fire and on day 3 they have their record fire. We let them have the better of their two scores (though sometimes a few are given up to four chances to qualify) and send them on their way. As I said, we get a new regiment every three days, with only 5 exceptions in 53 or so days so I don't get much time off. I do have my evenings free and have had 2 or my 5 days off already. I have been able to visit Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, BC.
While on the range the 10-12 hours days really seem to fly by, but they also seem to morph into the same day since I am doing pretty much the same thing all the time. I take it as a good sigh that I am really enjoying myself. I just ripped 7 1/2 hours of music onto the laptop I use out here so the TOC is rockin' and I have also started to find quite a bit of time to read. That nice discovery was made only yesterday and I will be taking full advantage of it from here on out.
Unless something really noteworthy occurs while I'm out here this will probably be the only time I post here, but it won't be long until I'm off to Ft. Sill, OK with what I'm sure will become more stories!
As most of you know, I have been at Fort Lewis Washington since 1 June. I am working at LDAC, aka "Operation Warrior Forge," the same 33 day course I went through last summer as an army cadet. Every ROTC cadet comes here, generally the summer before they graduate as a requirement to commission. I am working with the Basic Rifle Marksmanship committee as the "data collections OIC" (officer in charge). I basically run the TOC (tactical operations center) and along with my staff of four collect, sort and record all of the scores the cadets get on the M-16/A2 rifle qualification range.
The cadets come through LDAC broken down into 12 increments or regiments. Each regiment spends three day at the range. On day 1 they zero their weapons, on day 2 they have a practice record fire and on day 3 they have their record fire. We let them have the better of their two scores (though sometimes a few are given up to four chances to qualify) and send them on their way. As I said, we get a new regiment every three days, with only 5 exceptions in 53 or so days so I don't get much time off. I do have my evenings free and have had 2 or my 5 days off already. I have been able to visit Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, BC.
While on the range the 10-12 hours days really seem to fly by, but they also seem to morph into the same day since I am doing pretty much the same thing all the time. I take it as a good sigh that I am really enjoying myself. I just ripped 7 1/2 hours of music onto the laptop I use out here so the TOC is rockin' and I have also started to find quite a bit of time to read. That nice discovery was made only yesterday and I will be taking full advantage of it from here on out.
Unless something really noteworthy occurs while I'm out here this will probably be the only time I post here, but it won't be long until I'm off to Ft. Sill, OK with what I'm sure will become more stories!
Monday, June 05, 2006
videos
For all of you who come here to see Coryn, we also have accounts on myspace which supports videos as well, so I have a couple videos of Coryn on my myspace account which I will now attempt to leave a link for....
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=76027802
there is a link to the videos directly below the picture of Coryn and I, there are a couple other pictures there as well.
Enjoy!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=76027802
there is a link to the videos directly below the picture of Coryn and I, there are a couple other pictures there as well.
Enjoy!
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