So today was Tori's birthday, and what a beautiful day it was! I think it got up to the low 70's and everything is getting really green and fresh-looking.
With Noah up north and Jon stuck working at school, and George out of town for work, it feels like an anticlimactic (sp?) birthday, especially for a big one like FIFTY YEARS OLD, but we've got some big plans coming up. Since George was gone, Gabe and Ryan and I took Tori out to lunch, then she and I went shopping at Wally World. Then we came home to make my brother-in-law Marks famous buffalo wings. We had a few friends over to our house to eat them (and help grill them) and I hope a fun time was had by all. Tori and Noah are currently playing Guitar Hero on XBOX Live (Noah is in Northern VA and we are at my house, but we can play online together). She's not bad for an old lady!! (just had to throw in at least one comment on her age...)
Anyway, next week should be great--we've got a trip to Florida planned, as long as Ryan still feels up to it. We had planned on it before the surgery came up, then just put it on hold until we knew what was going on with Ryan. We'll be staying at Tori's brother's condo in West Palm Beach and I just can't wait to go on a real vacation. It will be fun to get Gabe in the ocean and hopefully we'll have lots of time to just lay around on the beach.
We got some really great news last night, too! My brother Mike is in Pensacola, FL right now for his job training with the Marines. We've been waiting to see where he would be stationed and just found out that he will be in North Carolina for the next couple of years! He'll be at Cherry Point for a couple of months to complete his Aviation Ordinance training, then he'll be at New River after that unless he gets deployed. He'll only be 5 or so hours away from us which is really exciting! I hope we get to see him a lot. I'll post a picture of him, Gabe and I from when he went to boot camp last September.
More later...
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