Monday, June 30, 2008

Congrats to my good friend, Jason

"Hi Jason, it's me your little buddy Evan. I just wanted to say congrats to you for making TSgt. I think that's pretty cool. We all know your going to be a great Tech and hope you don't get any added bull honky with additional work and stuff so hope your doing well at Scott and I miss ya. Talk to ya soon" --- Evan

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Needed cool thoughts for summer...

The actual base buildings. With Mt. Dundas in the background with some ice still in the water.
Mount Dundas and the amazing part was it looked so close and when the water is frozen over and you can walk to it, it took ALOT longer because the air is so pure and clear their, that it gave the "closer then it appears" look.

Down at the dock, with the base in the far background.



So while starting to feel the effects of summer in Europe with no air-conditioning, I thought back to something that was cool and breezy....I thought of Thule Air Base, Greenland where John and I spent 2004. John was stationed there on his remote and I got lucky and landed a civilian job up there. It was such a neat experience with lots of stories to tell. So...thinking back to the negative degree weather, it was enough for me to appreciate this nice warm weather in Germany. I guess sometimes I just need to put things into perspective to stop complaining.. :)


Thursday, June 26, 2008

Congrats John!!


For all that don't know...a big congratulations to John on his promotion. Earlier today we found out that he made Master Sgt. He will probably sew this stripe on sometime in September, is our guess. I am so proud of him now a senior NCO. He is doing a great job running the band and they have never sounded better or been better friends and collegues. "Touch N Go" is very lucky to have John as a leader. We are only sorry that Keisha had to PCS we would do anything to kidnap her and sneak her back to Germany. This is a Garmish pic from May ok so we've got from left to right back row first Geoff "fish", Paul "little beaver", Keisha "KGG", Brian "BK"/"B"/"K-man", Ron "Ronnieeees", John "johnny links", Mark "frannie" (thanks Leslie for the pic) John--I love you and am so proud of my future E-7

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Time to Dance...

Well it's now time to REALLY start getting back in shape and start dancing again. I start teaching in two months and I'm not ready. I put my pointe shoes on yesturday and my tap shoes and came home after an hour of dance with open blisters on both feet! So now it's time to get serious, I do miss dancing on stage with the girls, here I'm 4 months preggors with Evan so it's been exactly a year since my last dance recital and I officially have the dance itch. I'm actually excited about starting up again. Here goes nothin.....

Belgium

I thought if there was a place for John...this was it.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

My special friend...


Jamie: "Evan, who's holding you in this picture?"
Evan: "I'm glad you asked, this is my very special friend, Keisha. She made my first 7 months of life one big smile."
Jamie: "ok....so.....tell me about her"
Evan: "She is the best vocalist you will ever hear and the sweetest person you will ever meet, she could make me smile anytime, I love her and miss her so much..."
Jamie: "Evan, when will you see her again?"
Evan:" well, my sources say I may get to see her this summer, with any luck she will be able to find a hop or a reasonable plane ticket to Germany. I have cleared my schedule for her potential arrival."
Jamie: "We ALL hope for that, Evan."

Monday, June 23, 2008

Our escape to Brussls, Belguim

This is the Mannequin Pis, just like it reads the pissing statue. This is in downtown Brussels, in the Alstadt. He is famous for his outfit changes which change daily, Saturday he was a sailor boy.

My highlight

Not only did we decide to go to Brugge on Sunday rather then stay in Brussels, John took me on one last detour before we had to head back to Germany, he took me to the Sea. We ended up not to far from the city of Brugge at the North Sea in a town called Heist. The second my feet hit the sand a few tears dropped. It was so awesome to be at the beach, in Europe on just a little weekend get-away....so unexpected but something I needed badly. The sand was really powdery, it was insanely windy that day. We were able to stay for about 2 hours and then on our way home....We ended up in Gonbach at 2 am oh well the last stop was more then worth it.

Evan's mode of travel for the trip

This is where Evan spent the majority of his time while sightseeing in Brussels and Brugge. He loved it and did great in the backpack. It really made it easy to get around. Here's John and his "mini me"

Friday, June 20, 2008

On Our Way!!

We're off to Belgium for the weekend, we'll be staying at the Sheraton, downtown Brussels. If you find yourself in Brussels this weekend, stop by and see us ! We'll take lots of pics and post a few select ones! This will be Evan's 5th country at the ripe old age of 8 months, what a world traveller - John

Thursday, June 19, 2008

We miss you, Keisha!

You have know Idea how much we miss ya girl, you are what made TnG the coolest rock band evah!!! It was always more pleasant of a party, trip or hang if you were there. Sembach is just not the same with you gone. missing you and Jason,
Love
Jamie