I'm so happy.....

.....to hear from so many of you. This is probably becoming my new favorite way to procrastinate.

Just wanted to say:
-Nancy can you send me your 3 children's emails?
-Kate - I can't wait to see pictures of Knowl at the beach!!
-Mom and Dad - can you post some pics from your trip to Canada?

Ok - back to my homework!

Tyler and Laura join with all the other "Stroud" couples (O.K., and Carpenters) at their wedding reception.

Just out and about

Hi everybody. I am going to have to be your source of info on Ian as I am the communicator of our little family. This is the latest picture of us taken last week at Exit Glacier. We've been babysitting some cadets who the Army sent up here to learn about Army life. We've been taking them around and showing them Alaska on the weekends.

This weekend we're planning to drive to Captain Cook State Park on the Kenai to look for agates on the beach... so we're heading for the beach too, but the water's a hell of a lot colder than the Hamptons ;-) On Sunday, though, I have to do some work as I am the new editor of the Church Newsletter and I have a deadline of Monday.

Ian is doing well as the platoon leader of 2nd Platoon Charlie Company 84th Engineers. As of right now his company is slated for deployment next summer to Afghanistan. This could change, however, because the Army loves to change its mind. If things stay as they are, it is hard to tell whether he would be going or not. He will have made captain by that time and the Army may have other ideas of what they want to do with him. We'll just have to wait and see. Right now he's really excited because he is going to Korea next month to play war games. He'll be gone from the 10th to the 30th I think. Meanwhile, I will be in Berlin attending my best friend's wedding. So that's our upcoming plans.

For those who do not know, we post pictures of what we've been doing on Flickr. Feel free to go have a look: www.flickr.com/photos/missmerv
The weather has been gorgeous here lately and I'm looking forward to picking wild blueberries when I get back from Germany! There will be many blueberry cobblers made!

What are you up to?

I am trying to start this blog so that we can all stay in touch and see/read about what people are up to. I only have limited e-mail addresses. So pass the e-mails along to me and I will add people.

Right now I am working on my first clerkship at Bellevue in psychiatry. I love it! The people I work with are great and the patients are amazing. Everyday has been so much better than last year! I am really looking forward to my 3rd year.

I might go to the Hamptons this weekend and have some fun at the beach. Otherwise there is nothing new around here.

So please let me know people's e-mails to add. And also please post something and let me know if you have trouble figuring it out!!