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!