BIG NEWS!!!!

Wow! A whole month since the last post, I knew I had been procrastinating but I wouldn't have bet a full month. Sorry!



I have some pictures to post but first we just have to share some wonderful news-

John has been selected for promotion to CW4. Talk about someone so happy they are literally on cloud 9. The whole family is so proud of him, promotion time is always hard, John has been very proactive about his career but he worries about the things he can't control (deployment time, assignments-etc) and then he hopes for the best--

and waits, and waits.

This definitely makes 22 years of late nights and separations worth it, plus it will be just in time for Robert's 2nd semester college tuition! YEAH!

for those of you who know us IRL (in real life) and are keeping track...this promotion will take us to 30 years...8 years from now...no changes in the near future, the final plan is still CW5 and 42 years....who knew 20 years ago ;-)

Update on the Harley

Renee commented that she wasn't sure which parts went where so I thought I would post some pictures from stripped down to ALMOST done....hopefully putting the pictures in the post below into context :-)

Hope you enjoy!

Stripped down...but the chrome is blindingly polished!

Front fenderThe tank is mounted the new tank bib, new ignition and cool aircraft-style gas caps are on!

There's the back fender

The sissy bar/pad plus new brake light and bullet turn signals are mounted!

And even new whale-tail mufflers!

For all you horse lovers!

Poor kid looks beat, of course she is only 12 hours old at this point. Looks like she had a rough night!

This was the 4th and final foal born for this season.

Although she doesn't have a permanent name yet, loosely translated from German she is called "the springy one"--her name fits her, those legs are constantly moving!

Snow day on 25 March

So this is what Spring looked like here in Germany. Even though the tulips were blooming---that wasn't enough to stop Mother Nature from dumping a bunch of snow all over us!!!

Thankfully the weather has taken a turn for the better and spring (I think) has finally SPRUNG!