Lindy finally got to try out her Christmas present from Dad.
It was a great first day of spring to give the thing a good workout.
Between Dad’s 22 long rifle handgun and Lindy’s 9mm we blasted off over a 120 rounds of awesome target practice.
We even had time to bottle 5 gallons of Ike’s home brew lager along with her friend Dan.
Oh yeah, this batch of beer was appropriately named “LINDY’S 9mm LAGER”
Ike
Catch this video of Misia being interviewed by ABC News! She has been working at the La Brea Tarpits for several years now, while she pursues her masters at Cal State E. Los Angeles.
She knows her stuff!
To inform everyone that I have retrieved the original Sink postings and if you click on the Archive button above you can see it in its currently restored form–with some provisions.
Hey Folks,
Lindy and I got a surprise last Friday evening when Lee called from North Carolina and said that his deployment unit would be doing a stopover at the Bangor International Airport on their way to Germany/Kyrgyzstan/Afghanistan.
That gave us about 2 hours to get to the airport to greet him and 280 other Marines headed for a 7-month deployment in Afghanistan.
This will be Lee’s 2nd tour of Afghanistan.
When he left for his first tour in May 2009 we thought he would be doing a stopover in Bangor but instead flew directly from Cherry Point, NC to Ireland and then to Afghanistan.
Needless to say this was really cool because Lindy and I and her friend Dan were the only relatives greeting the Marines.
As you can see from some of the pictures Bangor has become world famous for its incredible troop greeter section.
Tens of Thousands of troops pass through here every year and are greeted (no matter the hour or day) by dedicated patriots.
There are all kinds of amenities and as you can see there is a massive amount of accumulated military memorabilia honoring those who have visited.
Hope you enjoy the pictures,
Love,
Ike
Hey everybody,
Just wanted to throw this post up so that everybody knows that I am head for Afghanistan next friday on the 14th. I will be headed somewhere in the Helmand Province but I do not know where. Anybody who wants to is welcome to come down before I head out. If you want to then get ahold of me. Phone number is 912-695-8247. This will be my address while I am over there if you feel like writing me:
LCpl Morgan, Lee R.
2nd battalion 8th marines
Golf Co. 2nd plt
Unit 73240
FPO AE 09510-3240
This will be a repeat for some of you but I wanted to make sure this got on the Sink:
Here are some pics from the great visit we had. Hope that everyone out there had a lovely Christmas!
Hope we can all see each other more in the new year!
Lots of love,
Claire
Sara and Jef hosted Thanksgiving in their new home this year. Grandma from Ohio (Barbara) and Uncle Ike joined them and other friends. Looks like Sara makes a mean turkey!
Some images from our Halloween adventures.
This is a new slideshow program, not the best. BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE SMALL i (in upper right hand corner!) TO SEE THE CAPTIONS FOR EACH PHOTO. After that, hover at the bottom and click on slideshow/fullscreen for great effects; just be sure to read the captions first.
Brian has a new musical group and they are performing at a local restaurant in a few weeks. One of the members made a great poster for them.
For some reason, there was a contagion effect in the family, hoping it can be contained to Topanga. (Zombies, now this? What’s going on up there?) Click on each for the full effect. (After you click, you’ll get a full page version; at the bottom right is a link to the next one.)
I know a lot of you live in parts of the country where you see weather changes rather more dramatically than in LA. Claire took these pictures from her hilltop home just before we had our first thunderstorm of our paltry rainy season. Rarely do we see rain before November. We’ll see what the new season brings this year.
