Good Times In The USA

In late February / early March, the family and I were able to take a trip back to the USA to see my family and catch up with friends...flying Lufthansa business class is such a huge blessing!  It had been a long time since we were all together and will be the last for awhile.  Lana and I are in Germany, my sister and brother-in-law are going to the mission field in Africa, and my youngest brother will be off to Air Force pilot training sometime in 2014.  We were able to take a nice family picture all together for the first time in a couple years...good memories.

 

We split our time between Michigan and Ohio where my side of the family now lives.  Ideally, Spring Break took place so most had more time off.  Also, Lilli and her cousin Rayna's birthdays are only a few day apart which worked out well for a combined 1st birthday party...wow, time flies!  I'm thankful God gave me the family I have and for the time together. We're going to see some of them again later this fall here in Europe, and hopefully more next spring / summer.

In Ohio, Liam and I along with some of my other family (mostly the guys) spent a morning at the Air Force Museum.  Liam loved it and was super excited about all the "jets" he was seeing.  All the jets seemed to be "Papa's jet".  It's so cool to see Liam grow into a young little man and enjoy time with his cousin Seth.  The last two pictures below are from the Vietnam era, but we still wear the same patch (4th picture down) and have the same saying of "First In, Last Out" (5th picture) in my current squadron.  We fly the same Wild Weasel mission they did of "hunting" surface-to-air missile sites (SAMs).