Trevor's Christmas!

Hey Dad, I got a lot of cool legos for Christmas. Lots f other cool stuff to. I love you,
Trevor

Madison's Christmas

Daddy,
even though I was very sick on Christmas Eve, I felt much better after Santa came. I got lots of great gifts. Here ae some pictures

Christmas!

Finally I got some pictures on the blog. these are from Christmas. We love you

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Happy New Year

The holidays have come and gone here in Ramadi. While it was difficult to be away from my family and friends back home, we did have a great morale visit from Jim McMahon. Yes, the Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl Champion quarterback. I thought Debbie's family in Chicago would particularly enjoy this picture.

I want to wish everybody back home a Happy New Year and send you all my wishes for health and happiness in the coming year. I know I am ecstatic to be in a new year as I have a great deal to l0ok forward to:

-John Spong (one of my best friends and a writer for Texas Monthly) will be coming to Ramadi for a couple of weeks in January to write a story for his magazine.

-I will be resigning my commission from the United States Navy, closing what has been a wonderful 14 year career and a tremedously rewarding chapter in my life.

-I will be returning to Austin, Texas to start a new and exciting life with my family.

-I will be joining a surgical practice at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin with another one of my best friends John Uecker.

-I look forward to Texas Football season that doesn't end in an ugly victory in the Alamo Bowl.

-I will be turning 40 in November (not sure I'm looking forward to that one).

-What I look forward to most is coming home to my spectacular wife Debbie and the three most amazing kids in the world; Trevor, Madison, and Tyler. The thoughts and visions of seeing you all in just a couple of months is what keeps the light at the end of the tunnel so bright!