Ryan is back on his COP in Afghanistan. He had a great welcoming gift of many letters and 4 packages. Thank you to everyone for thinking of him. Here's an update from his new CO (CPT Michael W. Blakley): "What a great company. I've never worked with a group of more motivated and competent Soldiers and NCOs than Battle Company. All the Soldiers have been working very hard, in extreme heat and with little sleep. Yet I still see smiling faces and positives attitudes. This speaks volumes about your loved ones given Battle's rigorous mission set here in Afghanistan. On top of all our daily missions, we've been doing a lot of work on the Command Out Post and Strong Point. We're putting up new tents so your Soldiers have more space for all their care packages. We've recently gotten new showers and even a laundry machine.Thank you all for all of the mail. Everyone loves getting packages, especially over here. We usually have so much mail that we can't even carry it all back to our COP in one trip!" Ryan was excited about putting up new tents, instead of sharing with 15 guys he only has to share with 10!
Wow! It's been a long time since I've added to this blog. I guess you could say life has gotten busy. Since the last post, in 2013, much has happened. Here are the major events in the last seven years: 1. Ryan got off active duty military and we moved to Berea, Kentucky. Ryan enrolled at Eastern Kentucky University. Ryan also joined the Kentucky National Guard. From moving so much I became fascinated with simplicity and minimalism. I am now a self proclaimed minimalist. I love having less stuff! 2. Ivy Helen was born on January 10th, 2014. 3. Summer of 2014 we moved to Bozeman, Montana. Ryan studied aviation at Montana State University. Ryan joined Montana National Guard. I got back into full time cosmetology educating. I also worked at MSU family housing. 5. Ryan graduated and is official a commercially rated pilot. We moved to New York for Ryan to go to aviation mechanic school. Ryan got out of the military completely and transition bec...
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