Stephanie had a going away/awards ceremony at Commander Strike Force Training, Atlantic (CSFTL) today. She received the customary plaque, the India Flag, and the framed picture with everybody’s autograph. In addition, she received the award shown at right. It is the Meritorious Service Medal and is the first one that […]
Monthly Archives: May 2006
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Samantha competed in the Level Four State Gymnastics Championships this past weekend. Overall, she finished 8th out of over 40 gymnasts in her age group. The results can be seen here. Samantha’s performance has been consistent and she improved in some areas during this meet. This has been an exciting […]
Papa Willie is visiting from Florida and celebrating his 85th birthday! Looks pretty good for his age, doesn’t he? We’ve been keeping him pretty busy since he’s been here. On the first day he went to Nicole’s Siddur presentation. The next day he got to exercise at the JCC and […]
Tonight, Nicole received her Siddur. The Siddur is the Hebrew Prayer book. It contains all the prayers that are essential to Jewish life. From blessing for days of the week, Holidays, and other special occasions, receiving the Siddur indicates that Nicole has reached a sufficient level of proficiency in reading […]
Nicole had asked her Science teacher if she could take home the class hamster a few weeks ago. Mrs. Zahorski said that she could take home “Bear” for the weekend. So we had a guest for the weekend. Bear came with his cage which had tunnels to his bed on […]
***UPDATE 7/23/06 Wetting Down set for Friday, 4 August at our house in Fairfax Station. Plan to arrive around 6:00 pm and stay until the Beer, Champaign, and Wine run out. Our address: 9410 Larkdale Terrace, Fairfax, VA 22039*** The promotion will be a small ceremony at the The Women’s […]