First, I would like to thank all of the soldiers that have or are serving our country on this sunny Memorial Day here in the Pacific Northwest.  Our armed forces have given so much to our country and I am grateful each and every day for them.

I have been spending this amazingly sunny day indoors trying to get everything in line for my upcoming trip to visit Anna and Stephen.  I am so excited! I fly out Wednesday morning and get to Manchester on Thursday morning.  I was looking through some of my boxes to find a picture of Anna and I from back in the day, but I couldn’t find one.  Darn! Oh well, we will have plenty from this trip!

Smokey Bear is also pretty excited for international travel!