Obstacle Course

The guys did great. They did the Land O in 3 min. 27 sec. Nobody fell and they finished very clean. John had to start after the others. He then passed them and got down in the pit. He threw the other two out of the pit, then pulled himself out and continued on the run. That is why in some of the pictures you see him behind the others, then ahead, then back behind again. I forgot he was doing that and thought for a second, "oh my God, what happened, then I saw them being flung up, and here comes my muscley man!!!

The Swim O also went very well. They did great. They are making a bit of a scene having a Navy Captain and a General on the team. They are used to younger guys doing this. They are getting quite bit of attention.

Tonight we had a "Latvian Night" and we went in town to a fancy place off base. They pulled out all the stops. There was dancing, drinks, tons of food. It was a huge deal!!! The Latvian's are very excited to have all these countries here. Our athletes had one drink, lots of food, then we left early. But it was very impressive. Tomorrow night will be wild, there is a BBQ and the guys will be finished competing, so all bets are off. They can eat and drink to their hearts content. We found out the Orienteer Run will be 15K long and that is if it was run straight through. I am not sure how long it will take while navigating with the compass and stopping at all the check points and doing whatever else they have them do on the run. It will be interesting. I am having a hard time on this blog. It is not uploading the pics very easy. I will post this, then see if I can get any pics uploaded. The others will be uploaded to the smugmug site tonight.

Love to all!!! Lorie

Shooting Competition

Well, today was the Pistol and Rifle shoot, using Latvian weapons. John did real well in the Pistol shoot, not as well as he was hoping in the Rifle shoot. Their team is not where they wanted to be after today, but they are still in an okay spot to go on for the next events. Our other team did well, I am not quite sure where they are after today, but I think they are doing really well.

Here are some great pics from today. And I have to say, I do agree with Kim and Paula who say that John is my own "Marlboro Man."

Let me know what the rest of you think? ha

I am trying to add more pictures to this page and will continue until I have to leave to go to a team meeting. However, don't forget, all pictures can be found on the smugmug site. I just have to download them each night while I am sleeping. I am trying not to bore everyone with too many pics. here.

It has already had a lot thrown in this trip besides the sporting competition. After the Opening Ceremonies last night, we were escorted by police to supper, then back to a reception where delegates and big wigs from all the NATO countries were mingling and discussing all kinds of stuff. My eyes started glazing over. But it was wonderful to see the respect these guys get from everybody. The other countries really seem to like the US team, and even the US delegates want to speak to our guys. They like to hear all about the military training that goes into training for this event.

Opening Ceremony

Here is my gorgeous husband at the Opening Ceremony.










Here is the whole US delegation, there are some athletes and some delegates. You can be the judge....














This is Kathy and Grant. Grant is on John's team. He is the one of the second most handsome athletes in the whole competition.













Here are Trey, Mike, Ben and Larry, the other second most gorgeous men on the team.....
















There were some interesting uniforms, especially hats from the other countries. This was the fanciest....















Some of the guys couldn't stay awake......Trey fell asleep on the way there, but just look at the General....... he was falling asleep standing in in line for the group picture.




















Tomorrow is the beginning. The Rifle Shoot is in the morning and the Pistol Shoot is in the afternoon. I am going to try to get some good pictures, but we will see. I will let you know.

I'm Taking Over

Ok...so Mom just left for Latvia and I too have been waiting for her to update this thing. Seeing as she won't be back for a while, I am taking things into my own hands. By the way, this is Dani. Alex just got back from GSP and she had a BLAST!! She was sad to leave and made some great friends.

Alex and four of her girl friends decided to dance to a Backstreet Boys song for the talent show. They dressed up as guys...alex got Howie...she looked so gross. It doesnt even look like my gorgeous sister in the pictures. A group of them also got into a huge mud fight and they were covered head to foot in caked on mud. She got close with her room mate, Kristen, too! (She is the one in the hooded, wet hair picture with Alex). We were all so excited to get her back. It was weird not having my best friend around for that long.

Grandpa John?

My posts have not been updated lately because I am out of town. But here are a few pics of John and his littlest girls.

Is Mommy Supposed to Laugh?

This was too cute!

Some Little Bug Love

Welcome to the World Baby Sam......

I wish I had a picture to post of new baby Sam. Patrick and Kelly have a new baby brother. Since I don't have a picture of him, I will post pictures I have of big brother and sister from last year.

John Playing with the Boys!

The girls have been hanging out with Shane and Ryan for years and years. They are in many of the pictures I have posted in the past. Well, Friday they had their chance to get back at John for all the times he has "intimidated"them. I mean that is what a Dad is supposed to do when someone is out with his precious little girls.

Shane was excited he got John on his shoulders one time, but I think the winner in this scenario is obvious.


Shane:
Ryan:


The boys shining moments:


The girls had a few dunkings too:

Summer Days.....

Just dreaming of summers past and thinking that after tomorrow, my kids will be out of school for the summer. It will go all too fast!!!