Brad, Kelli, & Family

Hello Family!

I love it. Use the technology to your advantage! This will be short and sweet but wanted to send out a quick message to the family we never get to see.....and miss. We'll post our family picture here when it done.

Kelli and I are doing very well. Derek is going to be 13 on 1st JAN!!! Can you believe that? A teenager......seems like yesterday I was one and still don't feel any older than that. Mariah is 11. Hailee is 9. Derek is one step away (a few months) from testing for his black belt in tae kwan do. Mariah plays the guitar and Hailee plays the violin......both very well too! they are all doing spectacular with the homeschooling (trying out the satelite classes this year and Kelli is LOVING IT).

Kelli continues to be amazing and home school, be a mother, and assist with business......not to mention being the wife of a military doctor who's kinda busy.

I will leave the military in JUN07. I've actually not taken much time off so will have over two months of vacation time to burn before then. God has blessed us tremendously and I already have another job lined up (contracts signed and all). There is a fantastic group of individuals that came looking for me several months ago when they heard I would be leaving (they heard something good from someone....). The rest is history. This will be much more pleasant 8a-4p hours and almost never on call. We are part of a growing church that is awesome. We are very blessed. Needless to say, since my job is here and our church is here we'll be staying . The only thing that is missing is ya'll (definately getting the southern accent down). Seriously, this is where God is calling us and though we miss the family we need to stay here.

Well, I guess that wasn't so short but didn't take long to type. More later.

Gram and Gramps TB: Did you ever imagine the legacy that you would lead and the impact that your faithfullness would have on the world? Look at how far your family has spread and taken the values and Faith that you instilled in your children, who passed it on to theirs! Humbling for those of us with kids and those who will have kids.

Love to all. Brad.