I'm posting again!

Hi everyone. It's been a while since I last posted. We had a great time at Lyz's wedding. We almost got a complete family picture, but Kyle is in Parris Island, SC trying to become a United States Marine! Nicholas wasn't supposed to make it to the wedding either. He got his wisdom teeth out (they were impacted) on the 14th. He was supposed to be recuperating in his barracks but decided to drive up to PA instead. It was a nice surprise! His face was swollen and he had his prescription for pain pills with him, but I think he had a good time anyway. Tim and Jill had flown in on the 15th - Dot and Julia picked them up at the airport in Philly. It was so nice seeing them because we haven't seen them since December.

Kyle writes to us once a week from Parris Island. He is doing fine. He actually told us that wrestling camp is harder than boot camp! I've sent him about 50 pictures from the wedding. I don't know if he has the room in his foot locker to store them all, but he loves getting them. He says that when he looks at the pictures, he feels a little like he was there. That's nice. He is in his 5th week of training, so only 8 more weeks to go. He is scheduled to graduate on Aug. 25th. Of course we're all driving down there. Uncle Charley, Aunt Margie, Aunt Dot & Julia are also planning on being there. Kyle is so excited. We're trying to find Tim and Jill a flight, also. It would be so great if I could get a "real" family picture again - this time with three sons in uniform!

James is keeping busy this summer, too. He is leaving Saturday morning for wrestling camp in Virginia. Then he is going to a weekend bible camp hosted by our church here in Michigan on July 21st . In August he is going to French Creek for the 7th & 8th grade camp. This will be the first time for him as a camper - he hasn't been there since he was three years old. Julia is also going, so at least he will know somebody. The next week is Uncle Charley's week at camp, so James is going to stay for that week also. He'll just stay in Pennsylvania till it's time to go down to Parris Island. He'll be going with his Uncle Charley & Aunt Margie.

Okay, so much for the Williams family update. Talk to you all again soon.

Barb