We are officially Floridians now. Our stuff is still in transit, but for the most part we’re off and running. Paris starts camp and swimming lessons tomorrow.
Kristin will be here in about two weeks; Cameron arrives the week after. We’re looking forward to seeing them both! Paris especially misses “the kids”.
No new photos of Mark to share (sorry). The Academy has an “official” photography company that shoots pictures and films over the entire summer, and they’ve got some shots of Mark online. Unfortunately, I haven’t purchased any of the files yet. The pricing is crazy-silly…you don’t even want to know. It gets just plain silly if you buy 15 shots as a package. I’m thinking it’s early in the summer yet, and there are a lot of training blocks coming that will yield more photos. I don’t have 15 “great ones” lined up yet, so we’re all going to have to wait. Teaser: there are shots of Mark on the Obstacle Course (O-Course). He looks “pensive”…
There are parents in the Annapolis area that get shots of the plebes if they’re off the Yard. I saw shots of Mark’s company running (at 5:40 AM), but none of the shots included him. This Mom took over 585 shots from 5:40 to 6:10 — she’s incredible! I’m sure we’ll get something of Marky-Mark sooner or later.
But I do have a couple of shots to share! Before we left New York, Paris wanted to send Mark some encouragement:
She wears this shirt all the time!
And today, she wanted to send a “Hi” to Mark:
Let’s just say she enjoys the water…
Today was “phone home” day for the plebes. I suggested that Mark make his first phone call to Mom (because I’m a nice guy). Mom has returned the favor by not calling me to give me an update. I’m sure he’s fine, and if he followed the plan he had in mind at the start, he did very little talking because he wanted news about friends and home. It still would be nice to get an update (which I’d certainly share here), but some folks have unusual priorities.
When I know, we’ll get it posted. Until then, think positive!