Fun at the Koehler Ranch

 

Well, I know it's been a little while since I posted anything, but it's been a little hectic with the move to Oklahoma and starting the career course. I just wanted to share this picture of Porter and I. We were having a good time at about 7 in the morning going out to see the cows and horses at our friends' ranch in Seguin, TX. The Koehler's are some great friends that we met through Stoney Portis' wife, Allison (formerly Koehler). I have a couple other pictures I'm going to try to put on my facebook, so check those out!

Family Pics at the duck pond

 

I just wanted to put this picture on here because we had such a nice time with Rachel and Avery yesterday getting our pictures taken at the duck pond. Porter was having a blast running around the campus of Central Texas College, but wasn't too much in the mood for group photos, so we did a lot more of just Robyn and I. Things are going as well as we could hope for here and we're just looking forward to our house-hunting trip today up to Ft. Sill! We just hope that we're able to find a good place to stay and get a lease signed without any trouble. On the way back we're going to stop in Dallas and take Porter to the Zoo there! I'll be sure to put a couple pictures of that on here when we get back.

homefront update:)

Hi everyone:)

I just wanted to update the status to let everyone know how things have been the past few weeks. Of course, getting back was just awesome:) My little boy is amazing! Porter was a little hesitant at first to have anything to do with me, but after about 5 or 10 minutes being back, he and I were running up and down the bleachers in the gym laughing together again.:)

 

 

 

New Truck2-pics didn't work on last one

I guess the pictures didn't come up on the last post, so I'm trying it again...

 

 

 

the new ride:)

 

Her's and His in the driveway- too yuppie?

 

Me with my pride and joy:)

 

So, I got a new truck! Robyn was awesome about helping out with the 6 hour negotiation at the dealership, but I felt it was important that we do our part to help out the economy:) Yes, I am horribly contributing to the downward spiraling environment...but it's a really nice truck and we got a great deal!:)

Chilling in Kuwait again!

Hi again from me in Kuwait. I just wanted to pass on to you that I'm excited to be less than a week away from seeing my beautiful family! I can honestly say that this deployment has flown by...at least the part that I've been deployed for...the rear-d part of it definitely went wayyyyy slower and was way more hectic. I was waiting until it was done, but I can say with unequivocal surety that being the Rear-D commander was much worse than being deployed. Even with the multiple rocket attacks on our FOB, I would rather hunker in a bunker a couple times a month than deal with the chaos of emotions and drama of Rear-D. Anyways, I'm looking forward to several things when I get back...Robyn, Porter, the girls (Hannah and Annabelle our dogs), and of course...going shopping for my new truck!:) That along with the little Christmas that Robyn and I are planning on doing on the 24th is going to be wonderful. I'm going to get going so some other folks can use the internet now, but I hope you all are doing well and thanks for the support!:)

Good friends

I just want to say how nice it is to have good friends at home that I know are watching out for my lovely family. Robyn has been very thankful, and rightly so, that she has been able to have folks like Rachel and Megan and Casey and Nicole to hang out with back there on the regular. Rachel...I don't have your email address, or I would ask you for some help with Robyn's Christmas presents...you have mine though! joe.mroszczyk@us.army.mil. I hope that I get to see Avery in Kuwait when we're there. I look forward to playing some Rock Band with everyone! I will probably have to catch up on my skills since I don't have it here to play like Avery does:) Things here on the FOB have been pretty chillaxing (my own word...) since the new unit has been here taking over. I don't have much responsibility for anything right now, so I'm just catching up on some movie watching and book reading before we roll out:) I have the entire series of the Sapranos on my hard drive so I think I'm going to start watching that and see how far I get by the time I get home. I'm going to have to start planning my 10 year high school reunion and figuring out everything for that for this summer. I've been thinking about trying to do like a nice dinner/banquet thing somewhere on like a Saturday night and then having a cookout type get together on Sunday afternoon in like June/July. Any thoughts?