What Ry's been up to

Check out Ry's new home. Just a little squished, eh? He's not in the pic, but his medic is.

Here's another angle of his home.

Are their cots close enough?!

Ry had the lovely job of inspecting--he had to make sure that all their equipment and belongings arrived. In case you can't tell, he's the dude on the far right with his back to us.

Never ending job. He's right in the middle here.

They've been practicing what they've been training so long for--route clearance.

Earlier this week they also trained at the shooting range. They had two days to qualify. Ry qualified on the first day. :) In the pic below, he's the tallest of the bunch. :)

Out on the range.

It doesn't really look like it, but it's been averaging about 40 degreest there. Those poor guys are freezing! During one mission, they got stuck in a blizzard. Quite a wake up call since they're so used to constant warm weather. But they're keeping their spirits up and getting the training and missions done that they need to.

Ry personally is doing well. We get to talk to him on the phone almost every day. It REALLY helps the kiddos (well, and me, too) to be able to hear his voice so often. I think it's probably the hardest on little Evelyn having him gone. She really looks forward to his phone calls. We also are able to send pictures in text messages to him each day. That in itself really helps Ryan. I was able to send him pictures of Jacob's first Blue and Gold ceremony for scouts (sorry--no pics for the blog because my camera batteries died that night and I didn't have any spare on me), the kids eating green eggs and ham this morning at school (in celebration of Dr. Suess's birthday), and just other little things. It all helps keep his spirits up.