December
2008
For the first time, we will
be celebrating Christmas in our
child’s
home!! After two deployments this year,
one to Bagram, Afghanistan,
and
one to El Saleem AB, Kuwait, Matthew would like to enjoy spending the holidays
at his home in Tucson, Arizona, and treating us to his hospitality.
Michael will join us from Little Rock, Arkansas, where he is in
training for HC-130’s until spring. Then
he will go to Moody AFB, Valdosta, Georgia, where we spent our first year in
the Air Force during Buck’s pilot training days. We celebrated Michael’s graduation from pilot
training on August 8th at Corpus Christi, Texas, as his dad pinned on the 39
year old wings that he received at his own pilot training graduation.
Buck continues to build and repair computers for family and
friends, but takes time to play golf and make sure he schedules us a baseball
trip in the summer with Academy classmate Marty Cole and wife, Claudia. Together, Buck and Marty have set a goal of
seeing every major league baseball stadium in the US during their retirement
years.
In October, we joined 250+ of Buck’s Academy classmates for
their 40th Reunion in Colorado Springs, CO. Many attended this reunion for the first time
ever, and it was a superb event. Long time friends and squadron mates talked
and took pictures galore, with 12 of Buck’s pilot training classmates deciding
to plan a 40th reunion for themselves in 2009. The great time that we had at this reunion
just makes us anticipate our 45th High School Reunion planned for
next April even more!!
As always, we are grateful for our family and
friends and enjoy hearing from
each and every one of
you. We wish you all good health and
happiness in the
coming year, and look forward to hearing from you if you
can’t come by!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
BUCK & LINDA