i know, it's been a while. i've been busy though. and i have a good excuse...well, a couple anyway. we went down to california for rin's brother's graduation from marine boot camp. he graduated from the marine corps recruiting depot in san deigo.

thursday was the family day. he received his EGA and we were able to visit with him for about 5 hours. on friday, he graduated from boot and became a marine. yesterday marked his last day of his 10 day leave and he headed back to san diego to camp pendleton for SOI. he'll be there for another 2 months and from there, he doesn't know where he is going.