Update on Jordan

Well, Jordan has been in Italy for almost 2 months now. He is really enjoying his time over there. He went with a few of the guys from the base and they went sight seeing. He emailed us some pictures and they were awesome. Lots of old statues. Jordan said while he is there his plans are to go deep sea fishing and snow boarding on Mount Etna. Jordan got his first tattoo while over there. Its on his back between his shoulder blades. Jerry said it was just a matter of time. But at least he got it somewhere that he can cover it up. I suggested something along the lines of "I Love Mom" but he just laughed at me and said maybe next time. I will hold him to that! HA HA!!!We asked Jordan what he would like to have shipped to him while he is over there. His one request was his guitar, so I packaged it up really good and mailed it to him. He is in heaven now!!! I also made him some cookies, brownies, banana bread and send some star burst and sour gummy lifesavers to him along with some toiletries. Oh the things we do to make our kids happy:) Jenny is doing a project at school. She read a book called Flat Stanley. To make a long story short, she made a flat Jenny ( she drew her body and put a picture of herself as the head)and mailed it to Jordan. He had to take Flat Jenny with him one day wherever he went (thank goodness it could be folded up and put in his pocket). Jordan took her around Italy and down to the farmers market. So he wrote about their trip and added some pics and he is mailing it back to Jenny. She will have to take it to school for a grade. I think Jenny's definitely traveled the farthest. Thank Goodness Jordan was a good sport about it and helped her out. We didn't know anything about it until one night we were video skyping with Jordan and he asked where Jenny was, when she came into the room, he held up her picture and showed her he got it. She just laughed and told him what he had to do with it. Jordan is going to be back in the stated in June. He will get to come home for 2 weeks and then he will go to his permanent base which will be in Jacksonville, FL. He said he will not be going back out on another tour until Dec 2011. Italy is 7 hours ahead of us so its really hard sometimes to catch him online. But thank goodness for Skype. It's free and a great way to communicate with loved ones and friends far away!