Happy 20th Birthday Jordan!

Today Jordan is 20 years old! Where has the time gone. Seems like just yesterday he was a little boy going to Kindergarten and now he has graduated from High School and he is in the Navy. Wow do Jerry and I feel old! But, we are so proud of Jordan and the path he has chosen for his life. We love you and hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to Everyone!

Summer Time

Well, Summer has officially arrived for the Knight girls! They went to school this morning to get their report cards and are now out for the summer. School will resume August 19th and at that time we will have a Senior, a Sophomore and a 4th grader. Woo Hoo! Summer is going to be a busy one. Jenny is playing softball on the city league and she has games every Monday and Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. Jerry and I are coaching her team. I think Jerry is also gong to help his brother Jeff coach the JFL football team. Jessica completed a week of Lifeguard training at the U of I and she is going to be a lifeguard at the public pool in Tuscola. She is also on the school Pom Pon team so she will have camp this summer for that also. Jami is just hanging out all summer with her friends at the pool. We are planning on going to Florida the last week of July so that we can spend some time with Jordan. He is doing awesome. He said he really likes it down there. What's not to like about Florida? DUH! Jordan's friend Russell will be stationed in Florida soon. He is flying down there on May 28th so Jordan will have someone from home to hang out with. Well, that is about all that is going on with the Knight's. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Memorial Day!

Jordan's New Address

AR Knight, Jordan
230 Chevalier Field Ave
George Washington
Pensacola, FL 32508-5151

Jordan is in Florida

Jordan made it to Florida. Jordan had to catch a bus on base at 1:30am and they were to be at the airport by 2am. Jordan's girlfriend (Jenna) met him at the airport so she could see him off. He left the Chicago airport on Sunday at 6am and was in Florida by 11:30 Eastern time. He said he has 2 new room mates and that they are really nice guys. He also said that he is so close to the ocean, he can see it out some of the windows. Jordan said he will be at the beach every time he is allowed off base. His girlfriend is also going to be in the Navy. She leaves for basic on July 7th and then she too will be in FL. She is so sweet and we really like her. I will post Jordan' s new address as soon as I get it from him. Jordan will be in Florida for the next year so he can complete his "B" school. Jerry and I have already decided that we are going to have to plan a summer vacation there so we can spend some time with him.

Jordan is leaving for Florida

Just wanted to let everyone know that Jordan is going to be leaving Great Lakes, IL and is heading to Pensacola, FL. He is flying out on Sunday (May 3rd) and will be stationed in Pensacola for the next year. I will post his new address on here as soon as I have it. Keep him in your prayers and he travels and starts another chapter in his life in the NAVY!!! We are so proud of Jordan and we love him very much. It is going to be really hard not getting to see him every couple months. Thank goodness though for cell phones as I will be calling him often to make sure he is doing OK.

Jessica's Prom

Jessica went to her Jr. Prom last night and took her boyfriend Austen as her date. The theme was "Shanghai Moon". They had dinner and the dance at "Tuscany" an Italian steakhouse, then this morning at 4am. They loaded onto charter buses at the High School and went to Kings Island in Ohio for Post Prom. They will come home late tonight.

Weekend in Chicago

We left on Friday and spent the weekend in Chicago with Jordan. He is doing awesome. Jordan just completed his "A" school and earned 8 college credits for it. He is going to be stationed in Pensacola,FL for his "B" school and he is leaving on Thursday April 30th. So we went to Chicago to spend some time with him before he left. It was a beautiful weekend. Saturday we went into Chicago and went to the Navy Pier. What an awesome place. We had lots of fun and all 3 girls had to go to Build-A-Bear and make one. Jordan's girlfriend came down from Wisconsin and spent the day with us. She is a really sweet girl. Her name is Jenna and she is going to college in Osh Kosh. She is starting her basic training for the Navy in July. Jordan's friends Sam and Russell also got to spend the day with us and that was nice. We had not seen the boys since they left for basic in January. So once I have a new address in Florida for Jordan, I will be sure and email it to everyone.

Jessica

Well, Jessica is officially done for the season in softball. On Wednesday April 1st, Jessica called to say that her coach thought she severely jammed or broke her pinkie finger. My first response was "HA-HA April Fools on mom!!!" Unfortunately Jessica did not think that was funny and neither did I when she got home from practice. We immediately went to Champaign to Convenient Care because not only could she not move her finger, she had lost feeling in her hand and it was ice cold all the way up to her elbow. We got up there and they took x-rays and told us that she had broken her finger and that we would need to see the orthopedic surgeon on Thursday and he would decide if it was bad enough to have surgery. This doctor was being nice and didn't want to frighten Jessica until she saw the surgeon. We walked into our appt and the surgeon pulled out Jessica's x-rays and showed us that she had jammed her finger so bad that she broke off part of the bone that her knuckle joint rests in. So he was going to have us meet him next door at the surgery center and they were going to do surgery. Her surgery was about 1 hour long and she did great. She had a bone graph done. They took a piece of plastic and screwed it in to replace the bone she shattered. So she will permanently have a small screw in her finger. Her hand is casted for 2 weeks and then we go back to have her stitches removed. He is then going to recast for another 2 weeks and then she will have physical therapy to start moving her pinkie again. So she is going to stay on the softball team and be a cheerleader for them. But she will not be able to actually play the rest of the season.

Jam session

This is what I call Jordan's Jam session. While he was home, Jordan broke out his guitar. He along with his cousin James and some of his friends played the guitar all afternoon. The only thing missing was Jay and his banjo. Next time he will have to bring it so he can jam with Jordan. That would be something awesome to watch.

Jay and Family

Jay and his family came over to visit when Jordan was home for the weekend. Here are some updated pictures of his family. The kids are growing up so fast. And Jacob (who I like to call a mini Jay) he is such a handsome little guy!

Jenny has wrapped up her frst season of Biddy-Basketball. She did awesome. Jordan came home the weekend of her last game and got to watch her play ball. He must have been her lucky charm, because that day Jenny scored her first basket EVER! She was so excited.

Movies

OK, I usually don't do this, but I have seen 2 awesome movies in the last couple weeks that I wanted to share with everyone. These are available on DVD. 1) Taking Chance-this movie stars Kevin Bacon. It is a true story about a marine that was killed in Afghanistan and his body is escorted home to the family. I cried through the whole movie. It is an actual recount of what really happens when a soldier is killed over seas. I strongly recommend this one.

Today, Jerry and I sat down and watched Fireproof with Kirk Cameron. This on is about a couple who are about to end their marriage but the husband follows his fathers advise and takes the Love Dare. This is a great Christian faith movie.

So if you have nothing to do and need a couple of movies to watch. Please check these out. Then let me know what you though.

Have a great weekend!

Jessica Alaine Knight

Jessica and some of the girls in her class went to a photo session this afternoon and this is one of the pics that they took. It was a Senior Spirit session for students that are going to be seniors next year. The girls all look so pretty. I can't believe Jessica is going to be a Senior already.

Happy Birthday Jerry!

Today I would like to wish Jerry a Happy Birthday. We took Jerry and Jami to Los Potros last night for their birthdays and Jerry celebrated with some fried ice cream, then Jose brought him a double shot of flaming tequila. It was funny to watch. Jerry gets to spend his birthday working all day, then Jenny has basketball practice tonight and he is the asst. coach so he has to be there. But i am making him a nice dinner and also a chocolate pie (his favorite). So Happy Birthday Jerry, we love you. Also Happy Birthday to Aunt Janet who is also celebrating today.