Hey, Family Members:

Maryanne asked me to do the print this evening, so here goes. The kids are doing well and as they do each day, they begin in high gear and continue the pace until the lights go out. Ryleigh is growing so fast we can't keep up with her and we see Dustin being pulled along just watching her. The scales are balancing out and Dustin is learning to hit back. Poor Ryleigh was clocked twice this morning with a plastic gardening spade and the drama that followed could have won her an academy award.

Again Maryanne had her day off interrupted by her unit, she was called in for a face to face meeting concerning a possible extending of orders. She really enjoys the job and the soldiers she serves with, it is going to be a challenge for her to replace her golfing partners whenever her time is up.

I played a round of golf today at a Neighborhood course, I never lost a ball, but came close to losing my mind missing one approach shot after another. When you think that my biggest complaint at the end of the day is a bad six iron shot, life is pretty good. Family is doing well, our boxer Peanut has shown some new energy, and if all goes as expected Maryanne will be enrolled in school by the first week in January.

Well, that's all folks. Hope everyone has a Merry, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

I got an early morning wake up call this morning. It was my flight Chief(boss) He said that I had to Drive to Savannah to fill out some paper work. And that it had to be done today. I don't know why I even took any leave. I have to go to a meeting tomorrow morning. That is supposed to be our first day off. It is a good thing that we did not make a trip to Kentucky. It took me a whole Five minutes to fill out the papers. The good news is that they extended everyone's orders. That will give Dee a chance to find a job he likes. Not just the first one that comes along. Dee also got his final grades. He got a B and an A. Now it is official He is a Collage graduate. So good news all around at the Dickerson house. I have not put up a picture of my mug in a long time I hope that you can all bare it.

I'm trying out my new Christmas present. I opened it early so I could figure out how to use it before Christmas. So I hope that I can get this Wright on the first try. Peanut went to the DR. Today. They said that it was nothing serious. Dee took him so I don't know all the facts. But they do have a prescription for whatever it is.

I tried to play another round of golf this morning. I shot a 71 on the front and a 78 on the back. For thoes of you that don't know golf that is not good at all. I played at hunter army air field. It is a nice course. Next time I should stay in the Cart. I still had fun though. and the more I play the more I want to keep doing it. Enough about me. Ryleigh and Dustin went to the store with me and we bought dee one more gift. We just got a call from Ross and Niki. He just got done with his surgery. Now Niki has the job of keeping him off of his feet. Good Luck Niki he is a Dickerson.

It was a nice day. After the chill wore off. So Dee and I took Ryleigh and Dustin to the park. Dustin went down the slide for the first time. His face lit up like a Christmas tree. Ryleigh pretended that she was digging for gold with her little shovel. It took us a while to get there. Dustin wanted to pick up every leaf on the sidewalk. I started the day out getting my nails done. Dee went to the golf course. After he got back I went to the tanning salon. And that concludes the day.

Our poor poor Peanut. We hope it is just something broken, and it is not genetic. We are having a hard time finding dog sitters. I don't think that Peanut would travel to well. On a much better note. We are glad to find out that Pop's is tuning into all of our blogs. Hi Pop's. I have the next seven days off of work. YEAH!!! We are spending this Christmas together for the first time in over four years. One of us has always had to work. We have had a couple half Christmas days together. But that does not really count for a whole Christmas. That means that I have to cook. Does anyone have any good suggestions?

I think that we are done with the Christmas shopping. We did most of it on line. I spent most of the day packing boxes so I could get everything mailed off. Ryleigh came with me. She helped me carrie the boxes in to the UPS store. Dustin Stayed home and took a long nap. He did not sleep well at all last night. On a not so happy note there is something wrong with peanut. He is limping and he yelps a lot. I think he might have some hip problems. So I guess on my next day off he need to go to the vet. He is just moving very slow. It is sad to see him like this.

The golf game was fun. I have to say all of us suck but we had fun doing it. My best hole was the first hole I had a chance to make birdie. Of course I missed But at leat I got Par. Dee has been working on his last couple of assignments all day. So the baby's did not get much of a chance to play today. Tomorrow will bring the same outcome for the baby's. It is supposed to rain all day. Dustin is working on the moler on the right side of his mouth so he is a little grumpy. He doesen't need them he eats everything that is in front of him anyway. Tonight I Braided ryleighs hair, read her a book, and played tag with her. We are all ready for bed. It has been a long day.

Dee has an "B" average in his Research design class. He only has his final left. I think that we have this class in the bag. He is doing better then he thought he would. I spot the whole day watching the the Air planes rust at work. Ryleigh and Dustin went and played at the playground with dad. When I got home I went and bought a new pair of pants. Only because tomorrow I'm playing a round of Golf with a Group of security forces co workers. I'm going to make a fool out of myself. I hope that I better then a least one of them. I will let you all know tomorrow.

I got out early and played 18 holes of bad golf. When I got home Dee left so he could go work at the golf course. If you go to www.devanie.com my brother in law showed me a great Holiday game. It is called slingshot santa. I hope it works. The baby's just stayed home today It has been a little cold. Hope that we get updates soon.

Yesterday Ryleigh helped me finish putting up the Christmas lights. Dustin stayed in the house with daddy and watched us from the window. Dustin loves the Christmas tree. It is like a full time job keeping him away from the decorations. Today the plans are to take the kids to McDonald's play place. That way the can play their little hearts out and go to bed early. Dee is going to go play a round with one of his friends. Hope to get updates from everyone soon.

We only have a couple more weeks and Dee will have his Degree. He is a little stressed with all of the papers that he has to write. Yesterday when I was on my way home from work Dee called and said that we had no hot water. He was a little ticked off. He was truing to find out what was wrong with it. So when I got home and he had taken on all he wanted to for the day, I asked him what the noise was. He said What noise. So we walked into the room and found out why we had no hot water. He turned the hot water facet on sometime that day and for got to turn it off. So That was good news. I might not like the water bill next month. But I will take that over replacing a water heater. This morning Ryleigh and Dustin helped me put up the Christmas tree. We will work on the outside of the house later.

It is good to have the baby's back home. After just a week they look like they have grown. From what I have heard They had a really good with granny and granddaddy. Dustin kept everyone on there toes. While they were gone I went on the casino boat. What a ride. I spent most of the top deck laying down or I was hanging over the rail. I will never do it again. I also played the best nine holes of my life.And of course I got a chance to get a little shopping done. Last night Dee regripped his clubs and he was off to the golf course bright and early. Does everyone have there Christmas shopping done? I have a lot of work to do until I can say I'm done.

Sorry I have not posted anything for a couple days. Dee and the baby's are getting ready to go. I'm not going I have to stay and work. Now that the baby's are getting over their colds. Dee and I are getting them. It has been raining for the past couple days so the baby's have not been getting to play outside. They will have lots of time to play when they go up to see the family. We hope that everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving. I think that we all have a lot to be thankfull for this year.

Well, is been a long couple days. On Sunday I got to go out and play a round. It was scary because I have never played without Dee. Yesterday I went back to work. Dee took the baby's to Mc Donalds to play in the play place. he said that they played there little hearts out. I came home and went to bed. I love my bed I sure could use a better quality sheet. I need that soft stuff. I would never get out of bed.

Yesterday I watched a little boy for a lady that I met a McDonalds. Her husband is in Iraq. And has no family close.She has the worst luck. She has been to the hospital over six times in the last two months. One for her and the others for her baby's. I told her to bring her son over so she could get some sleep. Joey her son was just diagnosed with child hood insominia. She has not got much sleep. So Ryleigh and dustin played and played. Dee played golf all day yesterday. When he got home he was worn out. So we put the kids to bed. And I went for a run. This morning I took both baby's to the store with me. Dustin was so sleepy that he was trying to find a place to lay his head in the shopping cart. Poor baby. So insted of going to the park we came home and put dustin to bed. Dee stayed home to get some school work done. Now he is at the golf course. Ryleigh and I might go for a walk later.

I don't really have much to say. Except here are more picture's of the family. The top one is Ry & Dustin at the ocean for the first time.This is a picture of Aunt Kat Kat. She is the last living child of the man that dustin is named after. Dustin was named after her Father. There is a lot of history. I bet she has some stories.

The baby's and I went to Wal-Mart. To pick up the new pictures. Dee went to the golf course to play a round. The baby's and daddy go at it again, when I go back to work in the morning. Dustin is still sick. Here are some of dustin and ryleigh on the golf course with dad. Ryleigh is tending the pin.

Well, it is my second day back at work. I'm not working as hard as Dee. I just have to sit in a car and drive around base all day long. Not to hard. Dee has to juggle his school work and the baby's. I'm the big 26 after yesterday and I don't feel any different. Dustin and Raleigh are still sick. So they are getting a little stir crazy. They want to get out and play. That is not going to happen. So the T.V. and some books have been their release,and that gets old. I turned in three rolls of film so New pictures are in the near future.

Wee carved the pumkin. Dustin was really involved. Ryleigh did not want to get her hands dirty. Dustin didn't even make it out the door. It was 6:00pm and he was so grumpy. He would take a few steps and then lay on the floor. So Ry and I when on base to go trick-or-treat. She was grumpy too. We went to four houses andRy said, that she wanted to go home. I asked if she was sure. she said yes so we went home. So after the bath and a couple movies it was time to go to bed. Ryleigh woke up with a stomach ache and a fever. That explained why she wanted to go home. She did not feel good. Dustin is also not feeling well this morning. MY baby's were never sick in AZ. Now the have been sick twice in the last three months. There is something in the air out here. Congrats to my sister Devanie. She just had a baby boy. His name is Zachary William Stout. He is so cute. if you want to see him go to http://www.devanie.com.