2 Brothers Layne

Today Jonah was due for some routine bloodwork and since we're not headed for PCMC in the near future we opted to head for the Tremonton Hospital. What I love about this arrangement. Our next door neighbor (well across the street) is a phlebotomist/lab tech at the hospital. She is excellent at finding the single good vein in Jonah's arm and she lets us in the back door so that Jonah is never exposed to the general public. Jonah cried more out of discomfort from the rubber band around his arm than the poke! There are a ton of logistical things to work out before our little family will be ready to move. There is plenty to keep my busy on days I have a nurse!

We'll be going to Norfolk Virginia! We are very excited for this life altering change and anxious to get all the details. Dave tells me it could take as long as 10 days to get all the details of his new assignment. In the mean time I've spent a good share of the day on the internet checking things out! It is such a relief to finally have one of many question marks that have dotted our lives for the past 7 months replaced with an exclamation mark! Here is a map to help you visualize our new location. Norfolk is in the South East corner. According to Google map it would take 36 hours to drive straight through from Tremonton Utah to Norfolk! Thats a LOOOOONG way. This monstrosity is a MH-53E Sea Dragon. It is one of the largest helicopters in the western world and it is the aircraft Dave will be working on. This aircraft is used in mine-sweeping counter measures. This squadron is land based not ship based. As for Jonah... well he's had a low key day (maybe a little m...