I know it's been awhile

I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything but it takes us awhile to generate news sometimes . This summer has been an interesting one. Justin has had his first work experience at a local chicken place by our house. it was close enough for him to walk & he earned a good chunk of change in the process .He recently resigned so that he could focus more on getting ready for football & his upcoming sophmore year.
Hailey is also doing well . She seems to be pretty ready for her first year in Jr. High but there's always those little pressures that knikd of scare her . She's so well grounded that I think she will do very well with whatever comes her way.
I guess the biggest news of the summer has been for Ashley. she has enlisted in the Army!
This is one decision that she has made that grey & I support 1000%. she is in the reserves for now but will roll over into full time Army once her basic training is over . She left for Fort Jackson South Carolina on Wed. I heard from her yesterday & she said that not too much is happeninig yet. she's still processing. Once i get her address I will pass it on to all of you. This is such a tough time for her & she needs all the encouragement & support she can get .
Once she is done with basic training she will go to Virginia for her AIT training as a cook , Come home for a little while & get her drivers license & then go to fort Leonardwood in missouri For MP training. It's so good to see her with a plan for her life !
Our summer visit to Mary's was a strange one . I went to the cemetary where my dad is only to realize that someone had dug up the headstone I had put out there . It was replaced with a military one that his stepson put in it's place . I had no idea where the other one was . Megan was friends with my stepbrothers kid & found the head stone at their house so they brought it to me & we replanted it at the same cemetary Ronnie is at way out in the woods . I was a bit upset that someone would do that . I also found out that my stepmother had died about a year ago & they placed her next to my dad with no head stone or anything . kinda strange . Grey is in the process of selling the truck with bill's help. It's a huge gas guzzling thing !!!
Well, maybe once school starts & ashley gets more into basic training & i'll be able to generate news a little quicker !!

Love to All !!!
Grey, michelle & Kids .

P.S, Please keep Ashley in your prayers. i have also asked everybody to try to commit to writing her one day a week so that she could be getting mail at least every other day . will send more infro later .