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Comment by cathymgShip03Div367&ship11Div383 on July 13, 2013 at 11:00am

I love sharing these pictures!! They really both had their own bikes, but that day they wanted to ride together, so they figured it out. Love them so much, even though they are putting me through a lot of stress now.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 13, 2013 at 10:33am

Also your boys will be at A School at Pensacola, FL. That is the maim aviation school and also the school for information tech. Where my Stephen went. Lucky boy was at the beach while I shoveled snow.
Advice for all your boys for BC. Rule of thumb to do well, listen to the most minute details, keep your mouth shut and work together with your division. Stephen's div had trouble makers and they ALL got it for that, got threatened with not graduating. Sam's had a couple of glitches early on but got it together quickly, they got recognized at PIR for earning ALL the flags a div can win. Also had two that got special recognition for achievements.
Sam had a much more positive experience and many phone calls home for rewards, long ones. They should convey this message to their div. mates. No matter what they will be yelled at and will do ALOT of PT.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 13, 2013 at 10:03am

Good morning. I get it b for b and g for g lol. Steve had red and Sam purple just because it suited them.
FB messaged with my Stephen a little last night! You will greatly appreciate any communication that comes. First bittersweet "the box" that comes from BOot camp with all your kids personal effects. Then the form letter with PIR info on it and address where you can write. Then you will get your first real letter after that, about two and a half weeks to three weeks in, in handwriting you didn't thin was possible. My letters always came on Thursdays. I saved each one, read them aloud and then made Same a copy to keep. Then just cherished SAMs but would email points to Stephen. Funny Steve was always Steve until after PIR, when he was so different, so grown up I tend to call him Stephen instead.
After PIR the letters stop and they revert to email and text and calls once they have electronics back. Now Steve's main communication is be FB messaging. He can not say where he is and last night I asked him what time it was and he said, " Can't say" I guess one could figure out a region where they are by that.
They is hard but kind of exciting. He is having all sorts of experiences he said to talk about in the future.
Those are both great jobs for when they get out cathymg. Maybe they will get jobs at the same airport!

Comment by cathymgShip03Div367&ship11Div383 on July 13, 2013 at 9:38am

Gregory is going to be a air traffic controller and Bryce Air craft mechanic.

Sierra, we always dressed Bryce in Blue and Gregory in Green, everyone in town knew we dressed them that way and sometimes they still say they wished the boys would still dress in blue and green so they knew them apart.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 13, 2013 at 12:35am

I remember how odd it felt to leave the hospital, they hand you two little bundled babies and I was like so I get to take these home? Really? I did spend a lot of time watching them sleep. Sometimes watching Sam sleep with his head in his dinner plate. I fed one a bottle Ina swing next to me whith the other barest feeding. Wow we can all e proud of where wll these young men are today, whether headed to the navy or college. We raised 8 baby boys to be interesting, valuable, fun, loving young men well done ladies. I know now that 2 of them are nukes, and I have an IT also, what are the other 5?

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 13, 2013 at 12:05am

When the kids were younger we always dressed Nathanael in Red and Jonathan in Blue so we could easily tell them apart when they were running around.  As they got older, they strayed away from that tradition.  It's much easier to tell them apart now though.  Their features are quite different.  Jonathan has a couple moles on his face that are noticeable when you are close up and his eye teeth are quite prominent.  Nathanael has a little bit shorter and wider nose than his brother and has perfect teeth.  

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Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 12, 2013 at 11:54pm

Love that pic of your boys against the tree CO-twin.  So brotherly.  Oh and I haven't heard from the boys since they arrived at their campground.  They are due home tomorrow so I'm sure they will be getting in contact just before they arrive again.  I figure no news is good news.  See...I told you I'm getting myself prepared for the future :)

Those baseball pics are too cute Cathy.

The boys on the couch are adorable Doubletrouble.  I love seeing laughing babies.

It's good to reminisce and realize how far we all have come and how much these kids have accomplished so far.  I remember when we had a big double stroller with bike wheels.  We hiked all over Lake Tahoe with that thing.  Then we had baby backpacks and hiked wherever we could with those.  We even went on a 2-week camping trip up the coast of California with the boys when they were 2. Those were some SPECIAL memories.  We visited one of the waterfalls again a couple years ago and it was so strange to see the difference.

Comment by cathymgShip03Div367&ship11Div383 on July 12, 2013 at 11:54pm

Sierra, they are adorable!! The time has went way to fast. I wish I could still rock mine and put them to bed when they fell asleep. Remember looking at your sleeping babies and not wanting to put them down?? I don't know about you, but when mine were babies, I had to feed them at the same time, I figured out a method of propping one on my knee and hold the bottle with the arm I was holding the other baby with, it was tricky but I couldn't let one cry and at the time my husband did not help, but he will be a great grandpa one day, he is so much different today. But then again we were divorced for 6 1/2 years and then got back together. This time we have made it almost 9 plus years and hope to stay together forever.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 12, 2013 at 11:32pm

Got a couple pics to share...These were taken just before they left the hospital.  Jonathan is in the top pic and Nathanael is in the bottom and Jonathan is on the right and Nathanael is on the left in the group pic.

These pics were taken in 2007 at Lake Almanor, CA.  We like to do a lot of camping and geocaching as a family.  Gosh...that was when the boys were only 11 years old.  I can't believe it!  They sure don't look like those little guys anymore.  LOL

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