Bryan sent us this great picture of his Dad and Mom, Walter and Arlis Joyce. He took the picture when Walter, who served in Korea, put on his uniform for Veterans Day. We have very fond memories of past Veterans Days as the town in Oregon from which we moved when we came to North Carolina held the largest Veterans Day parade West of the Mississippi River.  Grandpa Milo is a veteran of the same era as Walter.  He spent the last year of his time in the service as a cook on the Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific helping with the testing of the newly invented hydrogen bomb.  The last time we went to the Albany Veterans Day Parade, there were several members of the Oregon Atomic Veterans riding in it.  It just happened that the parade stopped when they were right in front of us, so I walked out in the street to talk to them.  They knew of Grandpa Milo and had actually been trying to get in touch with him so he could join their group.  We had a nice little talk before the parade moved on.

We noticed that Raleigh had a Veterans Day Parade last Saturday as we drove very close to the downtown area on our way to Costco that day.  It would be nice to go to the parade if they have it again next year.

Update:  Check out this great (and hilarious) productivity tool Christian found and wrote about at NerdHow.
Update 2:  I just noticed how good Arlis looks after following Bryan’s weight-loss program!  Congratulations to both of you.

November 12, 2004 – Adjudicated recital
November 15, 2004 – Busy weekend