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one rose five thorns one rose five thorns thursday september 2 2010 first jv football game we have a new gilbert tiger cheerleader the first jv game was a great game the girls had a blast even though the boys were defeated by the marcos de niza padres the boys are continuing to work hard and hopefully will prevail in the next game the girls are practicing hard and getting better each day corinne is the back spot in her stunt group and the main reason why her flyer never hits the ground we are super proud and enjoy watching her perform posted by the ray family at 6 00 pm no comments wednesday august 11 2010 2010 2011 school year another school year has begun devan is beginning her junior year at gilbert high school she is attending the east valley institute of technology for health occupations courses in the morning and then her regular classes at the school in the afternoon corinne is a sophmore at gilbert high this year and has quite a heavy work load she is taking advanced chemistry and world history which give her more homework than she was prepared for corinne was selected to be on the junior varsity cheer team for the football and basketball seasons kylie is in seventh grade at south valley jr high kylie is looking forward to changing classes throughout the day and making new friends carlie is also in seventh grade at pueblo middle school were she attended last year kylie and carlie will be trying out for sports teams this year and we are hoping that they both make it sports is such a great outlet for them all i can t wait to see how the year progresses for each of them posted by the ray family at 8 00 am no comments wednesday august 4 2010 girls trip to san diego wow what a trip that s the best way to sum up the whole trip the girls and i left on saturday after kylie s last volleyball game and headed off on the freeway for the sunny beaches of san diego when we finally got to the hotel after driving around for an hour because our directions from google earth were wrong we realized how hungry we were so we headed off to rubio s for some fish tacos on sunday morning we got up bright and early to enjoy a day at the beach the girls rode boogey boards played paddle ball and laid out on the soft sand we had a great day sunday night we recovered from our sunburns and sore muscles and enjoyed a great pizza on the boardwalk monday we got up and went back to mission beach to ride bicycles on the boardwalk although we had some crazy bumps in our road we had a great trip we missed sy and all thought the trip would have been more fun if he would have been there but we had a great time posted by the ray family at 7 11 pm no comments saturday july 24 2010 day 1 of 365 so we are on day 1 of a 12 month journey sy landed in kuwait today and will go through the long procedure of getting registered with his company so that he can start his job so far on this adventure he flew from arizona to virginia virginia to georgia georgia to maine maine to ireland and ireland to kuwait he has one more trip which is to fly from kuwait to afghanistan i probably won t know what city he is in but that s ok a lot of the stuff he is doing he isn t allowed to discuss which we probably don t want to know anyway so after today we will have 364 days left the girls and i are all positive and ready for this challenge we are looking forward to school starting so the girls can get busy see their friends and participate in activities and i can t wait for my new job to start so wish us luck and keep the count down going with us posted by the ray family at 12 37 pm 3 comments sunday july 18 2010 the world traveler returns so devan finally returned this weekend on saturday night she came home from visiting paris and barcellona with her grandparents sister and cousin she had an amazing time and has so many stories to share devan had been gone for two weeks and i was so happy to see her i couldn t stand it so as soon as she got back to her grandma s house i drove over and picked her up the poor girl was so wiped out she passed out on the couch while showing me her pictures this was a once in a lifetime experience for her and i m so glad she was able to go sy is on his second stop before he goes over seas he arrived in sticky sweaty humid and hot georgia on thursday luckily his group was able to get registered in the next group heading to kuwait he will leave on friday the 23rd and will be gone for four months when he is then eligible for his first two week visit at home we have been using skype to talk to him and it is an amazing invention i love being able to see him and talk to him the girls think it s pretty cool to see his face and their faces on the computer screen we all miss him greatly but we are doing what he asked and staying the course my new course is to train for a half marathon in november i m super excited and hope i can get it done i know sy will be so proud of me and i will feel so good about myself the girls are getting ready for school to start some of them are excited some not so much but we are all looking forward to being busy again it s going to be a good year for us all posted by the ray family at 11 24 pm no comments wednesday july 14 2010 almost a week tomorrow will be one week that sy has been gone it s been a smooth ride so far and the girls and i are doing fine sy has been writing to each of us every night and we have all learned that he is an amazing writer his emails are inspirational and motivational to us all just like he is sy is the youngest guy in his class the average age of officer in his group is 57 years old and the average years of experience of them all is 25 years he felt like a kindergarten kid in a high school physics class sy was required to have a hearing test that showed he has some small loss in one of his ears which he of course he blamed on living with five girls he was also required to perform in a physical exam where he had to run a course of two miles in under an hour while wearning lots of heavy gear and an extra 35 lbs added to his backpack he did great and finished first what an amazing guy right the classes he has been attending have trained him on the benefits of his job health dental vision insurance afghanistan culture how to be safe while he is there that he is under no circumstances allowed to go near an ied and that he should treat all the soldiers with the utmost respect the teacher informed him that the average age of soldier is only 23 so even though he may be older they have more experience and training for their specific job here is what sy had to say about what he learned from this training their daily actions humble me it is difficult to complain about simple things when these guys are doing what they are doing day in and day out we all owe them a debt of gratitude that we will never be able to pay after seeing several hours of power point pictures of what they go through i was in awe for this they have my absolute respect the only way i can sum up this past week is that i have so much respect and admiration for my husband for what he is doing for not only our family but our country as well i love him more everyday posted by the ray family at 11 35 am no comments posted by the ray family at 11 35 am no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom followers blog archive 2010 15 september 1 first jv football game august 2 july 6 june 5 april 1 about me the ray family i decided to write this blog to share with my family and friends the experiences we will have over the next year sy has always called himself a rose among thorns so i named our blog one rose five thorns hope you all enjoy reading this and leave commemts whenever you want view my complete profile picture window theme powered by blogger