Christmas Eve

This is a picture taken on Christmas Eve aboard the USS Nimitz. This picture was taken in the hanger bay. The soldiers are sifting and sorting through 34,400 pounds of mail. I couldn't find David in this picture. He is most likely not in the picture since he was recently released from his RAS duties. When I talked to David he said that he did receive a stocking and was already tired of so many sweets. David will be home soon! As of right now he will fly off the ship on January third. He will fly into Bahrain and from there he will fly back to San Diego. But as we are all aware as soon as we make plans the Navy changes theirs, so right now all our plans are tentative. We are all very anxious for David to be home.
I want to thank Aliese's students at the Lava Ridge Intermediate School for making Christmas cards that I sent to the sailors :)