…by marriage, as my husband just became an uncle. Congratulations to Laura and Aaron on the birth of their adorable son Jadon Elijah!
I will meet him for the first time on New Year’s Eve in Miami.
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My stepbrother now has a MySpace page for his music, with a few songs that you can stream or download. I had actually never heard his singing (only his guitar-playing) until today. :)
Kenny’s dad and stepmom moved to Slidell, Louisiana (a suburb of New Orleans) about two years ago. Just after Hurricane Katrina, Kenny and I both wrote about their experiences during and in the aftermath of the disaster.
Kenny has been out to Slidell once to visit Gary and Lynn since Katrina, but I haven’t had the chance to visit yet (in fact I’ve never been to New Orleans at all). I’m excited to be making my first trip out there this week, for a Wolf clan Thanksgiving celebration (the entire Wolf clan consists of Kenny, his sisters, their father and stepmother, and an aunt and cousin, so it’s not too difficult to get them all together). It’s unfortunate that I never got to see pre-Katrina New Orleans, but in any case I’m glad to be going now and I’ll certainly have my camera with me.
Gary has promised to make us his famous “trash can turkey” (I’m sure Kenny or I will post the recipe in a few days, and I will be sure to post photos of the process) and we will be making the cranberry salsa that was such a big hit with my family in Los Angeles last year.
My little brother just got offered a big shot consulting job! Not bad for someone who had no idea what he wanted to do with his life in February.
Congrats, bro!
My little brother has been published! Check out his report of his trip to Tijuana, building houses with Esperanza International.
Big weekend coming up: Kenny‘s mom/stepfather and dad/stepmother are flying in to LA to meet my parents. It should be very amusing. We fly down to LA tonight.
As a side note, someone convinced us to rent Meet the Parents in anticipation of this weekend. Which reminded me for the billionth time that I need to take movie recommendations with a huge freakin’ mountain of salt – what a bad movie!
My little brother has returned from his summer in Yellowstone, and has rejoined civilization. Apparently one of the first things he did when he got back was post all of his photos from the summer. Good stuff there — check it out if you are curious about what Old Faithful and the Grand Tetons look like.
I’m excited to see my brother tomorrow evening, as I’m en route to PDC.
Kenny‘s dad lives in Slidell, LA, one of the cities that was hit the hardest by Hurricane Katrina. Gary actually stayed in Slidell during the hurricane because he was on call at the hospital (he is a general surgeon there). His wife, Lynn, went to stay with her family in another part of the state.
As you might expect, we had a couple of rather anxious days directly before, during, and after the hurricane. There was no telephone access to the hospital (and there still isn’t), and we didn’t have any indication of whether it was even still standing. We all just assumed that their house must be gone.
Little by little, we’ve learned more about the situation at the hospital in Slidell: first, Lynn saw a news broadcast including footage of the hospital, which confirmed that it was still standing. Then, she got a second-hand message from Gary that not only was everyone at the hospital okay, but their house was still standing! (presumably he was able to get out of the hospital to go check it out? We’re all still confused by that one, because all of the articles I’ve read state that there’s still about 8 ft of flooding outside the hospital).
And today, I got the following updates from Kenny (via Lynn):
Dad fixed the hospital generator so they have power again and they have hot water (he was able to get a shower in), plus he fixed the roof of the house. :)
Lynn’s supposedly working out of the Baton Rouge office and is going to go back to Slidell with a generator and air conditioning unit for Dad and they’re going to either set up shop at the house or both stay at the hospital. Supposedly he’s enjoying all the help he’s able to provide here.
Awesome.
I’m in Los Angeles, just visiting my mom for the evening and getting ready to take off for the annual family rafting trip with my father bright and early tomorrow morning. Don’t expect too much of a recap of the trip here though, because the #1 rule on our annual trip is “Whatever happens on the river stays on the river.”