October 22, 2006  Uncle Carroll passed away around 7:00 p.m. at Lorien Bel-Air in Bel-Air, Maryland.  He had been a resident at Lorien since March 2004.  He passed painlessly while resting in his chair. 

September 17, 2006: Welcome Josephine!

Josephine Elise Cruse was born Sept. 17th @ 10:16 p.m. @ The Naval Medical Center-San Diego. She weighed in at 8-6, 21 inches. According to Jeff, she looks exactly like Claudia did at birth, only bigger. Mom and Baby are both doing well.  More pictures here.

September 16, 2006: Emma is in India.  She will be there until shortly before Christmas. Check out her daily progress at the program blog: http://www.global-lab.org/mt/BBFall06/

Linda asked me to post that she has Mother's Knitting supplies consisting of needles and supplies of wool. If anyone in the familiy would like to take up the hobby give Linda a call: 410-287-23479 or linda_hughes@mris.com.