Here is a brief video greeting from Grandpa on Father's Day 2007
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9192004336385661752

The Treatments are Done!

This is just a brief note to let everyone know that Grandpa Scott, Sr. has completed his radiation and chemo treatments. Today was the last one and the picture shows the diploma he received for being a good patient! He will be evaluated in about six weeks to see how everything is progressing and how effective the treatments have been. The goal for the next six weeks is to eat and gain strength. For the time being , Dad is staying at our house. His phone is forwarded here if you want to call or use our number. I am also putting a couple of pictures from Father's Day when Alan visited.

Wedding Details

So, apparently a couple of Scott Spot readers have inquired with my folks about the wedding. We should be sending out the invitations very soon, but until then I thought I'd share the basic information so those of you who'd like to (and who aren't moving overseas) can make plans.

The wedding will be on Saturday, August 4, 2007 (yes, that's this year) in Gallatin, Tennessee (Nashville-ish), at 7:00pm. I'm pretty sure Dad reserved a bunch of rooms at a nice hotel nearby if anyone's interested.

It's going to be the wedding of the year...

...in the Scott family. You can also e-mail me if you want more specific details,

The word from Penny & Keith as of this morning is: IT WORKS!!!!! The kidney is functioning well! It sounds like Keith is making good progress. They send thanks for the prayers. Marcia

Kidney for Keith

This morning, Pen and Keith received a call to go to the hospital in Tampa for a possible transplant. They usually call several matches and test them when they arrive for the best one. We are hoping and praying that he will be the one this time.

Keep them in your prayers. I will update all as I have information.

*UPDATE from Jeremy*
Hey all. I'm updating this post on behalf of my dad, who is traveling with mom to the West Coast of Florida. Keith is having the transplant done tomorrow!! Praise the Lord, eh? He was found to be the best match for the kidney and the surgery will take place in the morning.

Please keep Keith and Penny (and my folks) in your prayers as his body adjusts to the new organ. Thanks for the prayers thus far. We'll try our best to keep you updated.

Thus Spake Uncle Sam

Finally!

Mindy and I found out yesterday where our next duty assignment will be...drum roll...Baumholder, Germany! I posted a long diatribe about it on our blog, but long story short, I will probably deploy from there sometime in the next six months. The unit I'm going to is supposed to deploy sometime in that window, but nothing offcial has come out, and if I know my employers, nothing will come out until after the perfect time has come and gone. We're excited about the move to Europe, but it doesn't look like we'll get too much time to spend there before I leave and Mindy comes back to the states, since it's pretty pointless for her to stay other than to sightsee for 15 months (yes, I'm really looking forward to that). Needless to say it will be an interesting year for the three of us. We do get to stay around Georgia until the beginning of July, and if I get the leave time, I'll report to Germany at the end of July- sorry Jeremy, it looks like I might miss the wedding. I'll be sure to send a towel set, or something else appropriately useless. ;)

Keep us all in your prayers, as there are lots of unknowns right now.

In other news, Luke dances! OK, not really, but this picture Dad took last weekend makes it look like he does.

It's kind of an Ickey Shuffle or something... Here's another one of the Steve Scotts, with some stranger that wanted to join in the group photo. Oh, I'm sorry, that's Randy. Grandpa made us keep him in the picture, even though he's not really family.

Salaam! (I'm brushing up...)

Wedding Plans

Well, August 4 is coming closer and Jer and Amy are busy with all kinds of planning. While it is still a few months away, I wanted to let you know about motel housing arrangements. I will send emails to as many addresses as I can locate but wanted to get this information up as soon as possible. We have reserved a block of rooms at the Hyatt Place hotel in Hendersonville. These are suite rooms. Marcia and I stayed there a year or so ago when it was Amerisuites. Breakfast is included. The rooms are King Suites.

The cost is $129 per night plus tax. This does not include any discounts for which you may be eligible (AAA, AARP, etc.). Simply ask for the rate for the Scott/Shrode wedding and let them know what discounts you qualify for.

The phone # for Hyatt Place is 1-615-826-4301

The rooms are blocked for August 3 & 4 but if you wish to reserve on either end of those dates, the same rates will hold.

The rates will be good until July 3. If you have any questions, please let me know.

We are getting excited.