Labor Day Fun Run and MonteCarlo night on KRAB island

Labor Day was an enjoyable day here at the KRAB. We started it off with a fun run 10k - which 13 or so of our hospital squadron members participated in.

(Me, Melissa Dooley, John Ensell, Amber Kelly, Heidi Simpson, Mark White, Miranda Minshew, Alex Lee, Greg Stroup - Charlotte Shealy, Sara Wise, Tiffany Hubbard, Emily Eschbaucher)

Here are Levi and I getting ready to head out. The pack took off pretty darn quick - much faster than I felt like running, but I kept up with the herd and things thinned out pretty fast. I felt comfortable and ran faster than I was planning, ending up being the 1st Air Force member across the finish line (5th overall) with a time of 43 min 14 sec.

Later on that evening the Morale Committee hosted a "casino night" party on KRAB Island. Here is a picture of Matt Wright and Jared Sleeman that night.

No real money changed hands - since that is against the law in Iraq. We each got an alotment of chips at the start of the night to use as we saw fit. We ate dinner together and had Blackjack and Craps tables (Mark White, April Robinson, Michelle Childers, Karen Taylor in above pic, Kyra Bryant, Greg, Jamal Jones, April, Michelle in lower pic)-

a bar serving non-alcoholic margueritas (Capt Tiffany Hubbard and the COL in above pic, SSGT Kelly Shufeldt below),

and a Texas Hold-em poker tournament (Greg, Dave Lewis, Levi, Karen Taylor above; Karen, me and Sam Ortiz below).

Also included was a "pie in the face" fund raiser contest. Someone (not me!) contributed a bunch of money to see Greg Stroup get one in the face. He was a great sport about it and it was hilarious! Here are the action shots.

This is one of John Ensell that night helping one of our squadron members get rid of her cigarettes in an attempt to help her quit smoking.

It was a fun party and a good time was had by all!