Here are some photos from Kelly's 21st birthday celebration and a long overdue update on how things are going at the Washington D.C. offices of the Rice family. It's kind of complicated, so follow me closely here:

Kelly is in Starkville, Mississippi right now getting furniture moved into the new apartment she and Aaron will live in when they are done with Aaron's rehab. My mom, her mom and her dad are all helping out with that endeavor, which also involves getting a lot of Aaron and Kelly's things out of storage where they were put before Aaron was deployed. Kelly should go back to D.C. sometime this weekend.

Aaron is still in D.C. doing his physical therapy at Walter Reed, but he's not alone this week because

Ryan is up there visiting him. That's right, Aaron and Ryan are alone, unsupervised, in a large city. It's very frightening, but I hear they are having a good time together.

So for now, with people pretty busy, there isn't much else to report. Please pray for Kelly's travels to be safe and that she will be able to get everything done that she wants to do this week. She wants to have a nice place for her and Aaron to come back to after months of living in hotels and hospitals. Also pray that Aaron's healing process and physical therapy will progress as they should and that Ryan will have safe travels.

Here are some photos that Mr. Glenn Bratcher sent to me from the evening that he and a couple from their church took Kelly, Aaron and Ryan out to celebrate Kelly's 21st.

This is Kelly getting carded and showing her ID to the waiter after ordering a drink, while Aaron laughs at her, like all good supportive spouses are supposed to do:

She was given her drink on the house as a birthday gift from the restaurant. She looks very happy with it. Aaron is still laughing at her.

This is the whole group at their table at Buccca di Beppa's, which is a wonderful family-style Italian place where they bring the food out on big platters and you pass it around the table, family style. From left, I am told, we have Ken and Beth Gibson, friends from church, Kelly, Ryan in all his bald-headed glory, and Aaron. Did I mention that Ryan let me shave his head when we were home? It was fun.

And that is all I know for right now. Thanks so much for continuing to stay updated on our adventures, and please keep praying for us. We love y'all.