Very awesome work!  The one thing I would say about it in critism is that she seemed to have become blinged in the last picture.  (Gold band ring on flexing arm's ring finger)  I know, I have too much time on my hands

Heh, I think her flying days are over but still I think she will find the strength (somehow) to go on!

Awesome work Atari!  Glad to see you you here man.

I'm sorry for the burden you're shouldering right now Necro and I wish you a speedy jog down the path of recovery. 

As for the health care in America, don't even get me started: I tend to foam at the mouth.

That might be because trainers and whatnot are under the false impression that you either have abs or you don't (which is totally false, everyone has abs )  They want you to get fast results which usually means the big groups like arms, legs and whatnot, which translates to more contracts for the trainers. 

In my experience, it has to do with your individual anatomy, some people has a six pack with out doing much of anything.  Other folks (like yours true) do alot of work on their bellies and have very strong cores but not the fabled pack.  Of course there are surgeries I'm sure but I'm guessing you are looking for something a little more healthy?

Yeah Dorf, to re-iterate: steroids bad.  In fact I'll go one better and say to avoid most any suppliment (other than your average multi-vitamin and plain-jane protein shakes) for your first year of training.  The reason I say this is because you don't yet have a barometer for your well being. 
By which I mean, you are going to be (hopefully) changing your eating lifestyle, working out regularly (and let me say from one husband to another, you are going to love to watch her get fit.  That first time she bends over get a weight and you see hamstrings?  Heh, just remember, gyms take a dim view on PDA on the floor )  Anyways, my point is you are going to be stressing your body pretty hard already and it is going to retaliate in the predictable manner, you don't need say the bloat of creatine loading to add insult to injury right away.
A couple of books that were great sources of information for me and my wife when we first started were The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weightlifting which breaks down workouts, diet, and rest into the easiest to understand form.  And for a little later down the road (and please no one flame me for this one) but I found Arnold's Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding to be indespensable.  Once you get around him talking about himself, he's got quite a few gems of training knowledge that deserves to be brought back to date.

Valentino got what he deserved for being dumb enough to be shooting that crap into himself.  Hear about the kid that died right before/after that?  Idolized Gregg and when he heard about the synthoil injections, did what naughty little fanboys do.  Only he used Synthol, a car lube oil and died shortly afterward.  Ok threadjack over, back to the topic at hand.

Watching it now.  Interesting, anyone else ever hear of muscle massage to build mass?

I've found another thing whey powder to be good for is adding a protein boost to pancakes.  (yes I know, for cheat days only )  Mix in a couple scoops of a vanilla based whey (so many to choose from) to keep up with your needs even when you aren't sticking with chicken breast and white rice.