First up, was the"Turning Blue" Ceremony, where he is pinned with the honorable blue infantry cord, and also received a special honors award.
Here is the kids running to dad the first time they saw him :)
"TURNING BLUE" CEREMONY
ready for the ceremony to start!
receiving his special honors award
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Attention!
dad doing the honors and pinning on his blue cord
So Proud of Daddy!!!
Our Family together again!
Declaring the soldier's creed
One last round of push-ups! HOOAH!
The Girls so happy to see dad :)
GRADUATION CEREMONY
At the National Infantry Museum
The stands where we sat for graduation
was lined with a flag from each of the 50 states
They also had the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall there... pretty humbling to see.
The field where they graduated, made with soil from all the battlegrounds our country has fought on.
Waiting for the ceremony to start!
The Army Band playing God Bless America
Demonstration - showing some of the stuff they have been trained to do
Showing all the pieces of armor they wear and what weapons they carry and why
Rocket Launcher!
Isaac's Company marching up over the hill
His Platoon (He's in the front, on right)
After the ceremony - they marched in front of us
waving to dad!
ENJOYING SOME VACATION TIME WITH DAD - IT WAS THE BEST!!!
teaching the girls how to play basketball!
Teaching the kids how to salute and some other army exercises
Pool fun! Their favorite to do with dad!!
That's right! Me shooting an M4 riffle, *almost* did as good as my husband! hee! hee! :)
Story time with dad :)
some neat sights inside the National Infantry Museum
getting on the bus
the jump towers he will be practicing from
His "home"
THE ROAD TRIP!!
Kansas
Visiting Uncle Sam's Yogurt shop in Overland Park
St. Louis
Nashville
my incredible friend Lindsay from L.A. now lives in Nashville, and we had a blast visiting her!
Kentucky
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