Kevin got to spend two weeks at home. Nellie got to come and visit us too!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Wild Animal Park
One of the fun things we did on graduation day was to go to the Wild Animal Park. The animals would come up to the car and slobber all over the windows and stick their heads in if the windows were open. It was so funny! I have so really good photos on the iphone. Darn it having 2 cameras. I should stick to one! We loved driving thru the park and feeding them.
We had a yummy dinner at Red Lobster before taking Kevin back to post.
Kevin's graduation from Basic Training
Rich and I were able to travel to Ft. Benning, Georgia for Kevin's graduation from Basic. Family Day was January 20, and graduation was the 21st. We stayed on base in some rustic cabins in a beautiful campground.
For family day they had a ceremony and marching. It was awesome to hear the guys sing the army song at the end. We then got to spend the rest of the day with our soldier. We did some fun things like shopping at an Army store, eating out, and going to a movie. We even played a game of Monopoly Deal. Kevin had to be back at 8:45 that night.
The graduation was awesome. Because of Rich's rank we had front row seats and got to meet the commander of the base and his wife. They started out the ceremony with smoke and machine gun fire and soldiers marching out in full gear. Then was an awesome Army band. They had the platoons march out and one soldier got to be in the front running. And it was Kevin! I wish I had known and I would have filmed it.
There was more music, and then the commander spoke. The soldiers repeated the soldier creed, and then sang the soldier song along with the band. My eyes kept tearing! It was so awesome! It was freezing too! When they dismissed us Kevin was so cold, and had been standing in the cold for a long time. We went into the National Infantry Museum to warm up and enjoy the sights. It is a great museum. We are so proud of Kevin!
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