Jimmy Graduates from Officer's Training School

Well, folks, he's done! Yay! I'm so excited and proud that after 9.5 long weeks, Jimmy has finished this part of his training and is now a Second Lieutenant. It made for an eventful two days. On Monday we went to an open house where he showed us around the campus and his living areas.

And, yes, Jimmy is staring directly into the camera and making a weird face. He enjoys ruining my snapshots.

Later that evening he and I attended a formal dining out with the rest of the OTS class. It was lots of fun. I have to be honest, I think my favorite part was judging the dresses that the other girls were wearing. Petty? Perhaps, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Bright and early Tuesday morning we headed back to the base for Jimmy's commissioning. Other than the fact the fact that the A/C was broken, it was great! Jimmy's Dad, Doran, was who commissioned him so that was really special. Then his mom and I got to pin him. And have lots of pictures taken :)

The last event of the graduation was the parade. All was going well until the lightening decided to grace us with it's presence. To steal the words of the lady officer that was sitting in front of me, "nothing stops the U.S. Air Force....except lightening within 5 miles." So, it got delayed for 30 minutes. And then the sun came out and it got hotter than hades. Thankfully, everything from that point on went smoothly and it only lasted about 30 minutes. They did their march to the Air Force song, took the oath all together, and threw their caps in the air!

That's all I have about graduation. Thanks to all the family and friends that have been so encouraging!

Also, a little side note, we also had our last doctor appointment later in the afternoon of graduation. Everything is going as expected and we are set to have our little guy on Monday! Can't believe that it's only two days away! So...keep an eye out for the next blog post....it's sure to be a good one :)


Kyrstie