I'm an Army "Ant!"

A few weeks ago I went to my nephew's graduation from basic training for the Army. Here are some pics. This is Ian (I think he is going by Zack now) in his dress uniform.

Here is Zack right after his graduation. Doesn't he look fearsome?

Here is his platoon marching by the bleachers.

Zack and Randy in dress uniform. Randy is a Staff Sargent in the Airforce. Here they are at attention.

And here they are after I said, "Beautiful, dahling, now look angry!" I don't know why they don't look angry!

Zack and his mom, (my sister) Ronelle.

Zack and his girlfriend (yes, folks, that is pink!), Kaitlin.


Randy, Ruth, Mom (looking at the "yearbook"), Zack, and Kaitlin (yeah, don't know if that's spelled right).

Me, Chelsea (Ruth's daughter), and........introducing.......Sophia!! I finally got to meet her. Such fun! She is absolutely beautiful and easy going and everything that is wonderful and good. Yay!

Beautiful Sophia!

Me and my big sister!

I had a wonderful time. Unfortunately, our camera is on the fritz so I was not able to take any pics of my own. These are all from Ronelle's camera. My brother let me do night time feedings with Sophia so that was fun (oh, yeah. I am that sick!). Okay, so I do newborn feedings in the middle of the night as a job, but they never wake me up. That is actually in the middle of the day for me (if that makes any sense). I am very proud of my brother and nephew and I am so glad I was able to go. During the graduation, I have to confess, I cried like a baby. I was so proud of Zack and so proud of all the men who were graduating and going on to serve their country that I could not hold back. Laugh if you want, but my brother said (after I proclaimed myself a dork for being so weepy), "We need more "dorks" like that." I also heard some frightening stories about my brother's time overseas. It is a good reminder to be in constant prayer.

Please, all who read this, don't forget to pray for our service men and women. They are what make and keep this country free.