Many of you know Mike joined the Air Guard in the Fall of 2008. He left for Basic Training April 21st and now is an official Airman! His graduation was so much fun, a two day event. His parents where able to come which was really nice. Mike really works hard at everything he does and I am so proud of him. There is a lot of pictures in this post but everyone tells a story, I had a hard time narrowing them down.
Day One was the Airman Run follow by The Coin Ceremony. The Airmen run is where the run a mile in unison for everyone to cheer them on. It is the first time we get a glimpse of Mike in 9 weeks...so there was much anticipation. Here are a few of us waiting to get a sneak peak of Mike.
This is Anyssa with her Grandma Ginny (Mike's Mom)
Luke waiting to cheer on his DaDa:)
Anyssa took this picture of Luke and I....isn't it cute.
I was trying to get a picture of all the feet when the men started running by...about 300 or more of them.
and here is Mike...he had to stand by some really tall men in his flight even though he is 5'11 they tower over him.
This is a picture of his flights name and logo...The Knights.
After the run was The Coin Ceremony and right after this Mike was released for a few hours to spend time with us.
The Airmen in the dress blues....
In this picture you can see Mike...he is the second one helping with passing out the coins...one of his jobs as the Dorm Room Chief.
I love these two pictures. Luke was so excited to see Mike, his eyes just twinkled and he had a permanent smile on his face. It was so sweet.
The next day, Friday, they had an official graduation and a parade with all the graduating men walking by. It was really amazing. Lackland Air Force Base has graduations 50 weeks out of the year...that is a lot of airmen every year.
Here is Mike walking by looking so handsome in his dress blues!
A few shots after....
Luke and his Grandpa Ed in front of an old airplane.
Mike couldn't wait to get off the base. Now he is in training for 6 weeks and will be home in August. I can't wait!