Blake is scheduled to graduate on February 7th. He's passed the PT test, which was the very last milestone between him and the graduation. He's been issued his dress greens and he says they look great on him. I can only imagine.
We're going to be leaving for Ft. Sill on the 5th. We'll be there through the 7th and will return to Montgomery later in the day that Thursday. He graduates on the 7th but the 6th is a family day where we can take him into town and enjoy the day together.
Dusty is going to try to make his own arrangements so that he can be there, too, which should be a big surprise for Blake.
Blake had asked us to send up some pictures of the family and his friends, so that went out in the mail yesterday. He had taken a lot of pictures when he was home over Christmas, and you just can't beat the Wal-Mart photo lab for price and convenience... haha.
This week is supposed to be the week of the three day field training. I've been keeping up with the weather there in Oklahoma and yesterday it was 23 degrees around 2 p.m. I can't even imagine what it would have been like at night if they were out there. But lots of things have changed and I haven't been very good about keeping track of what's going on up to now, so I don't know if they're out in the field or warm in their own barracks. One thing Blake did say is one part of the hand grenade training was a little nerve-racking. He told Carol about this, so I'll have to get him to tell me so I can include it all here. For me, I think the whole part of the hand grenade training would have been nerve-racking.
We're all so excited and proud of him that we just can't wait to see him again, even though it's only been a few weeks since he was home. This is the one he's really been waiting for.
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