Army Graduation

My Special Nephew Matthew, who we call Beau graduated from Army Boot Camp this past weekend and I was lucky enough to be able to attend his graduation. We are all so proud of him. He really loves it and I can see the difference in him. It was very interesting looking at life on an Army base. We even went to the PX on base...it was cool.
Here are the pictures from our visit with Beau. We got to spend two days with him before he was shipped off to start his training for the next 10 months, first in Alabama for 10 weeks then to Pensacola for the rest of his training.
This was his first time he was able to leave the Base since he started Basic Training, so he was so excited. He wanted to eat real food, put on civilian clothes (had to buy some new ones because he's lost so much weight) and  buy a new cell phone and get on his laptop!!

Graduation Day

Ft. Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina

Gina , Chad (Proud Parents) & Billy waiting for Graduation to start

Me (Proud Aunt) & Billy

Billy had to wear his Camo Clothes all weekend...

Beau & Billy

(Beau gave Billy an Army Bear, he never put it down)

Gina & Beau

Me & My Beauzer

Chad & Beau

Beau at the Solomon Center on Base

Showing us the Barricks

Beau sleeps in the Top Bunk

Showing us his locker

The other side of the Barricks

They have thier own wall

Beau's signature

The Tower Beau loved climbing

Billy and the MP's

Beau & Mike

(Mike came all the way from Michigan)

Beau showing off his new Clothes

(His Civi's as he called them)

Billy Loves his Beau

Dropping off Beau back at the Base

Goodbye Hugs...

See you Later....Beau

CONGRATULATIONS MATTHEW BEAU!!

WE ARE SOOOO PROUD OF YOU!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

We Can't Wait to Visit You in Pensacola!!

XOXOXOXOXO

Our Ian

We sure missed our Ian during Spring Break thats for sure.....

This moring we received this picture of him all dressed in his ROTC uniform.

It's a cell phone picture, so its a little foggy.

We are very Proud of you Ian!!

We Miss You & We Love You!!!

XOXOXO

Spring Break 2010 Wrap Up

Spring Break is over....boo hoo hoo. We are so sad but we had so much fun this week. Here comes a recap of the rest of our Spring Break Adventures......

We all went to see the "Diary of a Whimpy Kid" Movie, it was adorable. The kids read the books, so they really enjoyed it.

Then Rob took the kids Fishing in the Everglades... Rob caught a few Bass, Megan worked on her tan and Nate drove the boat....Check it out.

Time to Fish....

Its a bit Windy

Good Fish

Better Fish

Best Fish

Cruising along

Captain Nate

Super Star thats what you are!!

Lil Mama giving directions

It was fun day!!

The next day it was to rainy for boating so it was off to Bass Pro Shops

Megan's catch of the day.....

Taking a brake at Bass Pro in the Guy Harvey Section

They Love Guy Harvey Stuff!!

Everything was going good until the kids

got Eaten by a Shark!!

Lucky for us....he spit them out.

Then before we knew it...the week was over

so we decided to spend our last day & night of Spring Break

in Orlando.......

What do you do when your trying to pack and keep the kids out

of your way....give them a Windex Bottle and tell them

to get busy on the windows...LOL

We arrived in Orlando in the afternoon...and when we

checked into the hotel to our Surprise we got a free upgrade to a Family Suite!!

Pays to be a Marriott Rewards Member!!

The kids loved having their own space

There was even a hallway window....too cute

Then we spent the day at the Disney Market Place

First Stop..the Toy Store

Everyone LOVEs Mr. Potato Head..

Then a Stop at The Harley Shop

Then we saw this cool ride, its like a hot air balloon

None of us wanted to go up, except for Rob

Ummm no thanks....I'll stay on the ground please

Then we found this cool place.......

called RideMakerz

You've heard of Build-A-Bear..this was Build-A-Bear for Cars

Of Course they had a TOYOTA Camry Race car there!!

You pick out your car....then you build it

Nate got a Blue car and Megan wanted a Pink One.

You get your car, then you pick out all the accessories:

The tires, rims, the grill, side bars and graffics, they had tons of stuff.

You can easily turn a $10 car into a $100 car....so you have to be careful

First you build it..put on the chassis, tires and rims at

the Build Shop

Nathans car ....so far...his rims are reversible

Megans car so far...you can't tell but the tires have skulls on them

Now its on to the Trim Shop....

The Finished Cars......

Megans has a surf board rack and Nate's has some cool side mufflers

Super Cool Cars

Then we took a boat ride...check out the boxes

the cars come in...

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Me and my Sweetie Pies

Rob and the kiddies

Megan and I made a stop at the Little Miss Match Store

Here she is showing off her miss matched socks...

She loved them and wore them all over the hotel even to breakfast

Then it was time for some swimming

Fun in the Pool

If you look closely you can see Rob's head towards

the back right, he's in the hot tub....

I was pooped after walking all day....just relaxing

Megan ready for bed...still wearing her Miss Matched Socks

Rob first thing in the morning....he brought me coffee

just like he does every morning!!!!!!

Getting Sad...because we have to take the kids back.

We had a really FUN week and we can't wait for the Summer!!

XOXOXO