Thursday morning was the Send-Off Ceremony for Nate’s Guard Unit, which he commands. It was a success and since the soldiers aren’t actually leaving until next Saturday (with 2 more send-offs to go!!) it wasn’t a real tear jerker or anything. That will come, however I think the send off went well. We had a decent amount of family and community members attend and all went well after our short-notice planning. Finley did good, though he was a bit squirrelly that morning- I think he was tired of being at the Armory were he couldn’t really be on the floor rolling and trying to crawl around. Here are some photos from the event. Oh, and the reporter/photographer guy from the local paper (it’s the town where we went to college) took a picture of Nate, Finley and I and I think he was going to put it in the paper. Too funny to me. I will try to get a copy of the paper to keep for Finley though.
Nate addressing his soldiers and families
The Company in formation
Nate’s mom with a sleeping Finley
Nate and his Grandparents
Family Photo with Nate’s Parents
Our little Family
jeepers. I can't imgine just startig this journey when ours is just about over. It is hard and never kid yourself that is isn't. Be strong for Finley but give yourself time to meltdown OFTEN!
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