Graduation

Graduation this past weekend was wonderful! It was so great to have so much family here to see Kyle get his wings and officially become an Air Force pilot! Those that were unable to make it were definatly missed.

The festivities started on Thursday when the class held a retreat ceremony at the flag pole. The 3 training planes here (the T-6, T-1 and T-38) did a flyover and after that we went to the officers club for some an informal awards ceremony. Friday was actual graduation day. The ceremony was held on Friday morning. Kyle received 2 awards: the Distinguished Graduate for his T-1 class as well as the Commander's Trophy. We were surprised and very honored that he was recognized in such a way! After he received his wings we went out to the flightline for some photos by the planes. Friday evening was the banquet for the graduates. It was a very nice evening and I think everyone really enjoyed themselves. Our families were also able to "fly" the simulator with a little (or a lot) of help from Kyle ;).

It was a really great weekend; a very nice way to cap off the past year. It has been a good year, it definatly had its ups and downs with challenges for both Kyle and I, and we are very excited for the next stage in Charleston! Thank you all so much for your support of us this past year. I put together a little slidshow with some of the pictures from this weekend. Enjoy!