Saturday, October 15, 2011

Texas

Yay! We finally made it to Texas and get to see Daddy!:)

The drive from Louisiana wasn't all that bad. It was about an 8 hour drive but we split it up into 2 days so we wouldn't be rolling into Texas at midnight and have to be up by 530 am. Driving with Reagan is a little difficult because she says she needs to go potty about every hour. Luckily, we got her to hold it for about 2 hours before we had to stop. 

We made it into San Antonio about 2pm Wednesday. My mom was flying to San Antonio and meeting us there since she can rent a car without a fee for being too young :p We were all tired that night that we went to bed about 830 but we had to be up about 6am to make it to Lackland AFB to see Brian for his Airman's Run. Mom and I went to the Airman's Run while my dad and Gayle stayed to let the kids sleep in a little bit longer. The Airman's Run is where all the Airman at Lackland run 1.5 miles infront of all their family and friends. Mom left after the run to go back to the hotel to get the kids and my dad. They made it back in time for the Coin Ceremony/Honor Graduate Ceremony. Brian was an Honor Grad so we were very proud of him!! We weren't able to hug him or anything until after the Coin Ceremony. It was SO nice to be a family again!! :) After the Coin Ceremony, Brian was released for Base Liberty which meant he was free to go with us but he was not allowed to leave the base. We went to lunch, shopped around the BX and just drove about to see what the base looked like.

See the guy with the black shirt?! Well his elbow in on Brian's head! So bald!

Airman's Run

Honor Graduate

Look at that marching form:)

Yay! Finally getting to hug Daddy!

Together at last:)


Friday was the official Graduation Parade. After the Parade was over the Airman were allowed Town Pass(able to go any where in the San Antonio area), we all headed down to the River Walk to just walk around and have some lunch. It was nice to spend more time together with everyone!

Brian's Flight 

Brian and my Dad Les

Riding the boat around the River Walk. It was so pretty!

Bryson and I looking at the beauty all around

The Alamo

Saturday, Brian had another Town Pass so we decided after we picked up Brian at 9am we were going to spend the day at SeaWorld!! Uncle Jake was in San Angelo for the month for a class so he drove over to San Antonio to see us and spend the weekend with us. It was great to see him! Reagan was SOO excited to go see Shamu(sp?)!!

Waiting patiently for Daddy to buy our tickets so we can go see Shamu!


I tried to get a picture of Bryson clapping but it never seemed to work! He really enjoyed the shows too.


feeding the dolphins

this was by far my favorite show!! it had birds, dolphins, beluga whales and all sorts of swimmers and divers.

Reagan and I on the Shamu Express

my goodness!! this guy is HUGE!

On Sunday, Brian had another Town Pass so we picked him up and spent the day at the hotel watching football and just being lazy. And Monday we all flew home! We found out that Brian will be home until February! He will head to Tech School in February and come back home in June some time. We are so glad he's home for the kids' birthday, our anniversary, and the holidays!! We missed you Daddy!!


2 comments:

  1. CONGRATS Brian!!! Love all the photos!

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  2. Wow! Congratulations to Brian and I'm so glad you got some family time. I didn't know he'd joined up. What is he specializing in at tech school?
    BTW your background is hilarious!

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