Welcome home.... Again!!!

Just found the rest of the photos that I took at the Welcome Home Ceremony for Tad. Thought I would post them..

Tad's Promotion to Captain

Well Tad was promoted to Captain today. We are really proud and happy for him. He can now have his own command which is what he would like. It was a nice small ceremony with 8 others that were getting promoted as well. The Lt. Col. Gave a great little speech about how becoming a captain is different then getting a promotion to 1st Lt. 1st Lt. is a given for anyone doing their job, but Captains are sent in front of a board and only given promotion if they are seen fit to command troops and do a good job. He is excited about this promotion and also the pay raise that it will bring. :) Thanks for all the family support that we got during Tad's deployment. We couldn't do it without you...

not my post

Tad wrote the last post. I was not involved.

My Favorite Picture

This picture makes me laugh every time I see it. It is so true.

Pictures of the Retreat

Army Couples Retreat

When Tad was in Iraq he signed us up for this couples retreat. I thought "it shouldn't be too bad" well I was wrong. It was great. The Army really did it right this time. The resort was amazing, it was outside this little town called Marble Falls, about an hour southwest of Fort Hood. It is called Horseshoe Bay (by marriott) I am not joking when I say this place was amazing. We had a lot of fun. They had child care for the times that we were in class and for when we decided to skip out of the provided meal and eat in the restaurant. There was alone time and time with the family. We really enjoyed the scenery and each other. I think that we learned some good communicating skills to strengthen our marriage. Here are some pictures from our last couple days...

Going Fishing or watching.....