This is the part of the blog that turns into an online journal documenting our trip, so if you don't care just click away.
It was nice to be out of our stinky clothes and ready for graduation on Saturday. It was not fun, however, to be up and ready to go at 5:30 am. The kids were troopers, and we were all ready to go on time (give or take 15 minutes).
The graduation was actually very interesting, VP Cheany was the commencement speaker. He had been to BYU as the commencement speaker in April, so some of the family got double credit for listening to him twice. Each speech was very different, but as far as graduations go, it was pleasant.
USMA has a tradition where they allow little kids, ages 6-10, to run out and get the hats from the cadets when they throw them in the air. We sent out Allie, Caroline, Sophie and Josh (my brother Matt’s son). Each came back with a hat – actually Allie got three and gave one to Josh and one to another little girl who did not have one. They looked really cute all in their hats too big for their heads!
Patrick had his becoming a 2nd LT (there is an official name for it, but I can’t think of it now) ceremony after lunch. He changed out of his West Point uniform and into his army green one. Kind of weird to see him all official in the army now.
It was fun to spend our last day at WP, and it was good for the kids to see what kind of an accomplishment this was. We made our way back to Jersey and prepared for our next few days of fun in NYC.
The graduation was actually very interesting, VP Cheany was the commencement speaker. He had been to BYU as the commencement speaker in April, so some of the family got double credit for listening to him twice. Each speech was very different, but as far as graduations go, it was pleasant.
USMA has a tradition where they allow little kids, ages 6-10, to run out and get the hats from the cadets when they throw them in the air. We sent out Allie, Caroline, Sophie and Josh (my brother Matt’s son). Each came back with a hat – actually Allie got three and gave one to Josh and one to another little girl who did not have one. They looked really cute all in their hats too big for their heads!
Patrick had his becoming a 2nd LT (there is an official name for it, but I can’t think of it now) ceremony after lunch. He changed out of his West Point uniform and into his army green one. Kind of weird to see him all official in the army now.
It was fun to spend our last day at WP, and it was good for the kids to see what kind of an accomplishment this was. We made our way back to Jersey and prepared for our next few days of fun in NYC.
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Love the new blue and border! I can't even remember how we did the first one!!!
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