Major Dad

At the beginning of the month, Ryan promoted to Major. I was prepared with our camera in hand--little did I know until I arrived, that our camera battery was dead and we had no charger with us. The following pictures were taken by Ryan's co-worker. Good thing someone was prepared!

And since I was the loser with a non-working camera here is a listing of the pictures that I would have taken:

*A picture of the cake--living in the South has taught me the importance of a well-designed, quality cake.

*A picture of Ryan and Jared-- The Army is all about ceremony so we want the kids to know what to expect and what is expected of them. I did choose to leave Kaci at her preschool- no ceremony is ready for her yet. Jared did okay (not spectacular), thanks to the volunteer efforts of another mom in attendance. But a picture of father and son would have been nice.

*Pictures of us eating the delicious catered Mexican lunch the newly promoted Major provided.

*A picture of his discarded Captain bars that were replaced by his new Major oak leaf.

I'll remember a fully-charged camera at Ryan's next promotion!