We arrived at the Coast Guard station at 8:30 on Friday morning- a beautiful, bright, sunny day. A perfect graduation morning! The Coast Guard Auxiliary provided a breakfast, and then there was a welcome and a short film on boot camp, and finally graduation was on the practice field at 11am sharp.
Cate took full advantage of all the new sights and sounds, and she seemed particularly pleased with all the grassy areas in which she could run full tilt.
I LOVE this picture.
Below, we're in the bleachers waiting for the ceremony to start. We could see the companies lining up all around the perimeter of the field- "newer" recruit companies participate during the ceremony of the graduating recruits.
The graduating recruits marching out onto the field.
Sheila is the little fair-skinned one right in the middle of the picture!
Sheila receiving her certificate.
After graduation- that's her boyfriend, Derek, in the green.
Sheila's aunt and uncle drove down from Boston for the celebration. We were happy to finally get to meet them.
After the ceremony and a tour around the base, we all went out for lunch. Then we said our goodbyes to Sheila's aunt and uncle, and we went on to PA to see Rick's family. During our two days with them, I realized that the only pictures I took were of Cate and her cousin Barrett. There really were many other family members there, but somehow, all the pics were of the kids!!Cate loved taking care of "Baby Barrett."
Semi- Hugging.
2 comments:
That Barrett is a cutie, like Cate! Love his name too!!
I am not sure if the words 'Cate', 'little' and 'footprints' should be in the same sentence. : )
Thank you, Donna! We like Baby Barrett. He's a good guy.
~Chrissy (Barrett's Mommy)
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