Proud Parents

You know I am proud of my kids ALL the time...but there are some times in their lives that are extra special. You parents out there know what I mean.

Today was one of those. All week Conner has been at Young Marine Junior Leadership Training School. This was a school to teach him to be one of the leaders at Young Marines...basically what its name says. To "rank up" you have to go to this school. We have not been able to talk to him all week.

This morning at the Smyrna, TN National Guard Training Base we watched him graduate from the school. He earned a special award for having a perfect score of 500 on his Physical Fitness Test. There were only 2 of these awards given to the ~40 young men and women there. Way to go Conner! We were so proud and so happy to see him!

Getting his graduation certificate and test scores

Getting his award for perfect PFT test

Hayden was glad to see his big brother!

Even Mari Cate and Conner were glad to see each other--a little bit!
And Mom and Dad were proud parents and glad to have their boy home!