Then to Georgia

So on Monday after the funeral, literally, I hopped on a plane back to Arizona. I got home at around 10:30 that night and we were back at the airport the next morning at 4:30am. Off we went to Georgia to see Josh graduate from boot camp. We (Steve, me and the kids) flew to Atlanta then rented a car and drove 2 more hours to Ft Benning. We finally got there on Tuesday night at about 7:15. Then we spent the rest of the night lost looking for our cabin. When we finally found it and checked in it was about 10:00. We stayed in a beautiful log cabin on base right off of the chatahoochee river. But the base is so big it was about 15 minutes from anything else so they were really secluded. The next day, Wednesday, was my birthday and I couldn't have asked for a better gift than to see Josh. On Wednesday there was a small awards ceremony and Josh made soldier of the cycle for his platoon. Only 4 guys out of 223 got this and Josh was one of them. I was very proud of him. He was dressed in his dress uniform. That night, Steve's sister Wendy and her husband Jack and their kids got there and we had such a blast!! It was so good to see them. We hadn't seen any of them in over 4 years. Their oldest son Shane is also in the military and stationed there so we also saw him and his wife and their baby there. And to top it off, one of my ex sister in laws lives there with my nieces and so we were able to see them too. Josh's girlfriend's parents live there too. It was like a huge family reunion. I think Josh was happy to see everyone after not seeing any of us 10 weeks.The next day we saw his graduation and it was awesome. We had a wonderful time out there. The kids got to know their cousins again and Wendy and I got to visit. Steve and Jack got to play Wii. What more could a family ask for? Anyways, this was a great trip. Josh is now in North Carolina, Wendy's back in Tennessee, we're back here in the desert but it was fun while it lasted.