So now he wants to jump out of airplanes......

Friday Robert graduated from Basic Training!!! He finished the Field Training Excersize last week. They spent 7 days out in the woods being "attacked" by the enemy and fighting to defend their camp. His platoon won 5 of the 8 banners during the week. In fact Robert was saying that his platoon is historically one of the best performing ever. We are so proud of him. He has done amazingly well over there and impressed many people. So much so that they have offered him an Airborne contract. This means that he will be learning to jump out of airplanes. He is so excited to do this. Me not so much, one more thing to worry about. But I have been assured it is perfectly safe. (Yes I realize he is jumping out of an airplane and in no way can that be perfectly safe) This also pushes his welcome home date back to July 12th. I have decided that I am going back there to watch his graduation from Airborne. I booked my flight yesterday and am so excited to be there to support him. Bonus, as long as things go as planned, (weather, training, etc) they will be parachuting into graduation. How cool to see that!!!!! He was very excited to find out I would be there to watch him.
As far as us here at home, we are doing well. Jason is 95% recovered from his surgery (he had his appendix out two and half weeks ago), and loves to show his scar off to everyone that walks by. All the boys have finished the school year and are already driving me crazy with their pent up energy. I am already trying to plan some activities for the next month so we don't all end up in the funny house. Cody's last baseball game is on Saturday, Jason can't play due to his surgery, then we are done with our activites for now. All the boys were very disappointed Daddy isn't coming home this weekend, but they are really excited that he gets to jump out of airplanes. While four more weeks doesn't seem like a big deal, to a 6 yr. old who just had surgery it is too long. Jason is the one kid who CONSTANTLY reminds me how much he misses his daddy. At least fifteen times a day. :( Very sad, but sweet. I will send probably one more update toward the middle of his training to let you know how he likes it. Have a great weekend everyone!