Yesterday was a big day. After 10 years of HARD work, lots of LONG hours, Deployment and years away from Idaho and family, ZACH WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR!!!! We are SO PROUD of him. For our friends not in the military I will explain a little of how the rank goes in the Air Force. If you have a college degree and commission from ROTC from your college or if you went to the Air Force Academy you start out as a 2nd Lieutenant and then you move up to 1st Lieutenant and then you pin on Captain. You stay a Captain for about 5 years and depending on how hard you work and how well you do, you go to a board and they can either promote you or not promote you to Major. Well, as you can see Zach was promoted! Woot. Not only is this a great accomplishment for him in his career, it also brings in a little more moolah. My favorite part!! His next goal is to make LT. Colonel. Huge. I can not even begin to explain how proud I am of Zach. I have always known this would happen, but to finally be able to pin those Oak Leaves on his shoulders was a very special moment. I was lucky enough to be around when he commissioned into the Air Force so I also got to pin on his original rank 10 years ago. It is amazing how much has changed and how much Zach has accomplished. The kids were super excited because they got to get checked out of school early and we went to Zach's work and had his ceremony there. It was a short but sweet ceremony and Zach gave a great speech ending with tears in my eyes as he gave me a bouquet of beautiful flowers. What a great guy. Flowers for ME on HIS big day. I really married well my friends. I am SO lucky to be able to have the life I do and to move around and meet all my amazing friends. I LOVE watching Zach grow as a man and leader. I never thought that coming from a dairy farm in Idaho that I would be pinning on my husband Majors rank on his good looking Air Force Blues. I have all of this because of the great man that Zach is. We are proud of you Zach. I can't wait to pin on the next rank!
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| Standing at attention getting ready for the ceremony to begin. |
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| Pinning on his rank, side 1 |
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| Pinning on rank, side 2 |
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| Oath of office |
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| Giving is awesome speech at the end |
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| Our cute family |
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| A "just us" picture |
5 comments:
Zach is such a great catch...and he's lucky to have you by his side. Rikki, you look freaking hot! I thought you were Faith hill when I saw that picture on the top of your blog.
Congratulations to Zach, and to you. Great accomplishment all the way around.
What a great day! Reading this with tears in my eyes. Love you all!!!
Awesome!! We are so proud of Zach too. He works so hard. Wish that we could have been there to support him. Love you all!!
Congratulations to you both...or all! Moolah is nice and the feeling of accomplishment, hard work and support you all feel I am sure is wonderful. What a great wife to be so supportive and encouraging. Your Christmas card was so fun to get!
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