austin the marine

as i mentioned earlier, my brother austin recently became a marine :)  i flew to san diego for his graduation and of course took lots of pictures and video :)  this is definitely the best one, right at the end of the ceremony as they receive their dismissal order:

....or... i can't get this video to upload :(  sad.  i'll keep trying!  but for now, pictures!....

can you find waldo?  according to ryan and my dad, they could spot austin by the way he was standing.  what the what?  i couldn't.  but he IS in this picture!

it was really cool to see the base and hear all about boot camp.  they had a really neat museum and welcome center set up so we could see and hear all about the experience.  here's me trying out the backpack they carried (austin said the real one was much heavier!).  i am strong like bull!

 family photo op!  need to photoshop in cassie, nate and cadiem!

los dorks.

 

leaving the base!

 

i'm really proud of austin and so glad i got to be there!