COMMISSIONING & GRADUATION!!!!!

We had a very busy weekend. Friday we headed to Terre Haute. We went to the "Senior Soiree" with Tobin, Erin, Jacque and Mike Bolton. After that, we had dinner at Applebee's (my favorite). We ate far too much. Dad was sick from lunch, so he didn't eat anything.

Saturday (at 7:30 A.M.) we went to Tobin's commissioning ceremony. Here is from left to right: Erin, Tobin, Stacey, Bill, Kellen Bolton. Sorry about the glare, but the chapel faces EAST.

Most of my pictures had severe glare in them. The chapel is gorgeous, but it does have some disadvantages. Here is Tobin getting his pins (not sure what the technical name is). It was such a great ceremony. Such personal comments about each man's achievements, schooling, and family.

Mike & Jacque (Tobin's parents) received "parent pins" too (again, I am not sure what they are called).


Tobin receives his first salute as Second Lieutenant from his brother, Bill, Private First Class in the Army. What an honor for both guys.

Here is all the guys from Detachment 218 (at least that is what I remembered them calling it).

Our serious Tobin filing out after the ceremony.

One proud wife, Erin, and Tobin.

Then we headed to the gym for graduation for both Tobin and Erin. It was a LONG ceremony of 2 1/2 hours. Luke, Lacey, Grace, Caleb, Ava, Dan, Emily, Zachary, Elyse, Dad and I were all there. Grace was amazing! She did really well. Caleb had to walk around, but he was basically very good. Ava fell asleep. She is such a cutie.

So, here are the proud graduates - Mr. & Mrs. Tobin James Bolton.


Today we are in Grandville, in a motel. We are having a picnic tomorrow with the whole gang (minus Betsey & Tobin). It is supposed to rain all night and all day tomorrow. That will make a very rough picnic. If that happens, we will head to Luke's for a picnic inside.

So that is a rough photography of the weekend. It was a great weekend honoring Tobin and Erin. It was amazing! Please forgive me if I misspelled names or got the names confused when it comes to the Bolton brothers. I think I got it right.