The Military Poster Couple

I'm so proud of my honey! After months and months of studying, Jim tested in February for his next rank- Master Sergeant. We found out in June that he passed his test- so exciting! With just under 13 years in the military, he's done so well to work his way up the chain. It's been a lot of discipline and countless hours of studying. The frustrating part for us is he doesn't get to sew his new stripe on until June of 2009. The way they work promotions is mind-boggling to me! Those who have been in the longest who make the rank get to sew it on first. Since he's one of the younger ones, with the least amount of time in he has to wait. I've NEVER hear of this system until the military and I think it's crazy.

The raise won't kick in until next June as well, but the responsibility sure has! He's already been put in a new position as Flight Chief in charge of Support- a job that he'd happily hand off to anyone who would like it!

Last night, to honor those moving to the upper ranks of enlisted military, they had a nice induction ceremony and dinner. Not too exciting since we're not exactly the "poster couple" for the military...but, it was a nice dinner. I had to laugh a little while singing "off we go... in to the wild, blue yonder..." Grandma saved the day by flying down on Wednesday so we had someone to stay with the boys. Justin and Ty could have managed, but it's much more fun with Grandma here!

Probably the highlight of the evening was being asked if we're newlyweds! Very sweet... I think I told all of my friends when we got married that in 20 or 30 or 50 years, we'd still be madly in love and feel like newlyweds! It just grows stronger by the minute!