Ben pinned on Major at the beginning of August along with his buddy Dennis.
The boys had their promotion ceremony together. It was a great experience. Lots of people turned out to support Ben and Dennis (or just have a little break from work and enjoy the cake! Ha). Their commander Col. Graze performed the ceremony and kept things light and funny. And didn't mind all of our crazy kids running around!
I am so proud of Ben for the WAY he works. With the highest dedication, honor and integrity to those he serves... people, his country and most importantly the Lord.
Ben was supposed to have his fini flight today (more on that later)... But because of the BIGGEST hail storm I have ever been in, happening on Thursday night, that didn't happen!
It started off fairly light, but with the biggest balls of hail... then for about 25 minutes it just kept coming... and coming... (and as you will hear, Ben was in fine form being silly, joking about wanting to go outside)
And Coming!
After it was done... Our cars were sporting a new dimply look all over the surfaces. Here are two pics I took on my phone. The pics don't show the damage as bad as it is. There is a USAA appraiser coming out on Tuesday to assess the damage, so we will see what the outcome is!
The temp dropped from 105 degrees to 74 in the matter of 10 minutes. It was crazy. We sure have lived through some crazy weather here in Altus (see HERE & HERE)... At least I wasn't 9 months pregnant this time :)
The calm after the storm! God sure does have a sense of humor in Mother Nature!!!
The planes were damaged from the hail storm... so Ben and Nate's fini flight was cancelled. It's a good thing that neither Ben or Nate are really sentimental (even though Audrey and I both are), because their last flights in the KC-135 will not really be a big deal. Unless Ben happens to fly this coming week, his last flight will have been this past Tuesday. I was hoping to get in some good pics of Bella marshaling Ben in, holding the marshaling wands and spraying him off... But oh well! And considering it was 110 degrees outside... taking pictures on the tarmac would have been CRAZY HOT!
Regardless, we still had a PARTY at the Squadron!
The Tolle Family!
strawberry. marshmallow. blueberries... yum!
Col Tamblyn still made the boys get doused with water...
Lt Col John Tamblyn and Ben
It was a fun day... and even though it didn't go as planned... It was still filled with lots of great people and fun memories.
Every time we hear or see a plane overhead, she points to the sky and says "Dada".
This morning the base play group was able to tour a KC-135.
Ben met us there to come along so he could show Bella his plane. She loved it and was very enthralled to be up in Daddy's plane. As soon as we got in the car to drive away, she started saying "more, more, more"
