Caleb's Family Day

Today we piled into Dad's Duramax and drove 5 hours to Boise for Caleb's family day. Its the one day that they open up the Marine's area and show off the tanks, wreckers, hummers, etc. As we walked in we saw a giant flag and decided Dallen needed to do a Patton pose to show off his toughness...


We also walked past a bunch of old equipment and Dad, Caleb and Dallen were walking together, which gave me a good photo...


I was born in Ogden, Utah while my Dad worked on a pipeline over the mountain. Everyday he had to commute to work in a helicopter. At the time most of the pilots were fresh from Vietnam and they would fly so low and fast that the tops of trees were often found in the skids when they landed on the top of the mountain...


The rest of the photos were taken in and around the tanks. Caleb is an accomplished M1A1 driver and this year set the record for his battalion on the firing range. I have heard rumors that he may have set a new record for the Corp, if not he came real close. He can't hit anything with his rifle (That's right Caleb I said it..), but he can hit a fly 10 miles away with that 120mm cannon, go figure! We had a lot of fun and it was great to be able to show our support for Caleb, his unit and the Corp! We are a military family, Matthew, Lacey and Caleb all are serving right now. We are damn proud of all of them and their service!