A Wonderful Wednesday!!!

Yesterday, was a perfect day for our family. It started off at 11:15 at Kate Sessions Elementary School when Jack received an IB award! He was recognized at an assembly for "using cooperation to enhance his learning." We are just so proud of him. He is really doing well in 1st grade and loves his school and is a great student!

Jack receiving his award from his principal!

Jack with his teacher Mrs. Barker!


After school was done -- Wednesday is Jack's short day so he finishes at 12:00 noon -- we went home and had some lunch and waited for Daddy to get there. We were all heading up to Camp Pendleton to go to the promotion of Nick Virus. Some of you already know this, but Nick was one of our Marines in Berlin and we just love and adore this guy. He was selected for SSgt last fall but his number finally came up and he was promoted yesterday! It was great to be there and see him get promoted and be a part of his special day. Nick asked Kevin to pin on his SSgt chevrons which really meant a lot to Kevin! This was the first promotion that the boys have been to (Jack was at Kevin's last promotion but was too young to remember it) and at the end Jack said "that was just the coolest thing!"
Kevin pinning on Nick's SSgt chevrons! So AWESOME!!!

The boys with Nick after his promotion!

Congratulations Nick -- you are so deserving of this promotion! We are so proud of you and honored that you asked us to be a part of your special day!


After the promotion we headed to the beach at Camp Pendleton while we waited for Nick to finish up some work before we went out to dinner to celebrate. The weather was perfect and the sunset amazing! It was the perfect ending to a perfect day!
My new favorite picture of my boys at the beach at sunset!


If you would like to see more pictures from our day please visit our other site at www.dropshots.com/theandersonfamily

Until next time.................
love from San Diego