Sunday, September 12, 2010

After the parade at the monument, we all headed over to the barracks for the official graduation ceremony. Each boy received a certificate of completion. Their name was called and they had to walk in formation to their Platoon Leader where they saluted as they received their certificate. Very military like.
Jonny was part of the E Troop. This was taken outside of his barracks which were very bare. They only had a bed, desk and closet. They shared a bathroom with another room. Each room had two boys in it who had to be together 24/7. This was a great experience for him where he learned team work, responsibility, and lots of discipline. He really left us as a boy and came back a man.

After the ceremony we had about a 4 hour drive to San Antonio where we were flying out to Salt Lake City. All the flights out of Harlingen were booked for that day and we really wanted to get back home so we drove the four hours. Jonny chose to stay in his camo uniform the entire day for the flight home. He looked so handsome in his uniform and was very proud to be wearing it.
After leaving the school, we made a stop at the convenient store where the only thing Jonny wanted was a large Diet Mountain Dew. Of course he got the biggest one they had because it had been a month since he had one. Soda was a privilege at the camp which they only had a few times.
We got to San Antonio and had a few hours before we had to be at the airport. We drove over to the Alamo but decided to just drive by. Even though it was a part of history, it didn't mean much to us. Gavin and Jonny were more interested in going by the Alamo Dome where the Spurs play. As we got closer to the Alamo Dome, we noticed there were crowds of people walking toward the dome. Something was going on and we wanted to know what. We stopped and asked some people who were headed that way. They said that there was an open practice for the Dallas Cowboys. They use the Alamo Dome as their practice field during the summer. Of course Jonny and Gavin wanted to stop so we did.

We were able to see Tony Romo practice a little. We were a little far from where he was practicing but our zoom camera was able to get this shot.

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