The Newest Marine..

I am very proud to introduce the newest memeber of the Marine Corps family...my baby brother!! He completed The Crucible today around noon our time!! This was a very grueling 54 hour test of mental and physical strength, where the guys put together everything that they have learned for the past 11 weeks. I am so very proud of him and can't wait to see him!! It is so hard to believe that in just 6 days we'll be on a plane to San Diego and that by this time next week we will be seeing him for the first time in 86 days!! Thank you all for your prayers for Matt, they are appreciated more than you'll ever know!!

This will be a busy weekend for us. My sister is throwing a wedding shower for me on Saturday and we're very happy to have Brian's parent's coming into town for it. Brian will get the chance to hang out with his dad while we're having the shower and his mom will get to meet my family and friends, and then hopefully our families will be able to meet for dinner. That and we'll be getting ready to leave on Wednesday!!

**I'm trying to get a picture put up of Matt in his uniform, but I'm still trying to figure out how to get his picture off of his platoon video.