Congratulations, Luke!

Luke has officially finished his time in the Army as a Company Commander. He completed FIFTY ONE months of Command time, with two different Units (well over the amount required). Being a Company Commander is a lot of stress and pressure, taking care of the well being of soldiers and families, and I am so proud of the job he has done. Luke's Change of Command was on Friday, and he is officially a free man! So happy for him! We have survived 3 days of his vacation and so far..so good. He went to the grocery store with us yesterday, and it was so nice to have extra hands to carry the bags up the stairs. However, Jack and I did have to give him a friendly reminder to pick up the pace in the grocery store..in and out in less than an hour is always our goal! :)

We were able to spend the weekend with his family, which was extra nice for him and a great way to kick off his vacation!

The recruiters waiting for the ceremony to start..

Luke is on the right..his replacement is on the left - Captain Albright, and in the middle is the  Battalion Commander, Colonel Jenkins 

giving his farewell speech...so lovely!

The originals at The Mount Nittany Inn.. beautiful scenery!

proud family!

O-M-G....couldn't you just eat him up?

Sporting Papa's hat!

Aunt Haley, Uncle Josh and baby Graham even came! Jack and Graham were chatting afterwards. I wasn't there, but apparently they were both babbling back and forth and then Jack swatted Graham..whoops! 

We went on a boat ride through the canals of Penns Cave! It was SO cool, and hard to believe this amazing, natural thing  (can't think of THE word I want to use) is only 15 minutes from our house!

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Jack celebrated his first Saint Patrick's Day this past week, too! His Grammy and Grampy Guinane bought him the most darling little, green jean coat with a shamrock applique.. Gram even came to visit during the week and made Jack his first batch of shamrock shaped sugar cookies....take a wild guess who ate them all!? NOT JACK..muhaha

"What, you say there are sugar cookies baking?"

Taking pictures have gotten to be a challenge now that he is on the move!

Anddd..just because I have them, I'll share these, too!

Texting and driving is one of Mommy's biggest pet peeves!

 Jacky got his FIFTH haircut - isn't he so handsome!?

He is reading his book, his new favorite thing to do is flip through the pages....LOVE THIS!

"Mom, you've been holding out on this chocolate thing for WAY too long"
First experience with a chocolate graham cracker went a little something like this: chew the teddy graham, spit the teddy graham out and watch it roll down the bib...repeat.