Time flys when you're having fun.....

Or being sick or just living I guess. Pardon the delay in posting. We have been having a great time with all of the commissioning week activities only partially interrupted by a nasty cold that caught Chris and I completely off guard. We managed to still be able to partake in some of the Naval Academy's commissioning week activities. First was Herndon:

The craziness that is pictured above was the plebes (freshmen) trying to climb to the top of that monument which was oh by the way covered in crisco!!! They try to wipe down as much as possible before climbing up. With the ultimate goal to be getting the hat at the top and replacing it with a plebe cover (silly hat that only the plebes have to wear). They finally made it in a little over an hour. Pretty funny to watch but painful to partake in I would assume. Often they would get a couple of feet away only to then slip and all fall down....and then start all over. Oh what the poor plebes have to go through.

(Zoe walking with Chris after the Herndon Event)

Next (Tuesday May 19th) was the Blue Angels practice and then the actual show on Wednesday. They were awesome!!! Traffic around the Academy was not! One of the bridges was shut down to allow for the Angels to use it as a reference point and that kinda messed traffic up all around. Parking on the yard was also sooo much fun that week. There was plenty of extra security and many many guests so Chris walked to work everyday and we tried not to drive if we could avoid it. Did I mention how awesome the Blue Angels were though? Truly amazing to watch. The most common word heard in the crowd was, "WOW!" followed by "did you see that?" Very fun experience, already looking forward to it next year.

(Blue Angels Performing)

(Zoe laughing hysterically as Chris C. flies her around like a Blue Angel)

Chris remained busy the rest of the week with graduation events. Zoe and I watched some of the activities (the silent drill team, the color Parade and the bag pipes perform) but were not able to get into graduation itself (President Obama was speaking so security was tight and desire to get in was high). It was nice to have Chris home mid day on Friday and then we went to a bar-b-que at a friends house to celebrate that week (and year) being over. Now the summer begins and I think Chris may end up being even busier......we shall see.