Hunter's First Easter

Easter lasted more than one Sunday for us. We started by heading to the Easter Eggstravaganza down at the Community Center on March 27. They had lots of tents set up for family fun and information. Hunter had lots of fun. He got to sit on his first pony, ride in the stroller on a beautiful day and he even got to meet McGruff the crime dog! We stayed for a couple hours, but skipped out on his Easter egg hunt, we just didn't think much would come of that. :)

On Easter Sunday Hunter woke up to the presents the Easter bunny brought him; sandals, new bottles and new pacifiers. Not that he really cared. Although I loved the sandals :)! We got all dressed up and headed to the Saddleback Easter service to watch Pastor Rick broadcast from the Angels stadium. We weren't brave enough to go to the actually stadium. We finished the day by eating lunch with the Sapps. Great day and fun for Hunter!

Sadly we didn't get a picture with the "real" Easter bunny, but the inflatable one will do!

Daddy's Graduation and USMC Color Guard

On March 19th the Marine Corps Color Guard and Silent Drill team came and performed on base. We joined Amanda and Bailey to go watch the performance. It was amazing! They were fantastic, and so disciplined with their actions. No one messed up, every step was in sync. They played songs and Hunter loved this part. The commentator also gave historic information as to how the origins of the Color Guard came about. (Sorry to disappoint, but for the life of me I can't remember the history.)

The silent drill team performed after the Color Guard and this was my favorite part. They were amazing with their guns, which at one point, they spun around and threw in the air. Hunter got a little restless during this part, most likely because the music had stopped.

It was a nice time and something that everyone in the Marine Corps should see.

On March 26, Hunter and I went to watch Dustin graduate from his Infantry Mortar Leaders Course. We watched Dustin receive three awards including the Gung Ho award, his peers voted him the person they would most like to see combat with. Awesome! We are so proud of Daddy! And best of all we're excited to finally have him home and back on a schedule. At least for the time being. Dustin will leave on April 15th for four and a half weeks to train in Yuma, Arizona. We will miss him!