Hello loyal blog followers! It has been awhile since I've posted, but this is a big one. Last May, Lloyd commissioned as a LT in the US Navy Chaplain Corp. This means big changes for our family. We haven't published too much on social media but this weekend was a big one for our family. Lloyd started training at the end of August and last weekend the kids and I were able to visit him after 5 weeks of separation. It was an amazing, wonderful, delightful reunion. We flew to Newport, picked up a rental van, checked in at the hotel, and found a nice camo-clad surprise waiting for us. (We weren't expecting to see Lloyd until the next day but he got special liberty to meet us at the hotel!!!)
We enjoyed an hor dourves reception at the O Club (Officers' Club), bowling at the base recreation center, shopping at the NEX (Navy Exchange) and we hadn't even left the base! After graduation on Friday, we spent the weekend lounging at the hotel pool, checking out Historical downtown Newport, and hiking "Cliff Walk" to see the mansions of the Vanderbilts and others. All too soon, Sunday came and it was back to reality.
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| On our way to see Daddy! 2:30AM wake-up call for a good cause. |
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| Together again!!!! |
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| The reception at the O Club afforded opportunity to meet some of Dad's new friends. (In this picture: 2 rabbis, 1 Catholic priest, and a Protestant pastor w/ his kids.) |
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| Waiting for graduation to start. Lloyd tells us in the military "on time" means you are late:-) |
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| Our officer and gentleman! |
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| A class of 122 doctors, lawyers, dentists, nurses, cyber warfare specialists and chaplains! |
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| Sitting in a pew at Trinity Episcopal Church where George Washington and Elizabeth II of England sat. |
