I Am A Blue Star Mom...

...times two.  This week Becca graduated from BCT (basic combat training or boot camp).  I was so thankful to be able to travel to Ft. Jackson, SC  for the ceremony.

 Rebecca is somewhere in the left group of the three, 1-34th Regiment, Delta Co, 4th Platoon.

 Scan as I did, I could not pick her out of this crowd, but she IS there :)

 And the keynote speaker?  First Lady Michelle Obama, who spoke on nutrition(?) and made a plug for her husband's provisions for the military and (according to Five soldiers I had in my vehicle) messed up on several of the words in the soldier's creed. But still, I hope it is true that she and her husband will make some real efforts to support our troops and their families.  There is NO WAY to fully repay these soldiers for their sacrifices on our behalf.

 Pass in Review.... I CAN find Becca in this picture.  She is the 2nd full row of four your can see, on the top (head in the grass area).

 And here is our Becca with one of her friends (battle buddies) from her platoon.  We had a nice time with him and his mom at the Golden Corral Buffet (now THAT is a place to take soldiers for food!). 

I went down on Tuesday and enjoyed a wonderful "meet and greet" with lots of other army families the day before family day.  On Wednesday, Family Day, I had a great time seeing Becca again.  We went out for pizza, stopped at the PX, and then went bowling.  I watched Becca get her bowling groove back and had a good time bowling and meeting so many of Becca's battle buddies, their spouses and babies and their folks.  Wow... God bless our troops.  Knowing full well they will almost certainly be deployed, they willing volunteer to serve on our behalf.  MANY THANKS to them and their families!  HOOAH!