We were so incredibly proud of Chris... he was promoted to Commander in the U.S. Navy. Usually, this important milestone is celebrated with a ceremony on base, but because of COVID, we couldn't. But, we did want to celebrate somehow. We wanted to not only celebrate Chris for his achievements but also because we knew this would be his last promotion in the Navy. We had the idea of doing a Zoom call and inviting our neighbors over to celebrate in person. It turned out to be wonderful and so very special! Because of the Zoom call, way more people were able to watch than what would have been. We literally had friends across the world watching! It was so very special and moving to us!
The boys opened the ceremony by saying the Pledge of Allegiance. They did a great job!
Then, Chris took the oath. His mentor, Tom Falconer, who gave him his very first oath at the Air Force Academy also gave him his last one. We thought it was pretty neat!
The boys and I got to take off Chris' old bars and put on his new ones. They loved doing this!
We celebrated with our neighbors after the Zoom ceremony.
I thought this picture was so great that one of our friends took for us... it is of all the people that logged in to watch the ceremony. This picture is filled with so many very important people in our lives!
So... six years ago we took this picture of Chris and Abram at his last promotion to Lieutenant Commander and we just loved it-
So we wanted to recreate it at this promotion ceremony!
And of course Luke and Jack needed to take a picture with their Papa, too!!
And I needed one with my honey!
We had such a wonderful day celebrating Chris with our neighbors and friends across the world!
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