While Scott has officially been a Lt. Col. for a month and a half or so, we haven't been able to have a formal promotion ceremony until now. The kids had Halloween off school so we headed up to the base where Scott does his reserve duty, about 2 hours away, and had his promotion ceremony on Halloween. Here are some photos. Scott taking the oath. He's done this a few times and knows the drill.
During the ceremony Scott's mom and I pinned on his new rank on his jacket and the kids changed the rank on his shirt. Matthew and Anna did the bulk of the heavy lifting there. The other's assisted. Grant helped too, but was out of the picture here.
A family photo after the ceremony.
We had to quickly wipe up Emma's face and hands before this.
She found the chocolate donut holes.
Scott's parents came down from Oregon to see the promotion ceremony so that was nice.
Aww, I love my guy!
Congratulations Scott.
Scott's cake. The bakery at the base commissary, where we got the cake, was supposed to put the Lt. Col maple leaf on it, but they failed to do so. Oh well. I am happy they spelled Guptill correctly.
Emma enjoying more snacks after the ceremony.
Grant and John having fun with Aunt Alycia (Scott's sister). She and her husband Cody were able to come up from San Francisco to the ceremony so it was fun to see them.
Congrats again Lt. Col. Guptill.
The wife of an old co-worker of Scott's (many years ago) used to always try to throw her weight around on the base by telling people her husband was an "O-5" (that means an Officer, 5th level up or Lt. Col in the Air Force). We always thought that was funny and will randomly say to each other, "well MY husband is an O-5!" So now I can say that and its true. Don't think its going to get me any special treatment on base though. ;)
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