Drillin' and Dancin'

Last Saturday was a busy day, mostly for T.

In the morning was the last Drill Competition of the year for JROTC.  But it was an important one....his first one as a Flight Commander.  He is in charge of his flight and it was great to see him in action directing G Flight!

He called all the commands and he did a fabulous job....so much so that his flight won 1st place for this part of the competition.  WAY TO GO SON!!!  I took a movie of the whole thing, but I will not bore you with it on this post....it is really long......but it is so awesome to hear him taking charge! Here are some still pictures taken from the movie.......

After their inspection and their drill, comes the Drill Down.  We love to watch this part....it is when all the cadets compete to see who is the last one standing.  They are given commands and if they do it correctly, they stay in, otherwise, they are out.  They are called fairly fast and they can not hesitate or they are out.  When it is down to a few, the judges get in the cadets face to try and get them to smile or break concentration....they are ruthless sometimes.  T has done fairly well in the past with his best being like 12th place.  That is good since there is usually over 100 cadets.  This year he placed.............4th!  That's right.  He did so awesome!!!!  There were a couple of times we thought he had messed up.  Isn't that just great!  We were so excited for him.  In fact, 1st and 3rd place were from his flight, so that says a lot about T as their commander.  He got a medal and everything......so cool!  Again we took a movie, but at almost 10 minutes long, it is too long to post.  I am happy that my camera lets me take stills from the movies, so here are some......

(Here is a guy whispering over his shoulder trying to get him to move)

He did awesome and we are so proud of him!

Now comes the DANCIN!........PROM PART 2............

Yes, he went to prom last Saturday.....yes he went with Mel.........yes it was at the same place.........but this was Sand Creek's Prom.  T had to go to his own school's prom.  The theme for this prom was Ocean's 11. 

They went to PF Chang's for dinner with his friend, Brandon and his date Melinda.

T said they had a blast and it was far better than Vista Ridge's prom.  He sure did look sharp in his tux!