Catching Up

My Reserve annual training period is finally over after almost 3 weeks. Yakima Training Center was your typical Army base with lots of good live fire ranges and lots of manuever room. There was also lots of dust to go with the heat. The battalion received some good training and so it was worth the time away from home.





This last weekend we took the kids to the Del Mar racetrack, where we met DominicsPapa Frank and DominicsMama Pat. Both Dominic and Jocelyn had a great time and they both really enjoyed watching the horse races. We spent most of our time in the infield, but DominicsPapa Frank & I took the kids to the paddock (and to allow DominicsMom and Pat to bet on the horses...) to watch the horses parade prior to the race. We then walked down to the rail to watch the race. Both kids were really excited to watch the horses come out of the gates and they both went nuts (particularily Joss) when the horses came around the last bend and into the home stretch. They both definitely felt the noise and excitement of the crowd (and were not intimidated by it) and both of them liked to see the horses running.

Later, Dominic was able to go on a pony ride. Joss decided at the last minute that she didn't want to go and so she watched Dominic. More photos later!

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