Graduation and Memorial Day Weekend ...

It has been a busy past few days for us. First, and foremost, Vic is home!! His graduation from WLC was awesome! He learned a lot, and had a good time (even though he won't admit it), but he is glad to be home. 

Elliott and I drove to Grafenwoehr for the ceremony, and it ended up being a beautiful day - but so hot! Eli did great the whole time, even through the smoke bombs and grenade launching.

This is the entrance way that the graduates walked through ...

Previously mentioned smoke bombs ...

Very dramatic ...

Vic is nowhere to be seen in this picture, and actually, I didn't see him the whole ceremony ... but this is during the recital of the 'Soldier's Creed' ...

Again, no Vic in this picture ... but this is the 'NCO Oath' ...

Elliott patiently waiting ...

After the ceremony ... so happy to be back together!

Love this picture! The crazy kid in the background spent the whole ceremony kicking me in the kidneys and pulling my hair. Karma came back to bite him when he flipped backwards off the bleachers, and cried for 20 minutes. I can't say I felt bad for him ...

Vic opening his graduation present from Eli. Look how chunky he's getting!!

The next day we decided to take the short drive to Wurzburg. The weather was perfect, and we had a great day. 

Fountain outside of the Wurzburg Residenz ... we went on the tour of this castle, but there were no pictures allowed. It was pretty amazing though.

Another shot of the Residenz ...

Gate leading into the castle gardens ...

Statue in the garden ...

Fountain with the interesting trees ...

Residenz and the gardens ...

The boys hanging out in the garden ...

This is from the Cathedral and it was so beautiful. I'm always scared to tour churches because they are so quiet. At any moment Eli could have a meltdown, which would send blood-curdling screaming echos through the place ... ruining people's prayers and what-not - but, like always, he was on his best behavior.

For those in Indianapolis ... this is the real Ratskeller!

This is from the Saint's Bridge ... which is apparently where they filmed part of the recent Three Musketeer's movie. I only know this because our waitress at lunch referred to it as the 'Orlando Bloom Bridge'. Side note ... the movie sucks.

One of the saints ...

View down the bridge ...

I think Elliott had enough sight-seeing at this point ...

 Today we went to the lake here in Schweinfurt. This is my new favorite thing, and probably the closest thing to the beach that we will see for awhile.

View of the lake, and Eli working on his tan ... 

These may be my favorite pictures of these two. So cute.

We went to the doctor this week and E is doing great. He is in the 91st percentile for height, which is shocking considering that Vic and I are both vertically challenged.

We are going to venture to the swimming pool in town tomorrow. Since Eli loves the bath so much, I can't wait to see how he does in the pool! I'm a little homesick missing the Indy 500 and my little brother's high school graduation, but it's nothing a little fun in the sun ... and a German dessert ... can't cure!