Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Gregg's Graduation

Today was such an awesome day! Gregg graduated from his "new hire" academy! We are so excited that these six weeks of grueling, hard, stressful, tiring, exhausting, sweaty, stinky, sitting in a little classroom studying, tons of hose pulls, climbing ladders, hiking hills in the blazing hot sun, tearing cars apart, and putting out fires are OVER!!!! (well, not really, now they will be actual calls and not simulated calls done in the academy training) Gregg did a great job and we are excited that he is on "B" shift with Anaheim Fire Dept! This is going to be a tough/not so much fun year for Gregg since he is a "Rookie" but it will be so worth it! We are so proud of him and he is such a great example at how hard work pays off!
We love you!
Also, thank you so much Mom, Dad Kipper and Sarah for coming today and for all of your love and support. We really appreciate it and love you guys! Thank you also to Cathy and Steve for all of your help and support through this process. We really appreciate it and love you guys too!
The pinning of his badge

Proud Family

The entire proud family

My HANDSOME man!

Gregg's new hiking backpack so we can go on family hiking trips!

10 comments:

jeanine said...

Congrats Gregg!

Anonymous said...

Gregg - Congratulations!!! We are proud to call you our family (not sure you feel the same - wink wink).

Laurie - we LOVE your Blog and have loved hearing what you and your family are up to. Also, congrats on your new company.. Looks like sunny California is just what you all needed..

We hope to see you in July when we are in Newport Beach.. Maybe Julie can get stuck in a ride at Disneyland and have Gregg come save her.. hehe

Take care,

Chris and Julie

Amanda said...

Well congrats to the whole family! I am sure it has been a tough 6 weeks for everyone. That is so nice to have made it through it and be moving forward. Great job!

Emily said...

Wow...what an accomplishment! You must be so proud of your hubby.

Jenn said...

Congrats Gregg!! That must have been a long six weeks! way to go!

Sundbergs said...

Congrat's Gregg. It was so fun to actually see you the other day.

Kipn n' Sarah said...

It was great to be there.
Congrats to you guys, that is so great that you made it to this point. Tell Gregg congrats again for us, we are so happy for you guys. Keep moving forward, Yeah!

Emily said...

Congrats to Gregg, that would be hard! What is the B shift?

Anonymous said...

Cute, cute blog Laurie! And Hailee is adorable! Check your email, I emailed you days ago! Kelly

Wendy Delgado said...

Wow Laurie your family is so cute! Grats to Gregg!! Hope you are all doing well!
Take care,
Wendy Delgado