Hail and Fair well

Or as we call it in the CAV, the ol’ Hail and Bail, hail the new guys in and say fair well to everyone bailing. N has been with the same troop our entire time here at Campbell and Friday night we had a H&B to honor a few of the guys coming into the troop and a few of the people leaving. We expected N to get a Saber because that’s the standard gift but since N has been there so long he got a super special gift that is really cool. The Commander gave a little speech about Nicholas and said what a great worker he is and called him a “quiet professional, but if you mess up he’ll call you dumb” and I wanted to fall out of my chair giggling. I took a video but it was a back yard BBQ so it was a little hard to hear over people talking and the kids. I did get some pictures though.

Nicholas and his Commander

At attention while his orders were being read. I wish you could hear the video better because it better because their Australian guy was the one reading. I might try to upload it later just to see if it will work at all.

His gift. This is a replica pistol and really cool looking and that’s a troop photo on the back from Afghanistan.

It was hard to get a picture of the plate but it has his call sign and dates of service.

Nicholas is looking forward to having a room in the next house to put all his Army stuff on display, I think this is really a cool piece to have out.

And now a few pictures of N with his favorite dog. She really needed some attention and made sure he was well aware of it!

They had a little convo about how spoiled she is.

And then they took a little puppy nap together.

Ki was glad to me in my lap instead.

Tomorrow I’m heading to GA to work at the shop for Mother’s day and Marklin and Derek are heading up here to get ready to head to the Derby on Friday. I’m sure they’ll have a fun weekend. I made sure that N knows I expect LOTS of pictures of all the crazy hats!!