Matt's done!!!!!!

Oh Thank Heaven's!!! This 17 weeks were rather torturous! We are all thrilled that Matt's done and home! As we left for our trip Matty asked "we going to get our Matt, at fort Knox 'tucky?". All three boy's were so excited that they actually behaved in the van for me most of the trip. That is, of course, until I would get lost (thanks Mapquest.......you BLOW) and have to call Kristy, Tara, my Mother in law Lisa, and none of them could help, so my Father in Law Johnny, sent A LOT of time googleing maps with correct routes for me! I'm sure they all think I'm a moron! When this is the 1st trip I've ever gotten lost on...lol. Oh well. THANKS ALL OF YOU ESPECIALLY DAD! And thanks Brittany for the awesome room rates!
I drove by myself with the kids approx 1,786.00 miles in two days, 18 hour days both, AWESOMENESS! lol. We got to the Knox area the night before and CRASHED. We got to go see Matt for a few hours for the I.E.T. (Initial Entry Training) Dinner. MANNNNN it was so good to see him again! They came out in their Class A uniform for the 1st time (the Army green suit for those of you who don't know) . Matt's parent's came, Matt's sister Brittany, and Matt's brother Jordan and his very pregnant wife Amber came as well as Matt's Gramma. It was so cool to have them all there. It was like a mini family reunion. We only got to have Matt for dinner. After dinner we had to leave our Soldier's to go back to the barracks and literally spend the ENTIRE night cleaning the barracks! So Matt went and got into formation in the rain and stood there at attention until they were ready to get back onto the bus. We all went back to the hotels and got a little sleep and were up bright and early to go to the graduation.
The graduation ceremony was really cool. Each platoon marched out in cadence, stood at attention while the Drill Sgt, turned and stated his name, rank and where he was from. Each Soldier then did it and walked down the stage to the seating area and took their seat. As Matt did his, our entire group stood up and SCREAMED AND CLAPPED for him. We were BY FAR the loudest group! YAY Morris'!!!! WOOT WOOT! lol. We saw some video's in tribute of Cavalry Scout's and a guest speaker. All in all, I just wanted it done so I could wrap my arms around my husband and know he was DONE and mine all mine again! After the ceremony they marched back to the barracks, and signed out! WOOHOO! We spent the next 2 days with his family going out to eat (where Matt promptly shoveled food down his throat looking over his shoulders non stop for a drill sgt..lol) and went to the Louisville Zoo, and the Mega Cavern's (don't go if you were thinking about it, it's literally a giant underground dump!,...No...really...a dump and storage center for boats, RV's and stores that don't have enough room for their crap lol) . While in Kentucky we also celebrated Dad's birthday! I love my in law's and it was so much fun having them there for all this!
We all drove home Saturday along the same stretch of highway for the first few hours and Nana suggested we pull over and stop at Dinosaur World to visit the gift shop and take some pictures and stretch our legs. As we were leaving we pulled up the a giant Triceratops replica to take a picture. Graceful I am not! I went to step over the ropes to take a picture with the kids and stepped incorrectly down on my left leg on algae and slipped, twisting my ankle, ripping off two toe nails and scraping up my shin really nicely. AWESOME..lol So instead of getting to drive the 1st shift, I sat with my leg up on the dashboard icing my ankle, my butt wet and covered in really sexy sludge! YUMMY!
So now we are home! And have literally spent 4 days of Matt's leave time on base setting up this move! Right now the movers are here packing up our apartment and tomorrow we head to Fort Polk to live in Guest housing for up to two months while we wait for a house. BUT WHO CARES!!!! My husband is home and I could live in a tent and be happy with him home!