John has been going through firefighter 1 training since the beginning of January. He has gone every single Wednesday and every other Sunday since then. He has studied very hard with Jeff. AND they both passed! I have a few pictures from the graduation. My camera battery was dying, so I didn't get very good pictures of him excepting his certificate, but I have some great pictures of after the ceremony.
This is John and Jeff with Russel, one of their many instructors.
A few of the guys from our fire department came to the ceremony. From left: Chief-Eric, Richie, John, instructor- Lee, Jeff, and Terry
Jeff and John with their friend, Saunders, from the neighboring station in our area.
Our great friend Andy also made it to the ceremony. I John was very happy he was able to be there. (Jeff, Andy, John.)
John and me
Rachel and Jeff...
We all went out to eat after the ceremony at the Liberty Station, an old train station turned restaurant. It was delicious and we will definitely go there again in the future. We somehow convinced our very nice server to let us try a dessert. We were all stuffed but we all passed it around to get a taste.
I am so proud of John. He will always have training courses to take to keep up to date, but this was a big hurdle and the longest class he will have to take. I love that he commits himself to the community and our relationship. There will be times that he is about to sit down to dinner or fix the thing-a-ma-bob for me, and get called for his service. Being a firefighter is a continuous commitment. The fire department here is all volunteer and I know his services are appreciated and needed. I love you babe!
There were so many choices!
We all had a great time and enjoyed the ice cream.
There was a big turn out of volunteers...
and their families...
Shannon, Kristi, Rachel & Terri serving up all the ice cream...
Rachel took a turn... She was pretty good. We had basketball, football toss, and horseshoes...
The guys also played some footfall.
they had a lot fun...
We had the rental equipment for the whole weekend, so we set up the basketball game in the garage on Sunday.
We all gave it a try.
Chance and Richie came over to hang out too...
The guys moved into the basement room to play darts afterwards.
Chance, John and Jeff are really competitive when playing darts.
I don't remember who shot this, but yeah, they hit a bulls eye!
They concentrate so hard.
It was a long fun weekend. Again I would like to say thanks to Edy's Ice Cream and Grand Rental in Vinton, VA for their contributions. We were able to celebrate the great volunteers of Hardy and enjoy getting together and having fun, on a very small budget.
John and Jeff turning on the thing-a-ma-bob and shutting off the whatcya-ma-call-it!
The guys rolling out the hoses.
Rachel says this picture reminds her of top gun.
My muscular husband hard at work...
Jeff is rolling the hose back up...
My cute husband (I made him stop for a picture)
Jeff using his muscles...
John and Jeff are fully certified and covered by the insurance to drive the trucks... John was enjoying this opportunity...
Jeff was his eyes on the ground. They did the training at the marina and there were a lot of vehicles with boat trailers attached, so there was a lot to maneuver around.
Cody and Clark attached the engine to the waterline that feeds from the lake. (That's Cody's fiance watching them.
One more pose. Isn't he cute..
All in all it was a productive training class for the guys.
