Family Day at the Range...

Today was such a fun day! We had a "Family Day" at the range since the guys are doing gunnery this week (qualifying on the tanks... that's right... actual tanks! Can you believe it?! Ha!) Originally, I wasn't going to go, but I am glad Robert took it upon himself to RSVP us. It was a blast (ha... no pun intended, but that was a good one) watching the tanks fire and taking a ride in tank Robert is gunner on. 

Alex, William, and Trey on the bus heading to the range!

Alex thought he was hot stuff riding without his car seat! :)
William doesn't want to go anywhere without his 3DS.

 Trey got to have two seats to himself... as long as he held onto the stroller (which we didn't use).

When we got to the range, they took us up to the tower viewing area where we got to see the tank fire at targets, just like they do during gunnery, while we listened to the soldiers in the tank over the radio. There were also some officers in the viewing area with us explaining what they were doing/going to do.

The view of the range from our seats

Alex (always cheesin') did a lot better than I expected with the loud BOOMS from the tank.

After we got to watch how awesome tanks are when they fire, we got to go down the hill (William fell down but is ok) and meet up with Daddy.

 William got to sit in Dad's seat!

Trey was sitting in the Tank Commander's seat!

They were both listening intently through the helmets (called CVCs) while Daddy explained what does what inside the tank while we were cruising along. At the other end of the track both big boys got to turn the turret (where the gun is) around. I thought I was going to puke! Ha!

 Robert sticking out of the turret to see where we are. I, personally, love this picture.

This is by far my favorite picture. It was taken by some from the Regiment. You can see more pictures from the day here. We are in a few of them, so check them out! (You may have to be logged into Facebook to see them. I'm not sure.)

I hope you all have enjoyed seeing these as much as we enjoyed our day! Next time I will try to remember my camera so I don't have to use my awful camera phone. I was rushed by a certain man in these pictures, but I am not pointing the fingers at anyone. Hehe