The Guion Family: Travis vs. BEAST

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Travis vs. BEAST

Today I finally got another phone call from Travis. He is doing well and had some fun at BEAST last week. BEAST stands for Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training.

WEEK 6 activities:

SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape)
Deployment Briefing
BEAST

Click Here to see a quick video. It goes through an overview of what they do at BEAST.

If you know Trav at all...you know by the video this is right up his alley! While they were there he said that it was SO HOT! They had to wear about 70 lbs. of gear and only got to take it off at dinner time. He ended up getting sick while he was out there...with a 103 degree fever...but ended up convincing them to let him stay so he could finish! What a trooper he is. I couldn't be more proud. He is going to be an amazing Airman. It makes me so happy that there are men like Travis out there defending our country!

As of tomorrow there is only 1 week until Parker and I get to go see Travis! We are so excited...and by we, I mean me...because Parks has no idea what is going on no matter how many times I tell him!!! Please keep Travis in your prayers that he keeps feeling great and that he does fabulous on his evals this week!!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Awesome link Jamie! Thanks for sharing it! See you soon!
Love,
Anne; July 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM

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Travis and I met when he was a freshman at Eastern Washington University. Neither of us were looking to fall in love or even looking for someone to date...but fate stepped in and gave us a huge shove into a relationship that will last a lifetime. I graduated from EWU with my BA in Elementary Education with a Major in Mathematics and a Minor in Reading. I could not be happier with my decision to become a Teacher and feel it is what I was meant to do (along with being a Mommy). After I graduated, we fell in love with a little rescue puppy and just had to make him our own. We named him Deacon...and still have no idea what kind of dog he really is. We were married on September 8, 2007 at Central United Protestant Church in Richland, Washington. This is the same church where my parents and sister were married and the place where I feel the most connected to Christ. On October 18, 2008 we welcomed our son Parker James into the world (almost a week after his due date). He was totally determined to stay in my tummy. Parker is so curious and sweet. He truly keeps our lives interesting! In June of 2009 Travis graduated from EWU with his BA in Criminal Justice and Minors in Government and Sociology. We try to live everyday to the fullest and to live with no regrets. Travis joined the United States Air Force in June 2010. It was difficult to have him away from home for so long during training, but it was all for the greater good. In January of 2011 we packed up the U-Haul and moved to Oklahoma and our first duty station at Tinker Air Force Base. We were thrilled to welcome a baby girl into the world on August 29, 2011. We named her Delainey Kae and she totally completed our little family. Our children are our world and we are so blessed. There is no greater gift in life than family and we are well aware of it. We are so excited to start the next chapter of our lives as a family of 4 {living who knows where} and to see what else the Lord has in store for THE GUION FAMILY!