It's official!

Nigel was sworn in last night with the Oregon State Police department. Wow, what a year it has been getting to this point. He left yesterday, he had to report to the academy at noon and then we went for the "Swearing In" ceremony at 6:30. Caden got to pin Nigel's badge on him, although he didn't really do too much. But, he liked the idea of helping. Nigel is excited to be getting started, however, he's not thrilled with the idea of another "boot camp". We are going to miss him so much over the next 6 months. He'll be able to come home every weekend after the first month, but those weekends don't last long enough :) I am so incredibly proud of him and excited for what's going to come out of this. This is a dream come true for Nigel, so he's definitely right where he wants to be. We love you, Nige, and we can't wait for this to be over! Oh yeah, I almost forgot . . . the cutest thing, Caden kept saying to Nigel, "You're a policeman daddy? You're a policeman?" He's so excited for daddy to have a police car :)

"I, Nigel Schnackenberg, do solemnly swear . . ."

Caden's "pinning" his badge on!

So exciting!

The whole crew!