Hamilton Family

We have spoken to a family friend who works for the United States Air Force in a field that Payden is highly interested in. This family friend answered a lot of Payden’s question and is a constant support system for him and we are excited to have him at our side through this whole process. Payden spoke to an officer recruiter yesterday and he has to start the application this weekend, take the officer acceptance test next month. After the test and application have been submitted we start the waiting game. There will be a review board in September/October and the results of who can enter into the program will be posted in December. Although I am scared of this long process my husband is still feeling confident that he can do it and I am so proud to see him. He is working so hard to prepare himself and to get his body into shape so that after he is accepted (that’s how we are thinking, this is going to happen) he is ready to go and to work hard to start this new journey for our family. W

Flag Day each year is a day that many people typically overlook. It isn’t Memorial Day and it isn’t Fourth of July, we don’t get the day off to celebrate and people don’t host BBQ’s for family and friends. But for Payden and me, Flag Day this year would be a day that we will remember forever, a day that will completely change our future and start this new chapter in our lives together. Flag Day 2013 was the day Payden and I made the serious decision to start the process of him joining the United States Air Force. I have spent several years preparing myself to become a Police Officer’s wife, which in itself is a lot of work but after a few years of trying to join the Wichita Police Academy and having no luck due to the low acceptance number (and the large applicant numbers) we started to discuss other options. While dating in High School; Payden always made me very aware of the fact that he wanted to join the military and I know still to this day that the reason he did not join then was