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                                          Recent Adventures - June 06                                                        

                                      COLONEL KEITH MONTEITH

                                RETIRES FROM THE US AIR FORCE


                                                       Shadow Box         Keith's Cake

                                    The entire family joined Keith and Marci in Washington DC for Keith's retirement after 28 years of service!

                                 Emily and Ken   Siblings2   Mom, Dad, and Kevin
                                          Ken and Emily                                Keith, Kevin, and Clada                                       Mom, Dad and Kevin


          Keith's good friend, Brian, joined him for the event, and we all celebrated in preparation of the next day's official ceremony. 
                        We started with margueritas, and then had a fabulous family dinner prepared by Marci.

   Brian Mills    Marci with Marguerita    Dinner    Dinner2  
                   Brian                                                  Marci                                     Mom, Dad, Kevin, & Emily                                          We had a feast!

    
                                                                 Keith with Hat  Keith enjoys a Texas gift


                       

                                    Then it was time for foosball competitions, with Kevin winning no matter who his partner was...

                                 Clada, Kevin, Em and Ken Playing Foosball     Kevin and Clada Winning


                                                        Then it was time for the big retirement ceremony!


                          Recognition4   Recognition3    Recognition2  

                                                          The elegant ceremony was held in The Pentagon


           Family Picture   Siblings   Mom and Dad

                                                             We all enjoyed the reception afterwards!


                                                                     Retirement Beer

   Dad and Beer    Ken2   Emily2   Marci
                         Yeah!!  Free Beer!


                                Kevin Entertains    Ceremony Food2    Ceremony Food

 
      After the formal ceremony and reception, we celebrated Dad's 79th birthday as well as Keith's retirement at
                                             a wonderful Old Town Alexandria restaurant.

Dad and Keith  Clada and Mom  Kevin and Emily

                       Mom and Dad2   Mom and Dad3


                                  Then, the gifts had to be opened.....


Dad's Birthday  Keith and Shorts    Ken   I'm not sure Ken is impressed with the shorts...


                                       And there was time for other stuff, too!
              
Keith's Plane    Kevin Flashbacks   Keith as Civilian
           We took a ride to see Keith's plane and Kevin had flashbacks of his F-18 Hornet days!                           Keith as a full-fledged civilian
                                                                                                                                                                                at Eastern Market


                                               CONGRATULATIONS, KEITH!  WE'RE PROUD OF YOU!


                                                                        Monteiths  
                                                                          Our last visit to Keith's in D.C. since they are off to St Louis!