dégradés de verts' photostream

I am absolutely in love with tilt shifts - I'm not really sure why. Plus, San Diego has my heart foreverrr, but my husband doesn't know that yet ;3

Ha, and I'm oddly obsessed with this cover of the promise :')♥

AMTV. Sweats. Denny’s. Chai tea latte. Avocado chicken sandwich. Broken car doors. Fresh sunflowers. Marines. Shiny rings. Vows. Kisses. I love you’s. Chinese food. Laughs. Odd conversations. Endless flow of love. Strong winds. Ice cream cake. Congratulations Josh & Adele. January 11, 2012.

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Joshua hugging his grandpa, retired Marine & Viet. veteran, at his boot camp graduation.

Last year, Josh's grandpa gave Josh his Marine Corps Veteran ring which pushed Josh to start his career as a US Marine. After climbing the reaper in his last week of boot camp, Josh received his eagle, globe, & anchor pin - meaning, he is officially a US Marine.

On Josh's graduation day, after the ceremony, Josh found his grandpa in the crowd and walked up to him with a huge grin on his face. He shook his grandpas hand, and put his arms out for a hug. Josh let go, and took the EGA that he had earned & put it in his grandpas hand. He said to him, "Your ring represented all the hard work you put in serving your country and to get where you're at now. This ring sparked my flame to become a Marine. Now, I'm giving you my EGA pin in replacement of the ring you had given me."

They started to hug again while tears started to roll down their faces.

As you can see, Josh's grandpa (and all of us) are extreeeeemely proud of him! This was the most touching moment I have ever seen ♥

He's finally mine ♥

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