Trooper Charlie
Photo Shoot
July 24, 2009

Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps that Shaun is a member of, had a request for families and others to send items to put on their "Inspiration Wall" during finals week in Indianapolis, Indiana. This tradition started many, many years ago when Troopers received telegrams to wish them good luck. They would all be put up on a wall for everyone to see and read. The tradition has continued, but has progressed to letters, pictures, posters, and what ever the fans think of to send. Ray and I decided that we wanted to make a poster with Charlie wishing them good luck, since many in Troopers loved Charlie when we took him to Denver with us to see the Troopers. We had a photo shoot with Charlie (with sausage as the bribery) the other day, and this top picture is the one we chose for our poster. We ordered a 16 x 20 inch poster and was able to include Love Mom, Dad and Charlie at the bottom right corner in yellow print to match the scarf. It turned out really nice. I need to get it in the mail for Shaun this week so it will get there in time to be on the 2009 Troopers Inspiration Wall. We have included some of his other pictures that were runner-ups, along with some bloopers.

Bloopers