Christmas

This Christmas was a simple but good. Being away from family is always hard, but we have a family of friends. We were well fed as you will read. Christmas eve, we went to one of my co-workers house who lives with her family. It was a full house because they had company in town, but we had good laughs and stayed late hanging out. Christmas morning, we were surprised by a call from family in Japan. It was nice, they were getting ready for bed, because it was midnight in Japan and saw that I was online and called. I woke David up and was so happy to talk to his cousin. We had a wonderful turkey and ham for lunch at David's co-workers house and awesome brisket at one of my co-workers house for dinner! We are blessed to have so many friends.

Merry Christmas!

Cake

David's mom got me a cake decorating kit for my birthday. I love it! I've already made on cake...as you can see below, and I'm making a cake for a friend tomorrow. I'm putting it to good use already!

Christmas Party

My friend Katie and I



My Friend Leslie & I with our husbands



David the Nutcracker



Me on our way to the party


We had it at a VFW - so we got our sodas free
We had yummy food, good music, and good company.
I had a lot of fun with my date and friends!

Birthday

A few weeks ago it was my birthday. We had gone out the previous weekend to PF Changs and had great food! I love that place. On my birthday, a few friends came over and had cake with us.


Also that day, my friends from work took me out for lunch at Olive Garden. It was a blast and we got back to work late...the server forgot our soup, and it was just perfect!

Festivities

It's that time of year again, christmas trees, christmas lights, presents, and the best...baking!

Today, we put up our christmas tree and re-organized the front room.



We also did some baking. We made some bark.




I got an early birthday present



And the dogs even got along today!

Peeping Tom

We have our own little peeping tom.

Marine Corp Ball

Every year, David and I go to the Marine Corp Ball. This year, his work only has 12 active duty marines and 1 navy corpsman. But they have 90 reservist who were also required to come. The past couple of years, due to his large commands, it was only his work. This year, it was nice to see a lot of retired marines to come and their families. David and I were able to sit with our good friends, eat horrible food, and due to exhaustion, leave before the dancing even started! i think we were asleep before 11 pm that night! Some of my highlights for the day:
1. Got my toes done
2. Got ready with my good friend Thaomee
3. Thought my 2 friends and I looked the best. We didn't look like hookers like half of the wives/girlfriends did.

It was nice because David wasn't in the ceremony so we were able to sit next to each other.

Here is a picture of my friend Thaomee and I.


Thank you Jeni for making me such a beautiful custom dress! I love you! And Thaomee also made her way awesome dress!