What an amazing and busy weekend we've had in the Westpfahl household. This past Thursday, November 8th, my husband and I had the honor of attending the 3D Combat Engineer Batallion 237th Birthday Ball in San Diego California. Let me tell you, that was one heck of a good time! I got to get my hair done, do my makeup all fancy, and wear a nice dress. My husband looked handsome as ever in his Dress Blue Alphas, a fresh hair cut, and a clean shave. He definitely knows how to look good. The events of the evening involved a formal presentation from the Commanding Officer as well as a guest speaker. In addition to that, there was a lot of drinking and a lot of ridiculous dance moves.
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| Our "formal" picture from the evening! Sadly my hair had started falling out at this point! |
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| Lovely iPhone quality photo from during dinner! |
The following day we took the opportunity to stop in San Diego to do some shopping and go to the ocean. Where we live we really don't have anything - 30 minutes from Wal Mart, 90 or so from Target, and over 2 hours from Hobby Lobby! Although it was a little chilly for us in the 50-60 degree weather we did enjoy seeing the ocean! I also managed to score a few needed things from Hobby Lobby!
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| My husband and I at Del Mar beach on Camp Pendleton! |
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| My minimal Hobby Lobby loot! |
In addition, with it being Veteran's Day weekend we always want to take time to thank our veterans - current, past, and future. I am lucky enough to be married to the most handsome veteran on the planet and we enjoyed the day together. Here are a collection of my favorite photos of us together with him in uniform from over the past two years!
And, some people may call us crazy for this but I don't care! Today we went out and bought our first Christmas tree and set of ornaments and lights! We will be back in Wisconsin for a week next week and then both of our birthdays are quickly after that so we knew this weekend would be the best time to get that purchased and set up. We went with a non-prelit tree with white lights and an array of blue of ornaments. I am extremely happy with how pretty it is!
Well, that's all I have for you at this point, but before I go, one last piece of photo goodness for your entertainment purposes. My husband and I shaved our dog last week, and he insisted on giving him a MoHawk. I'm not sure how I feel about this, but he seems to be enjoying it thus far! Cheers!
And, some people may call us crazy for this but I don't care! Today we went out and bought our first Christmas tree and set of ornaments and lights! We will be back in Wisconsin for a week next week and then both of our birthdays are quickly after that so we knew this weekend would be the best time to get that purchased and set up. We went with a non-prelit tree with white lights and an array of blue of ornaments. I am extremely happy with how pretty it is!
