Well, last night was the 230th Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Officer’s Ball.  Since Rob just made officer at the beginning of this year, this was our first Officer’s Ball.  It was held at the Pala Casino about half an hour from here, and we had a wonderful time!  There are a couple of pictures in the Main Picture Gallery from last night.  We have another ball (the Battalion Ball) coming up November 17th in Vegas.  That’s a long way to go for a birthday ball.  Rob will definitely be there because he’s going to be part of the sword detail for the ceremony.  I have yet to decide if I’m going to be there or not.  I just don’t know if I’m ready to leave the kids overnight.

Last week was of course also Halloween.  Damian dressed up at Tigger and Kadence was Piglet.  The kids were oh so cute.  We took them to the mall for trick-or-treating.  Half way through the night Damian stripped off his costume and trick-or-treated in his t-shirt, diaper and sandals.  We finally convinced him to let us buy him a pair of pants in Sears so he wasn’t walking around the mall half-naked.  There are pictures in the Gallery of Halloween night.

What are your plans for the holidays?  Going any where special?  Have you been good this year?  Can you believe Christmas is just round the corner?  Do we have your current mailing address?  If you’ve moved since last year, please make sure to send us your new mailing address.

We are getting excited about the holidays being just around the corner.  This will be Kadence’s first Christmas, Damian’s 3rd.  Damian will really get into it this year we’re sure!  We’ve created gift registries (look on your left in the grey column), for both kids as well as one for Rob and I together.  The registries are at amazon.com.