We attended the Marine Corp Ball in honor of the 236th Birthday of the founding of the Marine Corp on 11/11/11. (The birthday is actually 11/10/11.) We sat at a table with friends from work and it was a blast! I'm thankful we got to sit with them, because otherwise it would have been very awkward - there were 400 people there and we probably knew another 20 total people there. I was planning on having a dress made at the Fabric Souk here - but found a dress already made at the Fabric Souk for 7KD or approx. $25USD! It was in the Indian Heritage store at the souk and so fun!
Megan and Kylie helped me figure out jewelry - I ended up wearing a necklace that my Mom had given me from junk jewelry my grandmother had and a pair of earrings that Megan made this summer with Grammy! They looked great with the dress! Dan wore his nice tux and we had an 8th grader come babysit our kiddos!
The Ball was held at Dan's work outside - and it was a perfect night! Dan commented that you can actually do that somewhere where there is virtually no chance of rain (i.e. in the desert!)! The father of one of our friends was the Guest Speaker, so that made it even more fun - he's currently commanding in Afghanistan and it was a pleasure to meet him and hear him speak! I'm so glad we went - it was such a fun night - had a crazy group of guys DJing that kept playing weirdly slow beats, we got to watch a whole slew of women who were clearly not from work dancing in very different dresses, lots of Marines there to celebrate and really yummy food! They did a great job and we had a great time!
Our fancy outfits
Dan and Kristen
Stephanie and Tony
Erin and Josh
Zac and Cara
Mat and Jill
Our fabulous table with lots of wonderful salads set out - then they had a buffet line for the main course! And a dessert buffet line, too!
The infamous Bread Bowl - that we couldn't figure out if it was actually a bowl made out of super hard bread or just plastic made to look like bread - until Zac broke it apart and we learned it was really bread!
Josh trying a small piece of the bread bowl and Mat examining it closely
The Dance Floor set up and lighting
One table in the back of the area set aside for the Marines who gave their lives for their countries and can only join in in spirit.
1 comment:
So glad you got to attend this and that it was such a fun, special evening for you. What a bargain on the beautiful dress and the jewelry was perfect.
I'm sure the kids had a fun evening with a big 8th grader.
Missing you all!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXO
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