Ball night!

Last night was our last big event with 5-1 Cav...and my last Saturday in Alaska!!! Wahoo! I should start by saying I LOOOOVVVVE military balls for the same reason I always loved prom. I get to dress up and be pretty! It always takes me all day to get dressed. Well not really but I always allot all day to pampering myself and getting beautiful!! Of course this Saturday I was a little more busy than I would have liked to be because I had to get all our washing done so we would be ready to pack up our clothes for the move! But anywho! I started off by painting my nails and then of course sitting for a while and doing nothing...you have to let them dry you know! I have to say painting your nails with a one year old who wants to help is pretty trying. After I painted my toe nails Lane held up his feet and said "feeeet, feeeet." He wanted his done too! After the drying I headed off to get my hair done. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted. I had thought of putting it all the way up, then I thought half up because my dress was strapless, but I had also thought of doing a side ponytail. So when I got to my AMAZING hairdresser's she and I decided to do the side pony...it was something different and fun! I am going to miss Maggie (my hairdresser) so much. I've never fallen in love with a hairdresser but I have her. She can do things to my hair I never thought possible! It kind of looks braided...but it's not.So after the hair I headed home and did a little more laundry. Then of course I took my sweet time doing my makeup. The sitters, Samantha and Megan, showed up around 4:30. The boys were so excited to have them over. Aaron had to put me in my dress which takes time! The back laces up and then he has to tighten it up just like a corset. I was so in love with this dress from the moment I saw it. It was elegant but still fun with the peak-a-boo green. I actually ordered it off ebay. Aaron would tell everyone that my dress came from China since that is where the seller was. But I ordered the dress and then had to send them my measurement. So the dress was custom made just for me. How exciting. You would have thought I had won the lottery the day I finally got to try it on!!!This was the first ball that Aaron got to wear his Stetson and Spurs to. As I was helping Aaron get on his spurs Logan asked, "Daddy are you going to ride a horse tonight!" We had pictures made at the ball which should be back in about two weeks. I'm interested to see how they turned out. Our hands are posed kind of funny so I hope it looks ok. The photographer was obsessed with my "bling" and wanted to show off all my diamonds...so of course we couldn't leave out the engagement ring! We shall see! LOLThe ball was a blast and a lot less talking than normal. Which was great because that meant more time for mingling and dancing! Aaron isn't much of a dancer...like a lot of the other guys...so us girls enjoyed a fun time on the dance floor. Sad thing was I realized just how old I was getting. I had never heard half the songs they were playing. We all agreed this music was outside our generation! "Stanky leg"....what in the world is that! But oh well we danced away! When one of the songs from "our generation" came on about half the dance floor left...but we sang every word and dance it up! That was the most dancing I had done since before I had kids! It was a blast!!!

Us with the Taylor'sAaron and Matt...his platoon sergeant.

Oh wait..."Tiff, you were not suppose to snap it yet!!!!" --Matt. Haha...caught ya anyway!!! Here they are being a little more classy...take two!Wow...these guys are just too cool for words! Aaron, Boardman, Denny, and PaulThe "gun slingers!"

Kristi, Becky, and IAnd I had to throw this one in...Logan was just being cute this morning.So I'm off to pack up our stuff...we are suitcase living for about the next 30 days!!!!