Dining Out

Saturday evening, Ronnie's squadron celebrated their 95th anniversary with a formal dinner.  We got all gussied up.  Too bad you can't really see my handsome hubby.  That first kid of ours is TALL!  The best part of my ensemble, you ask.....oh yes, I wore the same earrings I wore to PROM with Ronnie!!  Just happened to have saved those black sparkly suckers for another special occasion.  Ah....prom....just like five years ago....ha!

Great evening.  Ronnie was the "Vice" (read MC), so I had to sit without him most of the evening, but it was still enjoyable.  He's so good at MCing type gigs.  He's pretty much "it" any time there's an event. The dining out was held at the Club with all the usual military traditions of a flying squadron.  Yes, grog bowl and all.  Yuck!  

We took a photo with all the kiddos before we left.

There was a gal there taking professional photos of all the couples.  I hope those turn out well.  Ronnie's parents were also there with us.  The squadron needed a big wig for a guest speaker, so since we just happen to know (and love!) a certain lieutenant general, he was invited to speak.  I don't have any pictures with them.  We got some taken there of all of us.  Looking forward to seeing those too.  Anyway, Ronnie's dad was amazing.  His speech was truly inspiring and spoke to all of us, not just the military folk.  The room was silent while he spoke.  I don't think I've ever witnessed Ronnie's squadron do anything silently.  Rowdy bunch!  And a very diverse crowd with super young enlisted guys, all the way up to vets that were part of the squadron during the Korean War.  Pretty hard to engage all of them, but he sure did.  It was cool.  Very proud to be his daughter-in-law.

I'll try to post some of the other photos when we get them.  You know how that goes with me though!  May or may not happen. ;)  In the meantime, this is my fav.....at Clayton's request!