Brigade Ball 2013

So this Thursday we went to another military ball to celebrate the end of a deployment...The military loves to celebrate the end of deployments and hey, why not? I would say that is celebration worthy. For those of you who don't know military lingo (Ha, I barely know it!) the general "order" in a brigade (at least for us currently) is Brigade-->Battalion-->Company.  Earlier this month we went to a battalion ball... and just last week we went to brigade. The brigade is a much larger pool of people and consequently a much larger ball. Make sense? Probably not but anyway the event was held at the Marriott at KoOlina. We are SO lucky to have so many fabulous options for balls here in Hawaii... I am pretty sure Fort Rucker Alabama didn't have quite as many huge, fancy resorts readily available (even though we adore Fort Rucker for many other reasons). Anyway.. the Marriott was beautiful and the ballroom huge with plenty of room and a fabulously up-kept Hawaiian landscape.  Overall a wonderful experience (minus the 90.00 dollar price tag per a person.. yes we have to pay attend) but I am glad we went and had an opportunity to see all of our friends!

They recognized all of the volunteers from the past year. It was a very sweet gesture but I am never a fan of public recognition. I am much happier at my seat but it was very nice to see all of the hardworking volunteers get awards, etc!

Our ball season has come to an end for a while!

and don't worry, this little lady was happy at home with a babysitter.

Overall we had a great weekend, I'll post more on that later! Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend!!

xoxo,

allie