On Saturday, September 18th, Tyndall Air Force Base held the annual Air Force Ball. Each year bases hold a ball to commemorate the anniversary of the Air Force becoming a branch... it's birthday into the United States military. We went with our friends Dennis and Lisa. Dennis and Shaun work together at AFRL.The night started off a little shaky. Because USAFA was in such a close football game against Oklahoma, Shaun took a little longer in getting ready in his mess dress, anxiously waiting to see the outcome of his alma mater. (PS, we won! Go Falcons!!) Unfortunately, that ran us a little late for the ball. Combine that with poor traffic driving out to Panama City Beach, not being sure of where we were going, and then waiting for a shuttle to get us from the parking lot to the resort center, and we were definitely walking in way past the call to be seated.
We missed the introductory festivities and the toasts, but slipped in as they were serving the dinner. After some seating snafus (namely the lack of our seats at the AFRL table, finding an open table, and then being scolded by one of the organizers for not being at our table, which we couldn't have done), we sat down and enjoyed our meal, not with the AFRL group as we had anticipated, but with the good company of some members of the Medical group at Tyndall. They were very welcoming and we had a good time. Then after meeting several people, listening to a little live music, and eating some Air Force birthday cake, we decided to head back home.
Shaun and I with our friends Dennis and Lisa
Shaun and his coworkers from AFRL
Dennis and Lisa in the lobby -- such a cute couple! :)
Shaun and I before we called it a night.Happy 63rd birthday, Air Force! Next year we'll be prompt! :)
We had fun, but it was really lame you couldn't sit at our table. You looked beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou looked gorgeous, Amber! Want to be stationed at the same base so we can go to balls together? K, good plan :-) We miss you two! Oh, and I feel like watching that Oklahoma game was a perfectly good reason to be late (although, it could've ended better, but oh well.) We would have stayed to watch it too!
ReplyDeleteAlso, congratulations on your teaching job!!! Your classroom looks adorable. I bet your kids just love you!
We're still working on Amber's football fan skills, it was a good game, but we did lose :(
ReplyDeleteHaha, the fact that Amber remembers who we were playing is a start!
Oh, you guys look so beautiful!
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