Catch-up(Christmas)

some of you may have known we were suppost to be heading home to Florida for Christmas, but the AF had different plans for us, so we ended up staying in MO for Christmas Eve and Day.
{we went to FL the day after Christmas}


Our Dear friends, The Allen's, had us over for Christmas Eve Dinner.

This is a picture of Lil B before we left for Christmas Eve Dinner.

{She's Dancing}

Family photo at The Allen's with ofcourse Avery too!

BFF's!

Blakely of course got to open one gift on Chrismas Eve and it was her Christmas PJ's...which she helped pick out(I can't say no!). And afterward they played with The Allen girls American doll girls....this is the one Blakely 'LOVED' and wouldn't put down.

We found it quite funny b/c the doll looked just like her! (she will be getting this one for her B-Day).

We came home after dinner and put out Sant's milk and cookies and ofcourse the reindeers carrots(she wouldn't let us forget to feed them! I think she must have read this in a book at school or something, because she just kept telling us they "needed food" too.

Daddy and Mommy stayed up last ofcourse putting things together and wrapping some last minute things....check out my cutie here!

ALL DONE! Santa came....and it was time for a night cap....

THE NEXT MORNING....she didn't know what to think. She just walked around, looking at everything and then finally screamed out! "Santa brought me a Doll House!"

Opening present....

She had to stop and play with everything and ofcourse try everything on!

At some point she got upset about something and was making this face:

Test driving her scooter with Daddy!

Atlast after all the excitement of opening gifts for 2 hours...she was worn out! She told us she was tired and wanted to just watch Max and Ruby....and so she did, with her trust-y sidekick, Maxx.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Baby!

Work Christmas Parties

Love the Holiday's and all the parties we get to attended and play dress-up!

393rd Christmas Party

My handsome hubby!

Time to Dance!

Colleen{my partner in crime} and me!

Close up of Ben and me!

I would like to introduce you to the WORLD's greatest babysitter, this is Tabitha! She is a local college student here in The Burg and we feel ohhhhhh so grateful that she watches Lil B(and loves her dearly). This is us trying to take a picture on my phone.

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Now for the 509th Wing Christmas Party. It had a price for 100 bucks for the winner.
So I whipped up the ugliest sweater for my man, which looked like a girl sweater.

I am pretty sure that 98% of Christmas sweaters that men wear ARE girl sweaters though.

Judging time....

{Ben would have won, but they gave the price to the enlisted guys}

Our men with their beautiful sweaters. Don't Judge!

Us girls.

This is the end of the night...can you tell?!?!

HAPPY HOLIDAY'S!!

B2 Graduation

Here are some pictures from Ben's graduation night! It turned out to be such a success!
Ever graduating class puts together a ceremony, afterward heavy hors d'oeuvres are served, and a little socializing.

Ben got the Academic Award! I was so proud of him. He studied a ton, so he totally deserved it!
The guys also presented the wives with bouquets of flowers(Ben was put in charge of this assignment, so he got gerber daisy for all of us, because they are my favorite), and then the squadron commanders wife also presented us with a B2 pendant. Very sweet! We also found out the next squadron we will be going too....The 393rd TIGERS!!! Whoooo-Hooooo!

Congrats IQT-09B! Amazing Job!

Fly-over!

Here a little glimpse of my husband's rock-star moment! He's 15 minutes of fame! He got to meet Joe Namath and be on TV! During the half-time show they took them out onto the field and introduced them. We had several friends at the game, who got to see him it in person, and many, many more that called us all day telling us that they saw him on TV.

He said after the game, they went and took pictures down on the field with everyone. Then they went and hung out and party with all the fans afterward. He said they were treated like "rock stars", people asking for autographs and wanted to take pictures with them everywhere they went that night. They didn't have to buy one drink that day to say the least.

He also said that he got many moms coming up to them, asking if they were available! I told him to enjoy his moment of fame, because he as to come back to reality with a wife and child soon enough!

They video is crappy because I recorded from my TV to my phone, so I could send it to Ben to see. Pilots names: Lt. Col Allen(Kegger), Capt. Smith(Cuffs), Capt. Walters(Shank), and Lt. Boman(Jbo).

Daddy loves me!

Daddy took some pictures of Lil B in action! She enjoys laying out her blanket and placing all sorts of things on it! Balls, balloons, babies, purse, money . . .everywhere her little heart desire's!

Ben's First B2 Flight

Two years after moving to Missouri, Ben has finely flown the B2 Stealth Bomber, and I can't describe the joy in his eyes when he got off that plane! It made me want to cry.

When we were in pilot training at Sheppard AFB, the B2 was the first aircraft that he had put on his wishlist. Of course, you all know we ended up with the B52. Which was some of our best times in the Air Force, but that was really not part of Ben's plan. He was determined to try and complete is goal/dream of flying the Stealth, and here we are! It's like watching a movie of someone else's life! He is such a goal oriented person and I am so proud to have him as my husband and inspirational father to our child!

Ok, enough of that! I did get to go up in the tower to get to watch him do a Touch and Go(this is when the practices making landings and then take off with out making a complete stop). Once I got up there I realized how small the tower was, how high it was, and that I was completely surrounded by windows! So after watching him complete one T and G, I had to get out of there! I felt hot, faint, and dizzy! Another appreciation for the people in the control towers! To top it off, Ben got the fly his first time in the Spirit of Florida! How cool is that! You can't just pick a bomber you want to fly, they give them out and tell you what jet you are flying, so when he found out he was flying the Spirit of Florida it was just icing on the cake!

233 Years Going Strong!

Happy 4th of July!

hope your days is wonderful and you celebrate the 233 years of freedom!

with your family and friends. . .

and to my wonderful hubby that isn't here with us in Florida! We love you and are thankful for your hard work for beautiful US of A!

miss me???

wow, time has not been on my side since being in Florida. we have stayed busy up until today and it starts all over tomorrow! meaning we have lots of stuff on our agenda the rest of the week.

here's what we have been up to so far:
{i will also go into my details on later post, but for now, i am stealing pictures from other people because smart me left my USB cord at home and haven't been able to download pictures yet!}


we had another beach portrait session with the lovely and talented Ms. Tiffany with Avant Images.
Head over and see some more!





Then my God Son, Brennan turned 3 and had a Barn Yard Themed Party.





I ofcourse made him a cake{that's it right there, melting in the 100 degree heat.} and ofcourse Blakely was front and center when the birthday boy blew out his candles!






Look how big Blakely is getting, I just love her.





Next, was my 10 year High School reunion! I will post more pictures once I get my USB cord.
I think everyone in my class has gotten even more beautiful with time!