Salute Battery's and New Years

Today the LT was in charge of a salute battery for a LTG's funeral. Here are some pictures on the 25thID Flickr page. Everything went pretty well, they only had one misfire, out of 15 fires, not to bad, but I don't know much about it. HA! Anyways, I thought I'd share the pictures here, there are a lot of them, and there are some of the LT, front and center, even though they're wearing the Greens they all look great!

I can't believe it's the end of year, and on top of that, it's the end of a decade, a whole 10 years, and that just makes me crazy to think. 10 years ago I was getting ready for second semester of freshman year, and I never even imagined I'd be married, let alone a birth mom and an Army wife. I couldn't be happier with the way my life turned out. And I can't wait to see how the next 10 years go!

We're going to ring in the new year with our neighbors, one of our neighbors is home on R&R, and another's parents are in town, so it should be a great time! We're going to have lots of food and great conversations and just a lot of fun. I'm certainly looking forward to it!! I found a recipe for Red Lobster's stuffed mushrooms, so I'm going to give those a try, the ones I made the other day were alright, but I just didn't really like them. And I might make the cheddar bay biscuits, and I will be making Chicken Divan...it should be GREAT!!!

Happy New Year ya'll!!!

Merry Christmas Ya'll!

Hubby's Cooking

The LT is a GREAT cook. And I LOVE when he cooks, mostly because it means I don't have to. I did however, tonight, make the garlic bread. We stopped by the commissary to get a few things, and they have fresh french bread loaves at the check out line, so we grabbed one, it was so good.

He made hamburger steaks with mushrooms and onions, gravy for him (he cheated and used a packet), succotash, au gratin potatoes that were actually loaded baked potato flavored, which were pretty yummy! 

After dinner I made this really good pumpkin and caramel cake. 

This is a sheet cake, cut into thirds and then stacked with cream cheese icing in between, and caramel and almonds on top, it was really good!!

Saint Barbara's Ball

So Friday we went to the Ball, it was fun, despite a headache, I did have a good time. The food was really good, and the company even better. They gave the Order of Saint Barbara award and the Order of Molly Pitcher award, the description of them is below, found them off wikipedia, I know, it's not a very good source, but the info is pretty accurate. But here are some pictures!!

Before, trying to get some Christmas Card pics

Before, trying to get some Christmas Card pics

the LT with the MC

Waiting for the evening to begin

Roast and Chicken, it was really good

Place setting and program, somehow I did not have a name tag, oh well! ha

 Order of Saint Barbara is a military honor society of the US for both the US Army and the US Marine Corps Artillery, including field artillery and Air Defense Artillery.

The award is named for Saint Barbara, the patron saint of artillerymen. Saint Barbara day falls on December 4th and is traditionally recognized by a formal Dining-In or military ball, often involving presentations of the Order of Saint Barbara.

The Honorable Order of Molly Pitcher is also bestowed by the U.S. Field Artillery Association (USFAA) and the Air Defense Artillery Association (ADAA) to recognize women who have voluntarily contributed in a significant way to the improvement of the U.S. Field Artillery or Air Defense Artillery Communities.

Mary Ludwig Hays was born in 1744 to a German dairy farmer in Pennsylvania. She began her career as a maid to Dr. William Irvine at age 13. She later retired to marry John Casper Mc Cauly, a barber. In 1775 he enlisted in the Colonial Artillery and Mary was there every step of the way. At the Battle of Monmouth she used a pitcher to carry water from a nearby spring to thirsty and dying soldiers, even to her former employer, Dr. Irvine. After her husband was wounded, she took over his cannon. These deeds earned her recognition from George Washington and her nickname, Molly Pitcher. 

*all information is from wikipedia.com*

As Promised, the pictures

Doing work before the formation...

Saying the Oath...

Pinning my husband :) 

SOOOO Proud of him, the first thing person he thanked was ME, melted my heart!!

No longer a butter bar, he's my handsome 1LT now, and boy I couldn't be more proud of him!!