With the advent of last Saturday night's CAMAN Ball we have now entered full-blown Mardi Gras Madness. What a delightful evening we had, all dolled up in our finery. We toasted royalty old and new, second-lined to "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" while bedecked in pink feather boas, tapped our feet to the Marine Corps Jazz Band, and honored our flag with a Joint Color Guard. There was even tasty banquet food, and -- of course -- plenty of libations!
Probably the best thing about the weekend, though, was the visit of our friends, Mary and Kendall Penn. He returned from his second tour in Iraq less than a month ago -- this time he served as commander of the 39th BCT and Mary served on the homefront as a strong and admirable first lady. They also learned just last week that Kendall is on the promotion list and will be soon be getting his first star! I just LOVE pinning ceremonies! Let's just hope that Congress doesn't sit on the list too long -- that kind of worries me with a new administration coming in. Some Senator with an agenda against another nominee held up Pepper's second star for 18 months!
Don't the Paulsons and Penns look festive!
I didn't know about Kendall's promotion!!
ReplyDeleteThose darned politicians!!