Usually I throw away the free local magazine delivered in our mailbox every month. But since my husband & I realized we need to date each other now that we have 3 children, I hung on tight this time. I noticed an advertisement for a 1940s WWII Ball & it made the history loving part of me giddy. There was a USO style show with impersonators (Frank Sinatra was my favorite), swing lessons (with over 1,000 people in attendance we didn't get a turn), dancing, food, a sky dive jump, & the planes. Luckily my husband loves planes & there were plenty of them scheduled to be there. He even was willing to, and amazingly fit into, my grandfather's dress blues from World War II. (My grandfather was a full 6" shorter than Dan, so yeah, it's a magic uniform.) It helped that costumes were "strongly recommended" and part of the attraction for me to go. I'm glad we were able to pull off the outfits because there is nothing like having strangers complimenting you by taking your picture & telling you to sign up for the costume contest. We totally would have done it if it wasn't scheduled to begin at 11pm. Sorry, but Michelle won't take a bottle, so we were home by 10. But we had a GREAT time!
Here we are by the Grumman Wildcat. The next 2 photos are of us by our favorite plane, the TBM Avenger. It's amazing how huge it looks from the outside & how small it was on the inside. The Avenger was one of the planes on my grandfather's jeep air craft carrier, the USS Gilbert Islands. (There's a Wiki article on the ship & the plane if you want to look it up.)
The pilot took the next one of us by the cockpit. It's my favorite picture of the day.
A great surprise was seeing my friend, Iris, & her husband (wearing his father's WWII Army uniform). I hadn't seen Iris since the last time I subbed at the school in September. After the swine flu & morning sickness came along in October, I didn't sub for the rest of the year... and probably won't sub again for a very long time.
On the way out I fell into a jeep while trying to look at it & Dan took the picture. My dad likes the ones Dan took of just me because he thinks it's obvious I love the man behind the camera. (:
Here we are by the Grumman Wildcat. The next 2 photos are of us by our favorite plane, the TBM Avenger. It's amazing how huge it looks from the outside & how small it was on the inside. The Avenger was one of the planes on my grandfather's jeep air craft carrier, the USS Gilbert Islands. (There's a Wiki article on the ship & the plane if you want to look it up.)
The pilot took the next one of us by the cockpit. It's my favorite picture of the day.
A great surprise was seeing my friend, Iris, & her husband (wearing his father's WWII Army uniform). I hadn't seen Iris since the last time I subbed at the school in September. After the swine flu & morning sickness came along in October, I didn't sub for the rest of the year... and probably won't sub again for a very long time.
On the way out I fell into a jeep while trying to look at it & Dan took the picture. My dad likes the ones Dan took of just me because he thinks it's obvious I love the man behind the camera. (:
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