well the last couple of days has been so much fun. we went to vegas for the marine corps ball and my queasiness went away a couple hrs into the trip so i was so relieved! wendy's grandmother did our hair and i did both of our's makeup. we barely made it back to the hotel with 30mins to spare before cocktail hour but we were fashionably late as kris said so it was ok :P when he opened the room door when i finally got there, he was speechless. i love doing that to this guy - he just stares and stutters and can't believe what he's looking at lol we got dressed and mingled with a bunch of his friends which was really nice and kris finally got to show me off to everyone. and can you say baby bump?! all his friends are excited and we had a great time! we mingled some more and we were all over the ball room! finally the ceremony started and it was so cool to see sgt maj who is like 87 talk about WWII, korea, vietnam etc and he just retired this year! i mean talk about motivated! and i was so touched when he mentioned the wives and said how proud he was of us and all that we do for our men, that it is because of us that they are strong when they're away. it really blew my mind. he had an amazing sense of humor as well! he started off the speech with 'my folks invented poverty. i ran around naked and when i was 2, my pop got me a hat so i can look out the window' hehe.. it was so cool. then ed and kris ran up to him after the speech like kids with a new toy to snap pix with sgt maj. we had the chicken entree for dinner and it was a lot better than i expected. i got a 2nd serving and had a bite of cake before i went and boogied away on the dance floor with ssgt hodgen's wife and ssgt siphan's wife. we had a lot of fun and the girls we just a bit tipsy haha it was so funny when i was socializing with ivy (ssgt siphan's wife), and ssgt siphan turned to kris and said 'just cause they're friends doesn't make us friends - you wanna beer?' lol he's a hoot! overall it was an amazing night with amazing people and amazing friends and now we're back in good 'ol 29 and i can't wait to take off for thanksgiving weekend!