Vintage Victuals Giveaway

I keep posting about giveaways ... hoping that someday I will win something ... here's to continuuing to hope!!
I found the Vintage Victuals (click on the name to check it out!) website on a whim one day while "blurking" through other blogs - and it has some of the BEST recipes on there!! Everytime I try a new recipe, Michael asks, "Is this a blog recipe?? Then it should be good". And it is. Recipes made from scratch just taste SO delicious!!
She is giving away three of these:

They are hand-crafted, gourmet-quality recipes carefully layered in mason jars and decorated for the holidays. She sells them on her Etsy site and they would make GREAT gifts (especially for the lazy baker in all of us)!!

****UPDATE****

I can't believe my mom won the giveaway. I need to take her to Vegas - she always wins!!

Bravo Company Marine Corps Ball 2009

Michael had his last Marine Corps Ball as Company Commander of Co B this week! Here we are before we left for the O'Club:

Giving Katie some sass:

Michael in the taxi on the way to the club:

Michael escorting the Guest of Honor during the ceremony:

Presentation of colors and the cake:

Michael cutting the cake for the Guest of Honor and the Youngest/Oldest Marines:

Michael giving his opening remarks and introducing the Guest of Honor:

SgtMaj Vasquez giving a great speech:

Presenting SgtMaj Vasquez with a gift:

Marines enjoying the ball ... there were 694 Marines at the ball - biggest Marine Corps Ball on the island!!

Since it was such a large MC Ball, a lot of the Marines didn't bring dates so that more of their buddies could come ... hence the bro-mance on the dancefloor!

Relaxing after the ceremony:

Marines doing the "stanky-leg" ... it was hilarious!!

Me, Jim (XO) and Shelly:

Michael jumped in :)

Me, Shelly and Laura:

Some last pics before we hit the dance floor!!

It was an awesome MC Ball!! We had so much fun and it was great to see Michael's last ball as Company Commander be so successful!

MCBJ/III MEF Officer's Ball 2009

We actually had a really great time at the MCBJ/III MEF Officer's Ball this year! Our neighbor Katie was kind enough to take our picture before we left for the ball:

A group picture of MCBJ Marines and spouses:

The girls:

Heading back to the dance floor after pictures:

The guys:

This picture is more indicative of the evening ... we all had a lot of fun together :)

Our friends Travis and Elizabeth - they were also at our table!

At dinner:

Travis got ahold of my camera :)

The XO (Jim) and Shelly:

Peace out until Co B's ball next week!

MC Ball Toes

It was hard finding something to go with a red dress and a pink dress for the balls ... this is what I settled on: