Acheivements

This last weekend was a great weekend. Mark had his PRT (Physical Readiness Test) on Friday and passed. He also found out that he made First Class Petty Officer, which is AWESOME! I was very happy when he told me that he made it. It is a very big accomplishment for him. He is also the MWR president for his command, so he runs the functions to keep morale up. Part of his job as the president is to plan the Christmas party. The party was on Friday at the Palace Casino and Hotel. He, of course was freaking out the whole time because he wasn't sure of how it would all turn out. It turned out awesome! There were TONS of prizes, lots of seating, a dance floor, servers, a DJ and photographers. The entire party was free, except for alcoholic beverages, photos and raffle tickets of course. I won a certificate that is good for 72 hours of special liberty for Mark. Which basically means that he can get 3 days off of work and it doesn't go against his leave. I thought that was pretty cool. The photographers were very very nice and insisted that Mark and I have our photo taken for free. We were planning on having our photos taken anyway, but were speechless when they approached us and offered them for free. It was a very nice thing for them to do. Everyone at the party seemed to have a great time and I overheard several people saying that this was the best Christmas party they had ever been too. Of course it wasn't all Mark's doing. He had a lot of help from other people, including myself. He did a great job this weekend and I couldn't be more proud of him for his accomplishments.
Saturday I had a baby shower for my friend Cassidy. It went really well, although it lasted a lot longer than we expected. She likes Color-Me-Mine, and so we rented a party kit and purchased pieces to paint at home. We all helped her paint a tea set for her baby girl she is expecting in February. It came out super cute and makes me want to go in and paint a tea set for Ryleigh. Taylor painted himself a surfboard and I painted a board for Ryleigh. Mark painted most of a board for Austyn. I finished the rest. We just dropped off all of the pieces to be glazed and fired today. I can't wait to see what they look like. The plate that Cassidy painted for Callie didn't go back to the studio today. She is waiting for Callie to be born so that she can put her footprints on the plate. It will be really cute when it is all done.
So, that was our weekend. A weekend of accomplishments and achievements!!!