Whata Weekend

Well Melanie and I actually got to spend some time with each other this weekend which has been unusual lately because of my work. I even had drill this weekend, but for once it didn't seem to keep us apart.

Friday night Melanie and I went to the Military Intelligence Ball. This is always kind of a fun night because it is formal so Melanie got into her ball gown and I got in my "dress blues". The MI Ball was held at UVU in the ballroom. Dinner was served and then there was some entertainment provided by Comedy Sports (out of Provo), the entertainment was good. We left before the actual dancing began though (of course) because Melanie was tired and I had to get up early Saturday.

Saturday was governor's day, where the entire Utah National Guard assembles for the governor to review the troops, it is just a big long parade basically--not a lot of fun because there is a lot of standing. This year I was asked to do something instead so I didn't have the pleasure of standing for hours at attention. Anyway, as it worked out, there was one person too many for the other job I had so we were told one of us could go home. In a situation like this, he who hesitates, has to stay. No sooner than I heard one of us could leave, I jumped out of my seat and was out the door saying something like "see ya, suckas" --maybe that was just in my mind... Well I was home by eight o'clock in the morning and Melanie was just getting up so we got to spend the entire day together.

Saturday night we went to dinner with some good friends, the Toones. We went to downtown Salt Lake to P.F. Chang's. After dinner Melanie and I went over to the Gateway Mall to wander around. I love being downtown, I like big cities so any chance I get to wander around with lots of people nearby is great. At the mall we went to Fanzz, a great store 'cause they have lots of Yankee stuff. And guess what we found...Yankee baby clothes! I have already been looking online for some pink onesies but never actually ordered something for our baby girl. So when we found some Yankee baby clothes we had to get something so our baby girl can start out right. Unfortunately, there was no pink, but who says girls have to wear pink? Needless to say, our trip to Fanzz was the icing on the cake to a great weekend.