Centennial Anniversary of Naval Aviation Weekend

The Navy had a blowout weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation. They had the annual golf tournament, we went to an extremely overpriced ball, a "super hero" bar crawl, and the Air Show to celebrate. Nanny, PopPops, Uncle Bobby, Aunt Pat, Anna, Kathleen, and Caris all came down to hit the town and see the air show. The girls had so much fun with the crew while we were at the ball.

Greg and some of the other Junior Officers (JOs) have a tradition of dressing up for this golf tournament. This year they decided to dress like the Beastie Boys sabotage video. I searched high and low for a ridiculous wig for Greg and found a great Justin Bieber one at Walmart. Here is the finished look.

Above is a picture of what the Beastie Boys wore in that video. They were 70s undercover cops that got in a ridiculous car chase.

They did a great job replicating the 70s undercover cop look. The group of them were the talk of the tournament!

Ava get's into the 70s groove

Sadly, our last formal event with VFA-32

The guys looking oh so debonaire

My girlfriend Cari from the RAG class. She just had a baby and doesn't she look amazing?!

Cari and Tim

At our overpriced and overcooked dinner. There were about 1,500 people in attendance at this ball. The most entertaining part was when about 100 Junior Officers from our side of the room threw their dinner rolls at the other side of the room. Prestigious events are not excused from wild JO traditions. Please notice the adorable little sword in Greg's bowtie as well.

My girlfriend Jackie who had a baby TWO days after this picture was taken. Isn't she a knockout!?

Luckily, the squadron usually seats the Harpers next to us at these events. Kitty and I always take a picture like this at each dinner because usually we are the trouble makers at the table.

The Swordsmen decided to do a "super hero" bar crawl after the ball. They were the talk of the TownCenter! I was proud to accompany "Super Daddy" (PG version) or "Super Douche" (R Version). That Justin Bieber wig had lots of appearances in Virginia Beach!

Greg's favorite outfit of the night was JHunts. He was "HitGirl"

Jason and Devin were the too hot to handle Batman and Catwoman

Boys will be boys

Airshow time! This is Mini's preferred mode of transportation- Daddy's shoulders!

Ava prefers a more grand entrance

The Family touring Greg's squadron's hangar

Our favorite Swordsman!

Ellie cuddling with Nanny

Kathleen getting the feel of a helicopter

Pilot Mini

Mini was Nanny's shadow at the airshow

Come look at this Sissy!

Mini getting briefed on the helicopter

Come on Nanny!

Our group watching the air show

Nanny making herself comfortable

One of the coolest parts of the airshow was the Home Depot tent. They helped the kids build different wooden toys for free.

The helicopter that Nanny and Ava made.

Great Great weekend!

Reunited!

Greg and I both went to some reunions in the last two weeks. First, Greg went to Tailhook in Reno, Nevada. I know what you are thinking....it is NOT like the Tailhook from the 1990s. About fifteen guys from the squadron took a MAC flight out to the conference. Greg met up with some guys he has not seen since he graduated from the Academy, in flight school in Pensacola, and from his time in the RAG in 2008. He said he couldn't go into any room without running into someone he hadn't seen in a long time. One of the most important people he ran into was his little brother Eric! Eric got a training flight out to Reno with two of his buddies from flight school in Pensacola. They had a great time together and all the guys in Greg's squadron really enjoyed Eric's company. Plenty of times people did double takes and said, "Dude Greg! I didn't know you had a twin!?!?!" The best news is that Eric just found out that he is going to fly in the E2 planes and will be coming to Norfolk in October to finish flight school. We are ecstatic that we will live minutes from him for a couple of months. Greg had a great weekend catching up with old friends, hanging out with his brother, and networking.

Flight Suit Brothers!

My sorority chapter of Phi Mu at Christopher Newport University celebrated it's 20th year at our school. Women from all 20 years came into town to celebrate our chapter's success and reconnect. I was so excited to catch up with all my sisters and it was seriously as if time had never passed. This is a picture from our sisterhood brunch at an old Inn in Yorktown.

A group of us stayed at the Marriot in City Center in Newport News. We had a great night out on the town

Hanging out at the CNU bar Schooners!

The swanky hotel in City Center that Christine got for us dirt cheap on her government rate.

My roommates from college reunited- Melissa, me, JaneBerry, and Christine

We are still cut ups

Some of my sisters from my pledge class

reuniting with my little sister from the sorority Laura

Greg and I are both so thankful to be reunited with great old friends from the years. It's good to know that wherever we go in the Navy, that our friendships will remain strong with people across the country.

Fall Fun

Here are some recent cute ones of the babes

Sleeping together at the lake house

Ava trying to decide which pair of flats to wear for the day and Ellie imitating here with random shoes she has found

Can you tell they are sisters

I asked the girls to go get the newspaper and they didn't come back in. I went out to check on them and this is what I found. I think they are comparing stocks.

One of their rewards was being able to use scissors. Ava's expression here is, "If you take these from me I will cut you!' and Ellie's is, "My precious....."

The girls have two reading rocking chairs in their room and they both still prefer to read IN the bookshelf

I'm ok with it as long as they are reading

Double Rainbow- Ava said God gave one to her and one to Ellie

Waiting for Daddy to come home

The girls make themselves right at home at the YMCA!

Mini finally woke up on the right side of the bed. She is NOT a morning person usually.

Sissy Love

Scoot Scoot Mini!

Ava got two big girl bikes from Nanny and PopPops for her birthday. She took to it right away.

Her new favorite activity