First, CONGRATULATIONS to Zac for passing PNEO training/school!!! Zac was in DC while I was in Dallas. He had interviews to complete his training to be engineer qualified, and he did really well! We are all so proud of him. And let me tell you, he was living large staying in the DC Ritz. :)
When I first arrived in Dallas I spent time with family and friends. I got to see so many people, which made my whole trip! Fun lunches, a day of fabric shopping (and then some), a happy hour and dinners that I cherish so much - and that I will remember forever. Thanks to all of the people who rearranged schedules to hang out with me on such short notice!
The Friday of that week I flew to Midland and met my sister, mom and dad! We drove to Marfa, Texas, where my mom grew up. There we met my aunt, uncle and two of their friends for a weekend of reminiscing and art. Friday mom took us on tour of all of the homes that she lived in, as well as other places around town that she remembered, then we had a lovely dinner at a local Mexican food restaurant. Saturday we toured the Chinati Foundation art collection. In the morning we toured several installations, broke for lunch at the Pizza Foundation, then regrouped and toured more of the Chinati collection. That night we had a lovely dinner at Maiya's and tried to see the Marfa lights, however they were not visible that night. The next morning, which was Easter, we all drove out to my mom's cousin, Chachi's. She lives near Alpine. There we had Easter lunch, and I had to unfortunately cut out early in order to drive back to Midland to fly to Dallas.
After arriving in Dallas, Zac picked me up and we had dinner with his parents, grandparents and Beth and Neal at Uncle Julio's - and it was Nellie's birthday! Monday Zac played golf with John Flemming, I hit a couple more quilt stores and had lunch with Mandy, we ran a couple more errands, then we had an Elliott family dinner at Zac's aunt and uncle's house! We loved getting to see everyone that we love and miss so much. We made one last stop to see Ellen, Steven, Beth and Nick at Two Rows, then finally called it a night. Tues. morning we met Steve and Kay for brunch at Cafe Brazil, then got on the airplane and flew back to Honolulu.
We had so much fun on the mainland, and I am so thankful to Zac for my flight, which was my b-day present! I loved every single minute of it. CLICK HERE for all of the pics from the trip!
This weekend was the 109th birthday of the Navy, and the Submariner's Ball! After a patience building experience of sitting in a chair to have my hair done, which took FOREVER, and then waiting for Melissa to also have her hair done, we finally made it to the Hawaii Hilton for the event. After a pre-party in the Captain's suite in the hotel, all of the wardroom (officer's) and their wives headed down for dinner. The ball was lovely, and you can see all of the pictures HERE!
And now, for some sad news. One of my friends, who is also an officer's wife on our boat, had two heart attacks in the last 2 days. Chrissi is only 31 years old, the mother of a second grade daughter and a pre-k son, and loving wife to our friend Alex. She is in ICU here, her heart rate is slowing down to a more normal pace, and the doctors and nurses are taking such great care of her - but please take a minute to say a prayer for Chrissi and her family.
Until next time,
RAWE
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