Marine Ball 2011

Our furniture and household effects were delivered near the middle of this month. So now, we have places to put our clothes and our house does not echo nearly as badly as it did. There was some sort of a mix-up and our shipment from Abidjan was delayed for an extra week in Antwerp. Thankfully, once the moving company realized their mistake, they bent over backwards to rush our crates to us.

The boxes with Emily’s formal attire arrived the evening prior to the annual Marine Ball. Since clothing is expensive here, Em was very grateful that she didn’t have to go on a last-minute shoe shopping trip. With the contents of our luggage, some internet shopping, and the few boxes delivered, we were (thankfully) able to scrape together something presentable. The ball was held at a fancy hotel downtown and we were glad that we had an opportunity to go and support the Marines and our good friends/neighbors from Abidjan (Detachment Commander McCart and his wife) who are also posted to Madrid.