This weekend, we traveled to El Paso, TX! Our good friend from Neal's navigator school in Pensacola got married and we were luckily enough to be close enough to share in Chris and Stefanie's special day! Chris and Stefanie moved to Offutt AFB in Omaha, NE and we had no idea when, or if, we would ever see them again. Luckily, we did! And we were so happy to be able to!
We left Saturday morning, after dropping Bailey off at the pet hotel. Then we headed south, towards Mexico! We finally made it to Texas, and soon after we could actually see the border to Mexico. Another first for me! It was pretty crazy, as we were driving on the interstate, one side was El Paso, TX and the other side was a huge black fence and Juarez, Mexico! It really was pretty sad looking.
We checked into the hotel, freshened up and then soon headed over to Fort Bliss Army Base - where the wedding was being held at the chapel. It was beautiful! The groom's family is from Hawaii - thus the theme.
The groom, Chris, and the best man, Chris. Haha..
After the ceremony, we all headed to the club for the reception! As you can clearly see, we had a GREAT time! We also got to catch up with our friend, Aaron, who was also in Neal's class in navigator school and is now stationed at Cannon AFB in Clovis, NM.
The Navs - Aaron, Jeremiah, Chris, Neal, and Chris
All of the dancing pictures were obviously towards the end of the night. We had a great time!! So glad we came! Congrats Chris and Stef!
Sunday, we headed back home. Saw Mexico one last time....
And this cool cross on a mountain!
And then, about a third of the way home, we reached a border patrol inspection site on the interstate! Everyone had to stop, get questioned, and a dog sniffed around the cars. Talk about a culture shock. This about topped it for me!
Another successful weekend for us! Unfortunately, Neal found out today that he won't be flying this week, at least no flights that count anyway. And then because of the 4th of July holiday, that puts our moving back a whole 2 weeks! We are really sad about this. Buuuuuuut....I have decided come back home to Missouri for a visit! I should be in this Wednesday afternoon for around a week or so...so I hope to see everybody! :) See you soon!
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