SOTA end of the year PAR-TAY

Whew! Finally time to post the pictures from the SOTA end of the year party. I have to say, it was quite a busy evening for me.

It all started out with a lovely dinner of chicken stuffed with some sort of gigantic cheesy butter stick, green beans, salad, potatoes, and I don't remember what else...

After the baseball game the previous week, I stuck with soda for the evening.
Thanks, Maggie!
It was so fun to visit with my tablemates, Kim, Karyn, Maggie, Elissa, and Derek.
Derek promised to take me to Afghanistan if he gets deployed there. He is going to special order a helmet and flack suit for me.
After dinner, I made the rounds. Everyone was so excited to see me, and I was happy to see some familiar faces, though everyone was so elegantly dressed, I hardly recognized some people!
Ann and Dom...
Alison, Jackie, and Tonya...
Brenna...
Ashley...
Chris, Alex, and George...
OMG, I feel underdressed! Everyone looks so lovely! Erin, Steph, American Andrea, Karina, and Karina's boyfriend...
Leah loves me like a baby...Ed is not so sure.
Vanitha, whom I hadn't seen since the AOTA conference in Houston...
Michelle and Jeff, looking just a wee bit maniacal, don't you think?
Katie and Brandon were concerned about my low tone...
But some sweet cuddles with Brandon made it all better:
I even had front-row seats for a most unusual skit presented by the instructors (that's me in the corner of the window).
And I had an exceedingly odd encounter with Amanda, who is apparently afraid of dolls...or is it just me?

A nice visit with Sarah was just the thing to make me feel better.
And Melanie was also all kisses for me...
We even had a rather fearsome encounter with a shark on the way out...fortunately Canadian Andrea is a good swimmer, so she managed to make it to safety...
Off to Europe with CJ--who knows what she has planned for us!