Army’s 237th Birthday Celebration

David just returned from New York for the Army’s 237^th birthday celebration.  Over the course of the past two weeks, he was able to meet the crew over at Carlo’s Bakery (http://www.carlosbakery.com) from the TLC show Cake Boss (they made the Army’s birthday cake).

He was kind enough to bring his 38 week pregnant wife back some bakery treats ;-) They were absolutely delish! I couldn’t help but share them with the ladies in my Bible Study group – from the looks of it, I believe they were equally as impressed!

My VIP ladies ;-)

It was actually really neat…as we were sitting at the table (after we stuffed ourselves with pastries) a little boy and his mother was sitting behind me. She lightly tapped me on the shoulder and asked if “that box” was from THE Carlo’s Bakery (her son wanted to know…) I said, well, actually it is! Her son’s face just lit up with excitement. So, I did what any girl would do and I offered the boy a treat from the box. It was a really awesome experience to share!

Anyways…the following week, David went back to NYC for the actual celebration. He and a couple other soldiers were some of the honored guests for the Army birthday celebration.

They attended the cake cutting ceremony.

2LT Clark and Mary of Cake Boss

They toured the 9/11 memorial.

Freedom Tower

 

The New York Stock Exchange.

General Odierno and the NYSE CEO

General Odierno and 2LT Clark at The New York Athletic Club.

As you may have noticed, the other two handsome gentlemen in the photos have their significant others with them…since at this point, I was ready to pop out a baby literally at any moment, I was not able to go (pretty sure it isn’t safe to fly this late in the game…and I wasn’t too keen on my plumbing breaking 30,000 feet above the nearest hospital – bad mental picture!)

David and I talked about how, ironically enough, had I not been pregnant he may have not had this AWESOME opportunity to experience everything over the last two weeks – and because I was pregnant, he did have the opportunity. It is crazy how God works in mysterious ways. Every day I am reminded of the fact that just because I may not understand the WHY of what is going on right now in this moment, He sees and knows and has a purpose for everything, and it will be revealed to us at some point in the future.