halterhome: January 2013

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Class of 85

January 9, 2013
So way back on December 1, 2012, Brophy held its annual Parent/Faculty Christmas Dance. Parents (and faculty I assume) get all dressed up and go to in a fancy car to ~~high school~~ Brophy for a dinner/dance. It's basically reliving your youth because it's actually at the high school and you feel like a teenager again when the dinner is over and everyone is getting crazy on the dance floor. Except now you can actually walk in the high heels and they serve alcohol!
We went with one of the MOST fun couples we know. Tom actually went to high school with Grant & Jennifer. No dance photos because (sorry to sound like a broken record here) my iPhone stinks with a flash.
Here we are before the dance. Jennifer's teenage daughter posed us in the "prom pose" for the first one.

Tommy took some of us before we left in the fancy car. Funny story about that: when the car pulled up, I wasn't quite ready, so the driver was waiting patiently outside. Our other crazy friends/next door neighbors snuck into the car (with the driver's blessing) and scared the pants off us when we opened the door. It was hilarious.

This is my favorite picture of the whole night...maybe the whole holiday season (except for my Christmas card photo).

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Halloween

January 5, 2013

October 31, 2012

A while back I posted a picture of Grace & Alex on Halloween. Here are the rest of the Halloween photos. She wore a black inflatable suit to look scary at a neighborhood haunted house. I think she looked more goofy, but as you can see, the whole group was more scary together.

We went to Kathy's Halloween party the weekend before Halloween...

Buddy the Elf (my favorite) and the Black Eyed P's

Buddy and kids at Kathy's party

Alex photo bombing

Nikki & me

Lance & Bethany (thanks Jennifer for sharing)

The teenagers at Kathy's Halloween party...avoiding costumes and little kids

Scary Grace with the "chainsaw" (a leaf blower they used for sound effects while another kid held an actual chain saw)

The scary huanted house staff

Dancing at Disneyland & My Birthday

January 5, 2013 from November 2-4th, 2012

Grace's dance company got to perform in Disneyland's Dance the Magic Holiday Spectacular and the best part was it fell on my birthday weekend. My birthday & Disneyland are two of my favorite things so together they are PERFECT!

We took Grandma Joyce with us since the boys couldn't join us. I don't think they were too upset to miss all that dance fun. But Look what I found in my suitcase upon arrival. How sweet is my husband?

These pictures are not in any particular order (sory), but the main event was the parade taping on Saturday. Grace's group performed a number to Route 66 (along with hundreds of other dancers). The performance was aired on Christmas morning, but unfortunately, we couldn't spot Grace in the quick pan of the dancers on TV. But here she is up close and gorgeous....

Arizona Angels dancers before going back stage for the day.

See what I mean? Hundreds of dancers, but mine was the prettiest.

Grace rode the Tower of Terror about 6 times...with her dance friends.

We got Grandma Joyce on Space Mountain 3 times!

I thik everyone should get to wear a pin that says it's your birthday on your birthday and everyone else in the workd should say Happy Birthday just like they do at Disneyland. No, I did not wear Ears the whole time, just for this photo. I did wear the pin proudly, though.

One of our favorite rides, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Grace does a good impression.

Our room at Disney's Paradise Pier. This was my first time at a Disney property. It was so fabulous having the early access and not having to go through the line at the main gate, that I may never stay anywhere else again.