A Fairly Fabulous Day

Once upon a time there lived a girl.  This girl loved to dance.  But this girl was sad.  Every time she saw a invitation to a dance she would get dressed up in her prettiest dress and put on her magical dancing shoes in hopes of a fabulous night full of dancing.  But much to her chagrin all the dances held in the kingdom were not dances that she liked.  She was fond of the old school dancing that she read of in books and heard tale of from the ancients.  The dances held in the Kingdom of the Salt Lake were new dances that bumped and grinded, not the kind of dance that would let her be swept of her feet by a handsome prince.  Then one day her friend told her of a magical dance being held in a distant land of Ogden.  This was a dance like no other, where everyone would dress up from days gone by and dance the mythical 'swing dance.'  She was so excited!  But what would she wear?  She didn't have any clothes from yesteryear.  But...

We partied like we were in Redneckville on the 24th! Kenzie and Julio showing off all their hard work. Knives are toothpick too.  All dressed up for the party. Charlie's Reindeer Our version of Caroling The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Red carpet ready The Redneck Snowmen Family Picture Time We always have fun at our parties on the 24th of December.  I think this was the first year that I actually got a white elephant I will use.  I ended up with a bottle of chia seeds!  They are so great to cook with.  Ali on the other had ended up with the world's largest pair of underwear, which was promptly stolen from her from my brother.  He is so silly, it was his wife's white elephant gift!  But I guess he couldn't part with them.   We had a great time!  I am now starting to plan for next year.  I'm think the theme will be retro 50's Christmas.

We've had a great Christmas season so far that included:  Caroling Christmas parties karaoke egg nog Christmas Carol at Pioneer Theatre Company candy making Mistletoe kissing Dancing Santa Hats (see video below) http://youtu.be/jUfN70Il1xM White elephant gifts hot coco dancing Zoo Lights pole recitals The Muppet Christmas Carol (my favorite Christmas movie!!!) and general merry making Merry Christmas to You and Yours!!!!