Witches Night Out And Stephen's Birthday

 Another witches night out came and went this year. We attended a new one this right here in town. In years past we drove all the way up to Logan which was really fun, but last year there was a snow storm and traveling through Sardine Canyon in a snow storm in the dark was NOT fun, so we were grateful to have it closer this year. I always like to dress as some sort of obscure witch or villain just to have more fun and liven things up a bit.

I actually didn't feel like dressing up this year until Stephen had the idea to dress up as the "witch" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I hadn't seen that movie for ages, but it was perfect! Not much effort in dressing up, but still fun and different. All I had to do was paint a funnel for my hat and make a carrot nose out of paper mache. I found all my clothes at the DI in five minutes luckily. Stephen smeared dirt on my face and I was good to go! Most of my friends loved my costume just because they all knew I'd be dressed differently, but only one person even got the reference to the movie or had even seen the movie which was kind of a bummer, but all well. Every one else was dressed in the same old black outfits and witches hat. There were some really cool hats though! 

We ate dinner and chatted and then hit the dance floor for the rest of the night. There were tons of cool prizes from the raffle every half hour. There were free family portrait sessions, minky couture blankets, bath and spa packages, women's retreats, date night packages, jewelry, etc... and I ended up winning the only prize I did not want, but everyone else did. I won some free botox and an extra large Stanley mug! I just had to laugh and run up to the front to claim it like an idiot because I stuck out like a sore thumb and everyone knew who I was, so I felt like I had to make everyone laugh. And it worked. All in all it was a fun night out with friends.

Stephen's 37th birthday. He asked for a chocolate mousse cake. I delivered. Hannah made Dad a card with a sucker and individual nerds glued to it. Both she and Lucas picked stuff from their rooms to give to Dad as a gift. Lucas gave him a picture that Stephen took to work to put on his desk. Daddy is so loved by his family! Stephen, you make our world go round. XOXO