An Enchanted Evening

It's nice to have connections. Martin was a part of the committee a couple months ago that decorated our church's huge Modest is Hottest Dance. (The theme was Enchanted.) Well, Mr. Creative that he is, Martin suggested using the same theme for Olivia's 5th Grade Graduation party she so badly wanted to host. So... bless his heart, being the BEST DAD EVER, he spent countless hours transforming our garage into an Enchanted castle using the decorations from the dance. We even used the drawbridge for the girls to enter. It was so awesome! I hope my girls know how lucky they are to have a dad like that.

All girls from the 5th grade were invited and we had a great turnout. Best of all, they had FUN! And I had fun watching them. The highlight of the evening wasn't the outdoor movie projected onto the house they watched, but instead the Karaoke going on in the "garage". They sang their hearts out screaming, "Play that funky music, White Boy!!! Play that funky music right!!" To get a taste of what that sounded like, play the video at the end of this post. Listen carefully - it was too dark in there to get any visual. But it's worth listening to.

These girls are awesome. I have loved watching the progression of their friendships over the years as they have tried to figure out life. Many of these girls were my Girl Scouts for 3 years (Kindergarten thru 2nd Grade) and I was able to learn to really truly love them. Off they go to Middle School now.

Congrats Girls!

Olivia, Deborah, Makayla and Alyssa

Olivia's turn on Karaoke

Ryker (the ONLY boy present!!) takes a turn. At this point, I was parked in the living room feeding the baby when one by one, girl after girl, would run in to tell me, "Ryker's singing!!!"

Sierra and Sydney

Alyssa

It was difficult to get good photos in here without much lighting.

Hannah and Deb

All bundled up watching the movie in the cold.

Remember to pause my music before pressing play on the video.