Witchapaloooooza

This weekend, we had a girl's night out with the fam. Che' had heard about Witchapalooza, an event at Gardner Village, so we thought we would attend. We had a FABULOUS time! I am still laughing about how hilarious we looked and how crazy we were. We all met in South Jordan during the afternoon on Saturday to start getting ready. Everyone drove down from Idaho except Che' and I coming from Provo and Linda from Logan. My Uncle Lynn met us at the mall while we got ready despite the fact that he was not invited to the actual event. He was upset that he has never been featured on the blog, so here's to you Lynn. (On second thought, I am pretty sure he has been featured on the blog before, but that man can never get enough attention...). Actually, I am lucky to have such good family support nearby, although there are not that many family members here. I do have Che' and Lynn is in Orem and he is always right there when we need something.

Phase 1 of getting ready: Makeup. Che and Carlie were kind enough to decorate us all up as Witchey's, though some us probably didn't need it...ha ha just kidding! This is the one and only picture I have of Linda because she is so picture evasive.
Phase 2: Any good witch has a real nice ratted hairdo. Nice face Kim.

Phase 3: Now we are ready! This is my only sister, Jennifer, and me. I think we are looking especially alike in this picture.
My ABSOLUTE favorite picture. This is my aunt Mari Ann. YIKES!!!!! If I didn't know any better, I might be terrified of her.
My mom and her sisters (minus Linda of course...see Linda you should just agree to be in pictures so you don't get ridiculed on the blog) and her mom. Mari Ann, Lisa (my mom), Grandma, and Sue.
Here we are at the event. The dinner was delicious and we were the life of the party. I am not even lying.

Me, Jen, and my mom getting ready for the great performance while we enjoyed the delicious meal.

When I say life of the party, I mean it. Here we are up and doing the YMCA with the little witch in the background. We were right up front next to the stage, so I am sure they were loving our enthusiasm.
Che' and Carlie showing us how its done! Mari Ann apparently thinks that's funny.

Our new witch friend, Esmerelda with Cortney, Che, Carlie, and me. Carlie and Esmerelda are on the same wave length, check out those matching faces! (Is this somewhat reminiscent of Nauvoo and Eli for anyone?!)
Speaking of same wavelength, Che' and I can never get enough self-portraits. I wonder how many we have over the years? I love her...we have always been very close and now it is convenient just having her right down the road from me. If you wonder how many times we have ratted our hair as such over the years, well, the answer to that is also too many to count. ha ha! It's just that the ratted hair do goes with anything we want to be...witches, bag ladies, 13 year olds walking around the mall with Linda to embarrass her...yeah...
My sister and I with our pregnant bellies. Yeah, I am huge compared to her. She is due Feb 26th and just found out that she is having a girl too! I can't be more thrilled for her and Chris, particularly because I have a girl cousin on both sides that is close to my age that I have always been very close to. There is just something that is binding with those cousin ties. I am sure that Hallie and Bertha/Ruby/Gertrude (whichever she chooses) will be great friends.
That night, those of us who weren't party poopers stayed in the Little America in Salt Lake. That has also been a tradition over the years. When we were little (okay, maybe not even so little), we would have races on the elevators and stairs to see who could get to a certain floor first. I am sure the people there still remember us. When they see us coming, they probably run and hide behind the desk. Just kidding...we weren't that bad. We stayed up late that night talking till 2 in the am. Boy is that hard on my pregnant body, particularly when I usually get up around 4 anyway. Our room was sweltering and I could not get back to sleep! AHHHH...Oh well, it was all worth it!!

Anyway, sorry for the novel of a post, but I am just long winded and have to throw my details in there. We had a great weekend and better make this a tradition yearly! Now, I can't wait till the Neil concert on Dec 19th! If you don't know about my family and our Neil Diamond obsession, well that's another post! (or if you feel like digging into the archives of my blog, I did write a little something about Neil back in 2005! Click here to read it.)