March 2019 Part 4: BYU Traditions Ball

In March, we got to go to the BYU Traditions Ball, and we doubled with our friends Jared and Baylee. We met them at one of my favorite Mexican Restaurants in Provo. This is our car selfie outside the restaurant. 

Then, we headed over to campus to take pictures. Jared was a natural assistant with my reflector.

I don't remember who we got to take our picture, but they were really patient with my back and forth to make sure they got it right. 

And of course, we had to take a selfie: 

We headed into the Hinckley Center for the big event, and took advantage of the event photographer: 

And then we enjoyed dancing and people watching. 

There was a musician upstairs, so we went to check that out and took advantage of the photo booth up there.

The magician was fun too.

Naturally, we had to take some time in the Gazebo where we got engaged.

Someone else out there was kind enough to take our picture:

We danced--and once again decided that we need a refresher course on some of the dance steps.

We had a wonderful evening together! We sure hope we can make it work with our schedules next year!

March 2019 Part 3: Michael's School Play

Michael's class put on a play in March. I learned this was a huge deal, especially to Michael's teacher. It was just his class doing it, and Michael ended up with one of the main parts. 

 The play was called "Everyday Heroes" and talked about how we can be heroes by being kind. I went in with very low expectations when he put it on for his school, and I left quite impressed by the whole thing. His teacher not only had speaking parts for each student, but each also had a solo singing part.

His teacher asked me if I would take pictures of the play, so I did that when they performed for the rest of their school. I was focused mostly on getting good shots and trying to capture each student for his or her solos. At one point, someone was singing, and I thought, "Wow, that kid has a nice voice." And then, through my lens, I realized that it was Michael. I had no idea he could sing like that. He's so shy about singing!

Don't worry, I left the camera at home for his evening parent's performance so I could just enjoy it, taking pictures with my cell phone at the end like a normal parent.

I was so proud of him.

My parents came to watch him perform, and we loved having them the next day. Rachel took advantage of someone willing to read to her:

We were doubly blessed with this play. We got to see my parents, but mostly, we got to see Michael step out of his comfort zone and really rock it up on that stage!

March 2019 Part 2: Holidays (ish)

Every year on March 14, I end up on Facebook and see everyone's pie day posts, and I hit my forehead that I can never remember about pie day until it is too late. I LOVE pie--this has to be a day I celebrate each year. Well, this year, I finally remembered!! I made a chicken pot pie for dinner (and it was pretty amazing, by the way) and apple pie for dessert. 

 And, the leprechaun struck our house again on March 17. His shenanigans always make us laugh:

 Cal and Cassidy were here, so Cassidy took a picture for us before we headed off to church.

 And for whatever reason, we made dirt cups to celebrate. Not sure why, honestly. I think it's because we got recipes from Goofy when we went to Goofy's Kitchen, and dirt cups was one of the recipes and the kids wanted to try it?

Regardless, we had a good time celebrating Pie Day and St. Patrick's Day. It's all part of my quest to make each day special.