I’ve become a pro at wrapping a cast. The first bath after he got his cast on, not so good. It got soaking wet. Oh well. We’re pretty sure that’s the only reason it’s starting to smell…

After that first bath we’ve made an art of it. Here’s the final product.

This final product consists of one layer of cling wrap with duct tape on top of his arm and bottom. Then a layer of towel and then some more duct tape. Then comes ONE more layer of cling wrap and yes, you guessed it, MORE duct tape. The hardest part about this whole process is getting it OFF of his arm once he gets out. But he’s just as excited as I am when we pull that last layer of cling wrap off and discover that his cast is still dry! YAY! I cannot wait to get this cute little smelly thing off. But admit it, he’s cute with it on.

Doesn’t that sound like so much FUN? It was! Jeff’s company paid for us to go to a really fun masquerade ball last Saturday night. That meant that I got to rent a really pretty dress AND get my hair done AND buy some new makeup! I’m not one to say this very often but, it’s fun to be a girl! The weekend before we stopped by Hale Center Theater in Orem to look at the costumes they had, to see if any would fit and blah blah blah. We had the kids with us because we had been out and about running errands and thought well since we’re here we might as well go look. Once we got there, we realized that a play was going to be starting so I got nervous that we would be close to the play and have to keep the kids really quiet, but luckily the costume rental was in the basement of this place. Phew! But as a mother I still felt like I needed to keep them quiet and lucky for me, I have awesome kids and they did great! They could hear the crew practicing their songs and really wanted to go see them in the other room, but I told them we’d have to come another time and see them sing for reals. Anyway, after trying on a few things we found a costume for both of us! We were mostly worried that they wouldn’t have any that would fit Jeffy, but the second one he tried on fit. Me on the other hand, tried on like 5 or 6 different dresses before one fit. Jeffy ended up getting a King Henry the 8th costume and I was Juliet. They were awesome!!
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As we were walking back to the car, we got to the stop of the stairs and whoa, there was the stage, with a play going on! We tried to rush those kids out of there as fast as we could and we almost made it to the door, when a person in the play came plowing down the hallway and didn’t see Logan and ran right over him! She couldn’t really stop and see if he was okay because she had to go on stage, which I understand, but poor little Logan was shocked! The look on his face reminded me of the Friends episode when Mike answers Ross’ phone for him, and after he hangs it up, Ross looks at him and says, “I don’t understand what just happened here…”. I motioned to Jeff to pick him up and haul butt out of the door! So we did! Hopefully, no one in the theater could hear him crying…

Anyway, I was so excited all the rest of that week to go! I had been wanting an excuse to get all dolled up and it finally came! I haven’t gotten my hair done up since my brother’s wedding not long after ours. It was long overdue! The girl did a fabulous job and my hair actually stayed for 2 whole days! After that we went over to his boss’ house and changed and headed over. As we were walking in, they had some jugglers who were juggling with swords and fire. It was pretty cool!

We hadn’t gotten any masks ahead of time so we bought some there, and they matched our outfits perfectly!

This event was for charity so as we were waiting for all of the guests to arrive, they had a silent auction set up on tables for us to look at and bid on. We bid on some So You Think You Can Dance tickets but, alas, they weren’t meant for us.
Once everyone was there, they took us downstairs to the dining area and as we walked in, all of the ladies received a red rose. So sweet! The dinner was amazing and as we ate, there were belly dancers that danced around the aisles. I’m a little bit puzzled by belly dancers. Apparently, to be a belly dancer, you need not be skinny, but overweight with a jiggly belly. I guess that’s what they are looking for.

Anyway, after dinner they had a real auction and that’s when the fun began. Hehe…

During the auction, Jeff would raise his paddle, just trying to raise the price so they would get more money for the charity. For two items, this worked really well, and the host and him were enjoying it. The third item, he was doing his thing, and the next thing we knew, he had just bought a painting for $550. He turns to me and says, “Did I just buy that?” And I so lovingly said, “Uh huh.” It was about the funniest thing ever! In Jeffy’s defense, the auctioneer closed this one a lot earlier than he did for the previous two items. Oh well. It’s a beautiful painting of Christ holding a little African boy, and it’s entitled, “The Worth of a Soul.”

Anyone want to buy a painting for $550? We actually really like the painting, but I don’t think it’s one we would have chosen to be our first piece of art. We do like it, and us buying it paid for 250 kids in Africa to eat for a week. That’s a good feeling.

After the auction, we went outside for the dancing part of the evening. Jeffy did dance with me once but then we spent the rest of the time admiring this guys yard. It was incredible! It has a castle!

Inside the castle you could get your pictures taken so we did do that with everyone else from our table and then a big picture of everyone from work that came.

It really was a fun night and I’m so glad we got to go! Thanks Digicert! It was fun to get all dressed up and spend an enchanted evening with Jeffy. We are both SO grateful though that we didn’t live back then and have to wear those outfits all day every day. Good golly, they were heavy and hot! I think Jeffy said together our costumes had to weigh about 35 lbs. Thanks for a fun evening Jeffy! I love you!