Gala!

This is a weird week.  Peter is off  Wednesday - Friday. Sarah is off the whole week but we have to go to a parent/teacher conference at school this morning.  Then she has a hair appointment and at some point, she and I need to get groceries and then I have to pick Peter up from school early because he has an allergist appointment.

Tomorrow Sarah has a dentist appointment and on Wednesday Peter has his appointment at the DMB to get his permit.  Can you tell that I've tried to schedule as many appointments as possible during this weird week of being off?

But let's backtrack to the weekend!  Saturday night was the Giving Gala at Peter's school.  All the kids have MacBook Airs and a huge campaign is underway to pay for all of this new technology going forward.

The soccer team made it to the State Playoffs and of course, the championship game was in Raleigh on Saturday night.  Also, the drama department had their play and the final performance was scheduled for Saturday night.  And Wake Forest and N.C. State was in town playing a big game and of course, it was Saturday night.  And there were a lot of people sick this week as well so unfortunately, the gala wasn't as well attended as it could/should have been.  BUT - the group putting it together did a great job and Dan and I had a really good time.  AND - we got to dress up and go out like actual grown-ups so that was nice too.  

I had Sarah snap some pictures before we headed out the door.  And of course - the one where I look the best - Dan is making his joke face.  Almost every picture we have of his Dad, he is leaning to the side and making a grimace face. And many years ago, we noticed that Dan had this same trait.  Without knowing it, he too would be leaning to one side and grimacing instead of smiling. So now every time we pose for a picture, Dan will purposefully do this in at least one shot.

Such a cute pic of ME and look at his face! 

Okay.  I guess I'll let him off the hook because he is so sweet!

That's better!

And one more shot so you can see my necklace. I just love this tassel necklace!  It really pulls the whole outfit together!

 And I wanted to add this picture of the gym because I thought the gala committee did a great job making it feel less like a gym and more like a gala!

And the Bishop McGuinness boy's soccer team is now the STATE 1A Champion!  Peter was so upset that he didn't get to go the game.  I feel bad for him but we already had tickets to the gala.  He spent a lot of Saturday sulking.  And he kept saying if he had his driver's license he would be able to drive himself all the way to Raleigh.  I didn't have the heart to tell him that that probably would not have happened either. Maybe when he's a senior but definitely not anytime soon!