February 2015 dance with friends

February 2015...another dance with friends! 

This one was particularly enjoyable. (if anyone has an alternative for the word ''enjoyable'' I would appreciate any suggestions. I need a new stand-by word meaning...enjoyable. :) )

It's always so delightful to spend time with friends at a dance...and one marvelous aspect of this event was we got to meet a new little person (see end of post)!
Enjoy.

(Irish Washerwoman....a favorite!)

Jessie and I were ''twins'' that night :) 

I love siblings. :) Actually, you can see Valerie, Jessie, me, and Sam in this pic.

And a little video from Elodie or Laura-Lise:

+Scott 

+Samuel 

+J. Andrew Wong 

Sam looks like he's driving a car or something when he turns corners in dances ;P

Meredith- so pretty!

We were glad our friends the Beckmanns came!

A fun ''Scottish'' picture. Look at little Emma. Don't look at me. Please. Thank you.

A little video by Elodie or Laura-Lise of the Scottish:

                                               
                                           and a better video of the Scottish from +Stately Steps :)

           

After dancing, the volleyball-ers line up....

And the less active peoples watch enthusiastically:

It was an especially exciting game!

Very fun to watch!

haha

Sam the man

Laura-Lise is an (overly) enthusiastic photographer! Here she inspects Lindsey's work on my hair before taking a few dozen snapshots of it (most of which she deleted).

Interesting

(by Elodie or Laura-Lise)

Modern-ish art-ish

Oh! At this dance, a major highlight was meeting one of our favorite couple's newborn! 

Content with her Grandma

Aww...

Everyone was delighted to meet her!

...And 2 days later, we got to meet another new person! :) 

Which made it such a Special week! 

More pictures later 

An elegant New Year's Ball January 2015

 A myriad of twinkling lights...the strains of lovely music...ladies in graceful gowns of satin or lace....men in their finest....invigorating conversation...tasty tidbits of food...how can photos express the atmosphere of such an occasion? 

The middle sisters: Marjolaine, Elodie, Laura-Lise, Jessica

  The New Years Ball we attended on January 2nd 2015 was the closest thing to the type of ball pictured in films or classic literature that I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing! 

   It was the kind of event where every girl felt like a princess, and acted as such. 

I don't know what the guys felt like, but they acted like gentlemen. 

Overall, it was a wonderful night.

Our hosts set up this lovely setting in front of which to take pictures! I'm glad I remembered to snap a few of those of us who were available!

Our wonderful hosts!

We are so grateful to them for all that they do in setting up such lovely events as this ball.

The hallway was transformed into a ''white way of delight'' ;)

Laura-Lise being...herself! :) 

Lindsey always has beautiful hairstyles!

Thanks to Mrs. Wong for this picture of Nikola and me!

(I just have to mention that this is my very first store-bought dress...I found it at the thriftstore on a half-off day- it was less than $4! Of course yellow isn't my color, but I love it too much to care :) Nikola made her dress as the trial for Valerie's bridesmaid's dress for Lisa Burns-now-Lewis's wedding in 2011)

Speaking of, there is Valerie wearing the mentioned gown!

Love these girls! Sara, Brittany (and me)

More sweet girls we know

Table decor

Friends talking with Darcie (doesn't she look cute!

 I'm pretty sure every woman there envied her!)

With my friend Michelle. It was delightful having most of our friends in one spot!

Mingling

...and learning dances

Since the theme of this ball was ''regency'', there were some very lovely costumes of that time period! 

A lesson to you to not delete all your blurry pictures :)

                                                  

Bare Necessities. By the way, this lighting is so NOT what it was that night. It was much darker and...twinklier 

Trip to town-o

Nikola

                          

 Me :P I was apparently terrified of the tree in the first picture....then tried to pose in the second. But with hundreds of people surrounding one, it's difficult to get in the ''lost in the snowy woods'' mood! Just try it sometime.

It may  come as no surprise that the event closed with the dance we call the Scottish;

 Trying to get interesting pictures....with new angles and such...

Umm...maybe not.

If you would like to see more beautiful pictures from the night, do visit Andrew's post!

And you can also see many dance videos from the night by visiting here!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! (Many of you may have already seen them since I shared the albums earlier) And I am confident that this post wasn't too ill-suited to the balmy spring weather we are experiencing this week! A ball is never out of season...even if it is a New Years ball decorated with snowflakes. ;)