A Fun Evening of Ethiopian Dining!

 Thanks to Ms. Powell for treating a group of us to Ethiopian dining last night for dinner at Haiget's Restaurant.   I've said it before on my little blog, but Ms. Powell has really been setting such a wonderful example in serving by getting people together.  She is amazing!  She is so humble that she will be like, "don't say that" when she sees this, but I want to say it.  :-)  Above, our group pic taken by the restaurant store co-owner...aka family business, waitress, chef, and bus gal....seriously two people were running the whole restaurant...either a bro and sis combo, or husband and wife...didn't dare ask.  :-)

Thanks to the just super lovely Tasha and Deepika for allowing me to use their pics since I didn't take any....so pic credit goes to them.  :-)

Below:  Ms. Powell and Sherry chatting it up!

 Above:  Charles W. smiles!  Super nice guy.  :-)

Below:  Panay and I finally had a chance to just sit down and chat.  Love this young woman.  She and her sis Maree are so genuinely friendly and radiate positive vibes.  Truly genuine people are so refreshing to be around.

Candid SWW2015 Formal Dinner Dance Pics :-)

 Just a few friends have asked if I took any pics at the SWW2015 and the answer is, this is it.  :-)!  I worked the HOA front desk most of the time.  Someone has to always be there.  :-)  Sarah and her hubs were running the weekend, and Paulette was an attendee, and Emily was busy putting things back in order in her dept since she had been so involved in the musical and I didn't want to trouble her.  I'm thankful I participated in what I did though.  The Bible Study(streamed it at work on my computer) and the Dinner Dance were amazing.  From what I saw, this was one of the best SWW's, and it was evident that a lot of effort and work went into it to ensure people a great time.

 To keep from offending, I won't name everyone in the above pic b/c I don't know two people's names, but lovely ladies!

 ABOVE:  One of my fav little bro's Justin G. dancing the "evening" away.  :-)

BELOW:  Calela photo shooting the fun!  :-)

 Joel HS, one of the nicest people, and my bud Jamie serving drinks at the dance.  These two are always individually serving.  Love it!

An Original Quote

"If you keep desiring the same thing year after year and haven't received it, you can't expect to receive it if you haven't changed and moved forward in life."----Paulette Corey and Carolyn Coats

A Fav Quote!

Total Cuteness!

The pic of Sophia defines the phrase "total cuteness."  :-)

Thanks to my sister in law for sending it to me.

Just For Fun - A Few Candid Isaiah Musical Shots

 Just a few pics, for fun, of candid "behind the scenes" shots that I took with my little camera phone during Isaiah Musical Dress Rehearsals.

Above:  Calela and Jamie

Below:  Justin, Albert, and Zechariah.  Lovely folk!  :-)

 Loving the Deepika and Grace gal pal time at practices.  :-)

 Above:  Melissa using her time wisely hard at work on the drawing board.  This gal is so talented in art.  It amazes me, and she is soooo nice.  This gals rocks!  :-)

 Olivia helps Skye with her ancient fashion sense.  :-)

 To get a decent and kosher pic in the dressing room, you have to be super careful and very aware of "accidental photo bombs" in the background.  These two were successes.  "Postable."  :-)  Love these gals, Danielle, Brandi, and Panay.  So sweet!

 Apparently, above, Lindsy was ahead of her time with a laptop in ancient days, and below, the lovely Eleisha strikes an Irish Dancer pose for me. 

 Above:  Conner must have been the only one with an IPAD back in ancient days.  :-)

 The Levitical bunch.  :-)

 Above:  Family united.  :-)

Below:  James apparently was the fashion guru back in ancient days styling with his modern winter vest over his ancient clothing, and Anthony looks like a happy Assyrian Soldier.  :-)  I think the Assyrian soldiers have the most fun part in the entire musical.  They get to stomp around.....aka marching, and then they get to play dead towards the end.  :-)

 Caleb looks like a very nice Assyrian soldier.  His entire family is so nice in real life off stage too.  Justin looks like...don't mess with me.  .....Portraying the character well though in real life he is super nice. 

 Mr. Hilliker's costume and makeup along with my "wannabe iphone camera" actually looks really scary and creepy ....ironic since he is totally so nice in real life.

 Mom and son posing in costume.  Jude's dance looks so fun dancing with two "fake" swords...keeping things safe.....in hands.

 Jude's neat head covering.

 Classic Assyrian look.  :-)

 Above:  My favorite pic in the lot.  These gals rock!  :-)

 Chatting it up with more of the Levitical bunch.

 Jordan is such a nice boy and a fantastic dancer.

 Nice photo bomb facial expression, Gianni.  :-)!

 Grace playing with the kids.

 Little man is so adorable!

 Assyrian Soldiers who play the piano on "leave"....aka break time which would translate to intermission during a real show.  :-)  Not only are Jordan and Justin fierce on stage, but they are "fierce" on the piano.  :-)

 ...as well as a Levite

 Below:  Jamie's character is actually called Lady II and I'm a Woman Inhabitant.....just to make sure our genders are clear.  :-)!

Below:  VIDEOS

Fun "while on break" videos of the piano wielding Assyrian soldiers.  Turns out they are not so bad when not wearing their helmets and wielding their weapons.  :-)

Latest Sophia Oufit from the Aunt. :-)

 Winter has arrived and since I now have a little niece, I've found myself shopping around for cute baby clothes with cute sayings.  My latest find was this baby 3-6 month old sweatpants, sweatshirt, and winter hat outfit.  Too cute!  Was $6 bucks total brand new for all three components.  Yeah!  I gave it to Sophia's mom.