Nov. 30, 2017
Grampa, Chad, and KJ are in CA this weekend!
November 30, 2017
November 6, 2017
Dia de los Muertos Altar Competition
At work we had a Dia de los Muertos Altar Competition. The departments had to choose a Thunderbird legend to dedicate it to. We did our altar for professor Karen Brown, who was a faculty member who passed away from cancer in 2016. She was one strong woman - hiking the Grand Canyon even when she was going through chemo! I didn't know Karen, but her husband (who came to the event) spent the evening telling me all about her.
As it turns out, one other department did an altar for Karen. Their's was beautiful, too, but ours was the only one that was beautifully personal.
It was a great experience - and we won the competition. :)
Halloween 2017
Kala the teal witch and Jace as Master Chief (Halo)
Kala won a goldfish at the Trunk-or-Treat and named her Cinderella (Ella for short).
Russell's '66!
We really got into the Halloween spirit this year! We decorated the house, dressed up the trunk, and I even dressed up as a fortune teller. Halloween's more fun when you just dive in. :)
Chad built the curtain frame and the crystal ball base, and I built the floating candles, the star background, and made the Dia de los Muertos skulls (which were actually for another party but brought them along).
Kala and Chad did the witch pumpkin together... Jace's Halo pumpkin hadn't been carved yet because we were saving it for Halloween night. :)
Jace dressed up Bear as Captain Underpants, and eventually Ella was part of the decoration.
Here is the trunk at night where you can see the floating candles!
This is our favorite holiday of the year... it's always so sad to see it go.
Happy Halloween!
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