mountain magic arts

Ahhh, I know I said I would blog more, but I failed these last couple of months. I am back now and going to share last weekends event with you all. I arrived, after a redeye flight, at 6:30am on Wednesday January 13th to the Holiday Inn at Disney Springs. Note to self, I do not sleep on planes, no more redeye flights, if possible. I arrived at the hotel and took a walk through downtown disney to start putting the Friday night scavenger hunt clues together. After a couple of airport runs and meetings with hotel staff; several of the authors, S.E.Smith and I had a late dinner. Then next morning several of us had breakfast together after I got back from an early airport run. Worked on things for the weekend and several of us took a late lunch at the Rainforest. We ended the day with an dinner Thursday, Jan 14th for the authors that had arrived  Friday had lunch with some of the authors and a few of my family who came to see me and a couple who came to help. That evening we ...

Making of a Masque Ball This was a idea/dream of mine since I was young. To go to a fairytale type Masque Ball.  Of course I already have my prince, but the idea of a lavish Ball with costumes, wonderful food, dancing and beautiful surrounds has played in my head for ages.  Dale and I were on a trip to my Brother wedding, while driving back to the airport in Boston we were talking and he said that as this has been a dream of mind that I should just go for it. I looked at several venues and finally settled on LaCaille It is set at the mouth of a canyon and is designed to look like a French Chateau.  It is complete with swans, peacocks, and other birds. I choose to have the affair in their Grand Ballroom. This was all scheduled in January of 2015. During the next several month I meet several times with different people at the venue to decide, table arrangements, linens,  what to serve, how to serve it,  taste testing the food, meeting the head ch...

The Masque Ball I can say, that it was i=one of the funnest events I have thrown or attended. I had such a great time and all of the guest were great. LaCaille was such a great place to have it. The pond outside had swans, peacocks, and ducks  When we got to hot from all our dancing and fun we could step outside to the patio for a breath of fresh air. The courtyard also provide a spot of quiet in the craziness and fun Of course, inside we had a great DJ & dancing, tables & conversation, fantastic food, beautiful setting and even a fun photo booth. Below are a few of the several hundred photos taken at the photo booth.  I still haven't really looked at them all, but some are really funny!  Neibaur Clan, we barely fit in the picture! Dale and Steve Steve and Lisa Adam and Michelle Kevin, Marilyn,  Rachel, and Shaun Kiaya and Matt Shawna and Jessie  Barbara and Mike Jan and Bob  Dale and Ter...