Sunday, September 13, 2009

Masquerade

Last night Dan and I had an AMAZING opportunity to go the the 2009 Lord's and Ladies Masquerade ball. It was hosted at by our boss at his huge property in Lindon. His property is AMAZING... it is a full blown park with a huge Castle in the backyard. It was a charity event, and all the proceeds go to their charity "In Our Own Quiet Way" to build an orphan feeding center in Kenya. We spent about nine hours helping to set up for the event, most of which was spent draping the pavilion ceiling. But it looked AMAZING!

The night started off with a delicious dinner from Carabas. It was some kind of chicken with mushrooms, and it was AMAZING. My new favorite restaurant is going to be Carabas :) Then we had a live auction (Dan and I are way too poor to bid on anything that was up for sale, and it was too bad because they had a river rafting trip, and some really nice paintings that I wanted lol)! Then it was outside for an array of festivities. They had belly dancers, various different dance performers, a fencing demo, your own professional portrait, fire and knife jugglers, and of course a live band with tons of dancing. This entire event was AMAZING! You should all come next year! I wish I had been able to get more pictures of his property/all the events, but, of course, my camera died early on in the night.

P.S. No, amazing is not the only adjective I know, it's just the only one I wanted to use at the moment :)



Waiting for dinner to be served

oh la la

these were live human statues

this entire background is only a portion of the property



fencers, notice the pavilion celing lol

some ballroom dancers

a few of the belly dancers

inside the castle, this is also where our professional pic was taken, I can't wait to get it back, it should be pretty funny!

13 comments:

Courtney and Tyson said...

fun! We saw the billboards for that and Tyson told me you were going so I've been waiting for some fun pictures!

Blake and La-Shana Francom said...

oH my gosh how fun! And what a good cause!! The property looks "amazing" haha! You guys look so cute all dressed up!

Denise said...

SO FUN!! What an amazing opportunity, I can't believe the property was that big! What great memories...oh, and the ceiling looked 'great'!! :)

The Ahlins said...

That looks like alot of fun! I cant believe you got him to wear a mask..thats to funny.

Sam and Riley said...

So fun! It would be like prom all over again!
You look so good!

Misty said...

You look amazing! :) Seriously, what a hot couple! Save me and my hubby and spot next year! :)

Cathy said...

This sounds like it was so much fun! It's neat that you had the chance to be all "formal" again--that's something that unfortunatly doesn't happen much once you are 'old married folks'. You both look awesome!

Melissa + Brett said...

HOW FUN! You guys look phenomenal! I love your dress Savannah!

Thomas and Amanda Provstgaard said...

Looks like a lot of fun!

Brandt Lovell said...

jealous for real!!! Next year I am there!!

Sam and Riley said...

I thought the food was alright but it was just fun, you should take Dan!
I think we all should get together and go out to dinner sometime soon!

Aubree Roberts said...

That's so neat! We live right by that place and Stephen and I have always wondered what it looks like inside lol. You two look awesome! And the long hours of working on the ceiling paid off :)

Jason and Emily Gruber said...

surprise! i'm new to the blogging world and was exicted to find your page! that looks like SO much FUN! is that something they do every year? i want to go! how are you guys doing?