the season started slowly, and really, despite me. with the help of good friends, meeting in lovely places and doing good things, the spirit arrived quietly but with purpose. my need to avoid the commercial expectations is overridden and, i must say...the spirit has arrived. friends and family help!
with martha, for a chai at my favorite cafe: cafe 4 @ neighborhood church .jpg)
a 2 story Christmas tree adorned in jute, nests, and succulents. so beautiful..jpg)
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then our girl and her studio had their dress rehearsal for the d*sney parade in the local downtown parade. so fun (but cold!)
it took me a while just to take in this gorgeous tree in the lobby of our stay at the CAGrand in D*sney. so so lovely in this inspired environment. photo credit: sarah h.
next stop: backstage for dress rehearsal. no costumes allowed in the park! thank goodness for starbucks on main street now.
what i had made for the jazz director...(her first ears!)
the view (with thumper) while waiting. no pictures allowed backstage...
after 3 hours of waiting among throngs of people...
our dancers fly by within seconds.
780 dancers participated in this year's parade.
only 66 attended the next day's d*sney dance class.
16 were from our studio.
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pictures: stills from ipad video
we forgot to get a family picture. oh. my. but we did get one of my cousin and i. so fun to be with her on this trip.
i would not be who i am today without her.
a few last views of the magic kingd*m...
fantasmic from the pier
photo: sarah h.
view from the train of small world. photo: sarah h.
and home again. photos: sarah h.
to the gutting of a bathroom and the slow rebuilding.
we are fortunate to have an alternate during this process.
nothing puts us into the spirit as a bathroom rebuild. :)
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