Boy, it was a busy weekend.

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We were invited by our good friends, the Maness’, to go to the annual daddy-daughter dance, hosted by their church. For years, I had always been a bit jealous that Matt got to do a daddy-daughter dance with his girls at the country club so they could feel honored and loved, so this invitation meant a lot.

We had never been to this dance before, but knew a lot of people who had. My expectations were not the highest, simple because I have seen some church events that were put on in a gymnasium with a very small budget. Whatever the case might be, we were told to get corsage’s, as most girls would have them.

Rosie got her corsage, mom got her pics, and we met up with our friends for a fancy pre-date meal; the lady gets to pick the location, of course:

So we ended up at Moe’s.

This was not a standard church event; this was the 22nd annual dance, and there were literally hundreds of people. It was way fancier than several weddings we have been to over the years.

They had several “photo spots” around, where people had shirts that read “I can take your picture for you”. Several are on Brian’s phone, but this is one we got.

Each year they have a large heart to sign; this is Brian posing with last year’s heart.

It’s hard to get a picture that could capture the scale of this dance, but there must have been close to 400 people there. The picture above is early, when the dance floor was relatively empty; however it was packed the rest of the night; the must was pretty great too: it had everything from “Under the sea” to Rihanna and Jay-Z (the clean versions).

The dance was a blast. Thank you Brian and Meryl for inviting us; and I think Rosie felt honored as well.

Dance Dad Life

Dance competitions are a big deal. What I learned this weekend is if the words “Rosie’s dance competition” are on the family calendar, that means I need to:

1. Sleep well the days before
2. Have plenty of patience
3. have very few opinions
4. Not plan on anything else that day; or days.

They literally last all damn day. Rosie was there from 9:40 until 5:30 (or so). Since you are sane and only care about the highlights, here they are:

There were dozens of dance companies there, and hundreds and hundreds of dance routines, starting with the younger kids early in the day, and going well into the evening; I was told Evan and her girls were there until around 11.

Some of those performances were pretty awesome- I was told some of those girls can end up doing practice 4-6 days a week (Rosie does 2 days a week), and it shows.

They did great for their second dance.

See point number 3 above: have very few opinions. So I will do just that.

It was a long day, Rosie did great, and it was fun to hang with the fam during a chaotic day, with people coming and going as they could.

This was our cheering section; mom showed up a few minutes after, and I didn’t want to ask them all to smile for this quick shot; but, it was fun for mercy to hang with her cousins all day.

I hope Rosie chooses soccer though.