I must say, this Halloween was epic!  My costume turned out great this year!  I took the Disney version and the Once Upon a Time version of the Red Queen/Queen of Hearts, threw in a little Tim Burton and VOILA!  This costume was a heck of a lot of work: The only part that I bought and kept in tact was the red blouse that I then adorned in the colors of the Disney Queen of Hearts.  The rest of it was pieced together from different skirts, fabrics and ribbons to add to the royal look.  In addition to my costume, this year I also made two of my brother's costumes: one brother was the Mad Hatter and the other was Knave of Hearts from the Tim Burton version of "Alice in Wonderland."  It was a great group!

Gilbert High School's Choir BBQ

Tonight was one that was worked toward for quite a long time.  It was the first time that all of my siblings and I decided to sing together.  Now we all have varying degrees of vocal ability, with some of us being classically trained and others having only sung along to the radio, but we pulled it off.  Two of my siblings go to Gilbert High School and are in the choirs there, and every year the choirs put together a Choir BBQ.  This includes food, raffles, silent auctions, a jailhouse and live entertainment provided by the students.  This year, amongst all of our busy schedules we were able to get together, prepare a song, audition, make the cut and perform the song "Compass" by Lady Antebellum at the BBQ.  It was an amazing experience to be up on stage with all of my siblings just having fun!  It was western themed, obviously, so one of my brothers decided to dress up as Woody from "Toy Story."  It was my second time being on this stage, my first being able to sing with my cousin when she was in choir there, singing "Jesus Take the Wheel."  What a fantastic choir program Gilbert High School has!

My siblings and I after our performance: