the dance....

The highlight of the kid's social calendar each year is the big "Night to Remember" dance put on through our Special Olympic team... It's a family event, and our SO team coordinator goes ALL out for it... It starts with dinner, and the opportunity to have professional family portraits taken and wander around the Wings Over the Rockies Museum where the dance is held each year. Then the dance (complete with DJ and disco ball), starts...

The dance is, of course, the highlight of the evening for the kids.

When we found out a few weeks ago that M needed surgery, I told the surgeon we could do it anytime... after Feb 6th. There was no way M was going to miss this party just to get his hip fixed... the hip can wait... this party only comes once a year!

Here are a few pictures...

R, M and S at the house, ready to leave for the party



S and R at dinner...



...and later, dancing.



M dancing with his friend E..



S, a friend from both our homeschool group and Special Olympics came, he and R and S hung out together a lot...



S seems to "channel" Michael Jackson...



M's girlfriend R got there, and, to his delight, he got to dance his first "slow dance" with someone other than mom. (poor R, I think I caught her in mid-sentence).



They all had such a good time...



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One last slow dance... on stage!... before it was time to head for home.



Many thanks to Rocky Mtn Team Special Olympics for creating such a wonderful evening for us...