Shearer Chaos: 2015

South Pacific 2014

Ok so now we are taking it back to last year, but I couldn't resist adding a few pics from South Pacific. It's so fun seeing my kids up on the stage. Janika was a nurse and a Polynesian girl in it and had the time of her life singing and dancing and goofing off with her friends :) It's a million pictures but they were all so fun that I couldn't decide which ones to leave out :)

All of her buddies in the cast - what a fun bunch of kids!

Wash that man right out of her hair!

Watch out Nellie! Here comes Emile!

...and the cute little Polynesian girls..

He seems to be getting just a little bit nervous....

That's my little honey bun!

back to washin that man right out of my hair

Chrissi and Ashley came all the way up from Utah to see the play. The best aunties ever!!!

And that cute, goofy cast finally made it through both performances!

Annie

In February of 2015, Jaden was in the play Annie. He played the part of Mr. Bundles and had a great time flirting it up on stage with two different Miss Hannigans. Here's some of the highlights:

Aggie! How's the cutest girl.......this was the stand in Mrs Hannigan. The regular one had the flu or something.

Not many girls are able to resist when he tries those baby blues on them...

Lookin good Mr. Bundles! I'm thinkin white is your color :)

The advantages of a musical like Annie - lots of cute orphans and maids! This is Abby the maid and Sari the orphan from our ward.

Maggie was an apple seller, I believe and one of Jaden's good friends too!

....And here's the original Mrs Hannigan

I think he's got her all a flustered!

Sneaking Annie out in the laundry basket. Look at all those innocent orphans!

.....and a few more of Jaden's fan club - Lizzie and Lexy with a photo bombing Brandon to liven it up :)

Regency Ball 2015

So the previous adventure that we had was the Regency Ball in March. It was Jaden's first one and Justin and I got to chaperone/dance. Both Janika and Jaden had their dance cards filled within the first 5 minutes and then had a ball dancing the night away! I had to make a few adjustments to her dress but not too bad and I made Justin and Jaden vests and bowties (which turned out to be a lot more work than I expected!) so they could feel fancy without getting too hot :) Everybody had a great time and it was fun to see all the smiles and watch the flirtation fest! Unfortunately, I was only able to get pics of the grand march and the last posties dance because during the rest I was dancing with my dashing husband but you have to give and take a little right? Check out some of our favs -

Handsome Jaden getting all those cute girls to sign his dance card. He was highly sought after because he went to all the practices and knew the dances well ;)

This is Janika and some of her buddies. Alex seems to be one lucky guy with two of the cutest girls in the stake under his arms!

...and the Grand March begins.....Jaden and Palila strutting their stuff!

The Grand March worked itself into one ginormous snail with everyone weaving in and out of everyone else. It was fun seeing all the fancy dresses!

Grand March ended with each couple being presented to the Stake President, bowing and then taking their place on the floor.

Something tells me that the Stake President might make Alex a little nervous or maybe it's just Janika holding his hand that does it :)

Ah yes.....a little more relaxed now that there is food in his hand!

.....and who is that handsome devil?! Oh wait! That's my husband! Lucky me!

Some of the cute girls from our ward - Janika, Palila, Kelsey, and Draque.

This one is Posties - the favorite among the kids but also the one where we have witnessed the most girls get thrown on their bums with over -enthusiastic spins. Luckily Janika had Tyler who was an old pro. Ain't they cute!!!