Regency Romance

Last Valentines Day we went to the Regency Romance Ball for the first time and we had such a good time that we hoped we would be able to go again. And we did! I only had a week to get us ready last year and having never gone to anything like it before I had to work really hard to figure out how to pull it off! It was so much easier this year as I now knew what to expect and how I could put together a costume for Josh. A good friend let me borrow her beautiful dress again and the awesome girl in my ward that did my hair last year came and did it again for me. And thanks to my Mom who found a vest of my Dad's that totally worked and one of my grandparents' old pillowcases that I sewed a cravat out of I was able to put together a costume for Josh so that we didn't have to rent one! And he looked great!

We were able to spend the evening with several friends and just really had a fun time!

 

We also struck up a conversation with a couple that was seated across from us at dinner and ended up talking with them for a really long time. Somehow we don't think it was a coincidence that it happened as they ended up telling us of their personal experiences with adoption. We are pretty sure it was a little blessing that was waiting for us :)