CAPTURE THE FLAG *WORLD* PREMIERE

Seriah here! I was just too hyped to let Tsarmina write about this, so here we go: *takes a deep breath*

The Premeire of Capture the Flag was last Saturday!!!!!!! It was full of truth and awesomeness!!!!!! And it was awesome!!!!!!!!

Okay. Rant over. Sorry. *sheepishly grins*

Well. Tsarmina back. I do apologize for that ... Whatever that was.

But it really was amazing. :) Seriah's friends Millie and Savannah helped her get ready-- she was running late because they had taken a little too long on their after lunch stroll on the arroyo. (It was a good thing Savannah was keeping an eye on the time, because otherwise Seriah would have been waaaay late.) They scrambled quickly up the slope of the backyard, Seriah dashing to the bathroom to wash the dirt out from under her nails. She had planned to alter a blue prom dress she'd bought at a thrift store back in Moriarty, but there was no time. Quickly she pinned the straps to make them shorter and strapped on high heels to make up for the extra hem length. (Short girl problems.) 

Although we were positive we'd be late, we arrived precisely at 6:15. As soon as we got there, we were greeted by fellow cast members and other Premiere goers. Then it was time for pictures!

 (L to R: Seriah, Caitlyn, AKA Eliminator; Hannah, and McKenzie)

(L to R:  Sophie, AKA Agent Alexis; Hannah, AKA Eliminator; Seriah AKA Allison Elliot; McKenzie, AKA newscaster and script consultant) 

Seriah, Caitlyn, Hannah, and McKenzie all found seats together in the second row before Seriah had to go stand in the back, waiting to be called to walk the red carpet up to the stage. 

  Matthew Evans officially opened the evening with a prayer, then called the actors up one by one to the stage to introduce them to the audience. There were over one hundred people there that evening, many more than Seriah had expected! Friends, family, Facebook aquaintences, and even some strangers that just poked their heads in to see what all the commotion was about and decided to stay for the show! 

  After Matthew had introduced all the main cast, he dismissed them to come back to their seats and the movie began!  

  I hadn't seen the whole movie yet, and neither had Seriah, so we were pretty excited to see all that work come together. Okay, pretty excited is an understatement. Seriah was practically vibrating in her seat with anticipation.

  After the movie was over, the main cast was once again called up on stage for a short Q&A session, which was supposedly videoed, so maybe I can post it here later. :)

  Needless to say, Seriah was way too hyped to fall asleep when she got home, but I was quite tired out by the days events.

Tsarmina, signing off 🐾

Regency Ball 2015 -- RR, NM

                     Before and After:

Well, the Regency Ball of this year was certainly an adventure! As planned before, Seriah and I went over to Caitlyn's house to get ready with her, Caitlyn's sisters, Savannah, and McKenzie. Caitlyn did Seriah's hair and makeup. :) We got there late, so Savannah was already in the stylist's chair--AKA the kitchen stool.

Seriah was planning on wearing her dress from last year, but her awesome friend McKenzie offered to make her a dress! So McKenzie made Seriah a dress, and Seriah did McKenzie's hair.

Since doing hair Regency-style takes a loooong time, the girls were kind of crunched for time, but Caitlyn still pulled off a beautiful hairstyle of Seriah. After finishing all the inevitable last minute button-sewing and makeup, the girls slipped into their gloves and capes and posed for pictures beneath the Richey's tree.

L to R: Coryn R., Carissa R., McKenzie, Caitlyn, Seriah, and Savannah 

They made it to the ball on time! And funny enough, the theme of this year's ball was peacocks--McKenzie's favorite bird. And Seriah had even got the peacock feathers for her hair! They all thought that was coinsidental. :)

So even though Seriah ended up dancing with three girls out of the nine dances,  she still had nice time. :)

This dance is called Dublin Bay. (Seriah's partner is the gent in the top hat.)

L to R: McKenzie, Seriah, Caitlyn, Carissa, Coryn, Christina, Elizabeth, Adri, and Emma (Glimfeather) ;)

Snow Day!!! - ABQ, NM, 2015

Last Saturday all of New Mexico awoke to something the rest of the country is sick and tired of: SNOW!

Seriah and her friend McKenzie had a great time playing in the snow and building an igloo with McKenzie's little brother. It even had a window!

After making soap and a lemon cake, it was time for us to go back home to Rio Rancho. As we stepped inside the front door, Seriah remembered that she hadn't made her bed that morning, so she tried to duck into her room to tidy up so McKenzie could see some of the new decorating Seriah's done.

  "SURPRISE!!!" Screamed a dozen girls.

Seriah leapt back, practically slamming the door in their faces. (She was literally freaked out. I mean, Seriah's already a jumpy person, so imagine her shock at having all the girls from church jampacked in her bedroom)

It was, obviously, a surprise party for Seriah's Sweet Sixteen, and after she recovered (mostly) from her shock, she enjoyed the party, pizza, and charades. As a friendly warning though, NEVER have Mr. Getty and Mr. Yu write out the movie title slips for charades. There were more than a few-- okay, more like three fourths-- of the movies were things like: Saving Private Ryan, Star Trek, Chariots of Fire... You get the idea. Everyone still had fun, despite the ridiculiously hard charades.

  Afterwards, Seriah had to admit it was one of the two best birthday surprises she's ever had. :)

Tsarmina, signing out. 🐾

Here and There -- NM

Driving lessons with Seriah... *gulp!*

Hopefully I live to tell tales about more of them!

Blue Skies -- Rio Rancho, NM

Well dear faithful readers--chiefly, Rebecca and Seriah-- I have long been overdue in making this post, but nothing much worth writing about has happened! I mean, there was Seriah getting her Learner's Permit, and a little early Sweet Sixteen adventure, but I wasn't there for those, so I'll just have to wait around for something else interesting to happen. Right now in sunny New Mexico it's a balmy 70 degrees, with blue skies in every direction. Just right to bike to the library or maybe hide out in the new houseplant. Shhhhh....

-- XOXO Tsarmina

December 13, 2014-- WV

 Hello everyone!

Today, Rebecca, Hannah, and I walked around in town going Christmas shopping. We hit the bookstore first (of COURSE!), and then checked out a couple of antique stores just for fun. There's not a whole lot of shopping options around where we were, so that's about all we went in to. Most of our gifts are homemade, anyway.

Rebecca and I in our matching scarves from Seriah
Recognize this background, Seriah? :)

Rebecca's sister Hannah

She got mad because we took her picture,
so started speed walking away. Hehe. We caught up.

Then we met up with the rest of Rebecca's family at the train station and took family pictures for our Christmas cards. We came home, and I got into these lovely goodies that a nice lady at church made!

Mousey! Chocolate-covered cherry body, Hershey
kiss face, marshmallow ears, and sprinkle eyes and nose.

Well, I'm off to go wrap Christmas 

presents. I'll post the Christmas card photos soon!

-- xx Tsarmina

November 26, 2014-- WV

9:30 a.m.
It's only been snowing for two hours,
and it's still going strong!

 Hello, all! As you can probably see, I am back up in the mountains of West Virginia with Rebecca. They called off school today, so I get to spend the whole day with her! We're planning to do an American Girl photo-shoot out in the snow today. And go sledding. And work on super-secret Christmas stuff. And listen to Christmas music. And play with Rebecca's new baby brother, AJ.

Wish we could send you some snow, Seriah. I'll be posting again soon!

 

Love,

 

Tsar