Sunday was Cowboys football playoff time!
But before we get to that, Saturday was a big night for Alicia. She attended the Winter formal dance with several friends. All the young ladies and gentlemen came over to take pictures before they headed to the dance and they all looked amazing.
I enjoyed watching the performance as Diana, the girls, and another Mom attempted to pin the boutonnieres to the boys’ lapels.
The trouble the boys and girls took to 
coordinate ties with dresses and boutonnieres and corsages with their outfits was quite impressive.
We were treated to most of the group coming back over to our home after their dance to hang out for a while. They all seemed to really enjoy the event.
Judy, my friend and EDS admin from California was in town to celebrate the birth of her first grandchild, Reagan Marie. We had Judy and the Dilling clan, Patty and Brent, Wendy and Toby all over to watch the Cowboys play the Packers and to celebrate Nana and Papa Dilling.
I enjoyed holding a baby much smaller than any of my three ever were again. Such a good baby – slept or watched the Cowboys all afternoon with no complaints.
We took a tip from the Winter formal bunch and had a picture of the group taken on the stairs.
Unfortunately the Cowboys lost 34 – 31 in the last few seconds of the game and couldn’t overcome a slow start in the fist half. It was a very exciting game even if not the result we were all hoping for.
We enjoyed some great cocktails and snacks during the game. Diana bought us the “Bacon 24/7” cookbook and made us some yummy cheese and bacon puffs. I infused some bourbon with bacon and used it to make some Manhattans that were well received. Judy had her usual lemon drop cocktails from the glitter ball martini glass that I got to celebrate her new grandmother status. Wendy brought a buffalo chicken dip that everyone really enjoyed and Patty and Brent made one of their excellent flatbreads with mozzarella, honey, and basil. Multiple recipes were exchanged.
Old friends (and a one week old new friend) got to spend some fun time together and catch up despite the wrong result on the football game.
Just as everyone was about to leave, the heavens opened and some tornado warnings were broadcast. Diana and I got pretty wet holding umbrellas for folks to leave and fortunately everyone made it home without incident.