Gold and Green Ball

Wow May has flown by, we have been busy with lots of exciting things. In the second week of May we headed up to Wyoming where Dan's brother, Dave & Heather, live. We always enjoy going to visit them. Each year Dave's stake puts on a Gold and Green Ball and the invite members to participate in the live music. Being a Duckwitz means you are often a sucker for anytime you can perform, especially with the brothers. This is the second year we have participated and last year I forgot my camera :( They usually have a small turn out and most of the people come just to listen to the music instead of dance, but we have a good time more or less :)

Nathan is Dave & Heather's oldest son, this was his FIRST dance ever! So the girls were determined to teach him how to dance. All through Junior High and High School I think I attend every stake dance I could, they were a blast. I wanted him to feel comfortable enough to go. He was a good sport and let me boss him around, first we danced and I taught him the basics like where your hands go, what to talk about, etc. Then I would make him ask each girl at our table to dance so he got use to asking. Grandma Duckwitz taught him the basic of a jitterbug which was really fun. Grandpa Duckwitz was trying to get him to ask a girl his age there to dance, but he was still a little to nervous for that he kept saying "I'm still a cub at this whole dance thing" by the end of the dance he was telling me he thought he would feel comfortable asking girls his age to dance and that he was now a "Lion" ha ha ha- I love that kid!

Nathan & Grandma Duckwitz


Nathan and Erika


This is just cute, Christel and her Daddy.


Me & Dan


Greg- ha ha ha


Erika & Christel sporting the cream puffs we couldn't leave alone


Nathan and Grandma and Grandpa Duckwitz


My video on my camera is not my best but I was able to get video of one of my most favorite things of the night and that is Norbert and Susan Duckwitz (my in-laws of course) they probably danced to 4 or 5 songs and they were so adorable. Also I was able to catch the boys in action, they sang 4 songs and this is just a taste- they always have a great, but semi-stressful time :)