This is a picture of my brother in law T.J. ( in the blue circa 1960’s pirate costume) singing to his new bride Haley, at their masquerade ball wedding reception. The party was fabulous. They decided to have a masquerade ball because they love the song I am a Pirate, You are a Princess by PlayRadioPlay. PlayRadioPlay is just cool electronic music, and the really neat thing is that the guy recorded it all by himself (I think in his garage) and it sounds just as good as studio music. His voice is sweet, innocent and confident all mushed up together, and the lyrics are enough fun to inspire a masquerade ball. I like to listen to it when I’m happy, and I usually end up dancing around doing whatever it is I’m doing.

In the photo, T.J. is singing with Russ Powell from cool local band; The Handle, who played for part of the night (check them out, they were really fun). They also sang Happy Birthday to me since it was my birthday, thanks guys. Here’s Tac and I without our masks, he had a Zorro and a Batman mask that he traded around with our son, he was very cute.

This is our daughter Emma, she was the flower girl. Our boys, Seth; two and Xzavier; five, were very busy all night wielding swords (sometimes at the bands), throwing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ninja stars, dancing, taking pictures of everyone and harassing the caterers.

Congratulations Haley and T.J.!!!!!