LDS "Youth" Dance + Naval Academy= Awkward night in Annapolis

While everyone was together in Utah, I was here in DC exploring new things and reliving past memories that I never thought I'd ever relive.

Saturday night we all went to Annapolis (cute city by the way...) to go to an LDS dance at the Naval Academy. The thought of being with Navy boys appealed to all of us...not like we really thought that we'd fall in love with any of them. But, hey, this dance was a once in a lifetime opportunity so we took advantage of it!

We all got dolled up; mostly to procrastinate working on our lesson plans. Here are some glamor shots of us, taken by yours truly.

Meggie, girl next door. Who wouldn't want her for steady buddy or date?


Kristen, the 21st century Duchess. Sorry Kiera Knightley. Out with the old and in with the new.


Amber, mysterious and blonde (but NOT a ditz)

Carolyn, athletic goddess


Wendy, red-haired fireball.


Colleen, classy enigma of the semester


And now for what you've all been waiting for...Susie, winner friend, winner hair.

Before I go on can I just say that I have GORGEOUS roommates?? Yah, I'm always blessed/cursed with them. Dang.

Now for the dance in Annapolis. We were all psyched cause we figured that the dance would be filled with Navy men galore. We dreamed of beautiful uniforms, bulky bodies, and white teeth. Well those are they myths and here are the realities:

1. Beautiful uniforms; check
2. Bulky bodies; if you consider a buck fifty a bulky body...but I don't. We weren't even sure if these guys were old enough to drive! They were so little!
3. White teeth; check. Yes, they had nice smiles. However, they had no idea how to use those teeth to talk to us. They may need some lessons on social skills besides Naval training.

So in the end, this dance reminded me of my Stake youth dance days. There were a million more girls. The guys couldn't dance at all. I danced with my girlfriends. I didn't get asked to dance. I got cute for nobody besides myself. The music was terrible (hokey pokey really?).

But like I have mentioned before, I chose to have fun and so I did. We all had a blast together. We danced it up and I am so glad I went. It's a funny story if anything...

Here are all the ladies. I took the picture.

And since it was my camera, they decided that I should probably be in one of the pictures. We just finished getting down and dirty (no skankiness was involved, I promise).


Ahhh...the memories.