It All Ends 7.15

The Harry Potter finale. What an epic night. Philip and I decided to return to our adolescents and not only go to the midnight showing, but dress up for it too. And Philip went all out, he even bleached his hair. It was so much fun! We went with lovely Ashley, who also went all out. She got all this professional costume makeup to make herself bald and give herself pointy ears. Ashley went as Dobby, Philip as Draco, and I went as Hermoine.

Now a quick note before the pictures, I LOVE Harry Potter, but this was not always the case. I used to claim a strong dislike for Harry Potter. I had tried to watch the movies and read the books back in middle school and high school, but I never got into it and I just thought it was dumb. Well, this all changed right around the time Philip and I got married. The 6th movie was scheduled to come out while we were on our honeymoon and Philip really wanted to see it. So, Philip asked me to at least try and watch all the first 5 movies before we got married, and then maybe I would want to see it. I told him of my previous failing attempts at watching the movies, but told him I would try again. Two weeks before we were married, Philip was still in Utah and I was in Washington, so I had plenty of time to watch the movies. Luckily, the fabulous Mills family owned the five Harry Potter movies and sat through them with me. We watched all five within a matter of days. And I totally fell in love with the story of Harry Potter. The story is so emotional and provoking. It paints such a beautiful image of the struggle between good and evil. It shows how we all have been given gifts, but it is up to us to determine how we will use the gifts we have been given. After watching those 5 movies, I gladly watched the 6th while on our honeymoon, and then proceeded to read all 7 books within a few weeks after getting home from our honeymoon. Needless to say, I've loved Harry Potter since then, and was more than stoked to go see the midnight showing of the last movie.

And here are the pics:

 Scandalous! 

The before and after. Seriously, check out that bleached hair, he was just finally able to cut the rest of it off yesterday, 2 months later. 

 The best death eater drawn on tattoo ever, go Ashley

 This picture is so funny because we both made the same face spontaneously, so not planned 

Now I just can't wait until the movie gets to the dollar theater so I can go and watch it again and again!!!