tired with joy

My pictures from my goodbye party turned out not so great, unlike the party. Pretty much everyone has freaky red eyes. And I lost track of my camera after the cookie decorating competition, so have no pictures from that point onward. I hope some of my friends will email me their pictures :)
Here are the beautiful house banners that Lyndall made:

This is Stolfa House, playing our first game; "Build the tallest free standing balloon tower". I'm the one kneeling with braids. The dressing up was very satisfying and I was really impressed with the effort people put in, these two in particular: