Monday, July 21, 2008
Update for Marcy
I had a conversation with my friend Marcy at work a couple weeks ago. Her family collects Hot Wheels and I showed her our original Cars cars collection. I told her I'd take an update photo to show her the 5 million cars we have now. Richard and I get really excited about some things - what can I say?!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
He Looketh on the Heart
Got back from camp yesterday. It was a wonderful experience. I'm grateful I had the opportunity to go.
I was a stake leader with the responsibility of the evening programs specifically the spiritual program on Thursday night. It's quite a bit different to be on the stake level. I missed getting to spend all day and all night with the young women from my ward. Luckily I still got to hang out with them for a couple hours each night and they came and gave me lots of hugs and notes during the week.
The spiritual program went really well. I was pleased with how it turned out. We had 3 narrators, 4 soloists, and 3 slide shows. I think the most powerful part of the program was when the young women sang To Become Like Him while watching a slide show of photos taken at camp. It was pretty cool.
I got to spend some quality time with my best friend Joni. I am really grateful for that. She was a level leader over the first years. Our beds were next to each other in the stake cabin. We got to trek up the hill and back to visit our wards (in the same cabin).
Hooray for camp. One of my favorite places to serve in the church.
I was a stake leader with the responsibility of the evening programs specifically the spiritual program on Thursday night. It's quite a bit different to be on the stake level. I missed getting to spend all day and all night with the young women from my ward. Luckily I still got to hang out with them for a couple hours each night and they came and gave me lots of hugs and notes during the week.
The spiritual program went really well. I was pleased with how it turned out. We had 3 narrators, 4 soloists, and 3 slide shows. I think the most powerful part of the program was when the young women sang To Become Like Him while watching a slide show of photos taken at camp. It was pretty cool.
I got to spend some quality time with my best friend Joni. I am really grateful for that. She was a level leader over the first years. Our beds were next to each other in the stake cabin. We got to trek up the hill and back to visit our wards (in the same cabin).
Hooray for camp. One of my favorite places to serve in the church.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Sooooooo glad to have Meredith Jeppson back!!
This is the last week of my play and I'm sooooooo glad to have Meredith Jeppson (see blog friend - Merf) back. She was gone to Nauvoo for a family reunion last week and I MISSED her soooo much. I find that she really really REALLY makes my backstage experience more enjoyable. She also "challenges" my acting in the show - when she's there my Mrs. Squires is even more on top of her game. I sure do love that Meredith.
(How's that for missing you, eh Meredith?!)
(How's that for missing you, eh Meredith?!)
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Only one of the greatest performance ever!
Last night was seriously one of the greatest performances ever! It starts with knowing that my parents are coming to see the show. Then Allison gets to do the show with me. Then enter Leland age 6 in the front row. Amazing!
Allison did the matinee then decided to stick around and watch the evening show with my parents. She's out in the audience and Chelsea is backstage looking like she's like to die. So Andrea says "Allison's here - have her fill in for you." What a great idea! Our first show together. Unfortunately for her we share a costume so she had to wear Chelsea's costume. Luckily everything more or less fit.
The opening song we go out on stage together and we see the delighted look on Mom and Dad's faces and I can't keep a straight face thinking how funny it is that they aren't expecting to see us both on the same night.
Well the show continues and I always love it when people are there to see me because I give just a little bit more just for my fans. When it gets to Pick-a-little there is a part where we walk around the entire stage and interact with people on the front row. I walk around and tickle a little boy's legs with my feather boa and his face just lights up. He was so cute. We go backstage and I tell the other ladies about the cute little boy that I made laugh by tickling his legs. (We always like to compare reactions that we get from the audience.)
At intermission they sell candy grams for $1 that you can send to people in the cast. I got 2 from my parents which was really cool, 1 from someone in the other cast and then a special one from Leland (6) front row. He drew a smiley face and a heart. I was so excited. I could hardly contain myself. I was jumping all around showing everyone my sweet note. Well, after that, I played the rest of the show to him. Every chance I got I walked over by him and smiled at him and jumped to him. During the chase scene I looked over to him looking for Harold Hill and he said, "I don't know where he went." Then when I came back he said, "That way! He went that way!" After the show I shared my candy with him and took a picture with him. It was awesome! What a great great night.
Allison and I (with Andrea in the background)
More sisterly backstage antics
My parents and their dramatic daughters
Me reading the candy gram from Leland (this is just before the jumping ensued)
Leland holding the candy gram I shared with him.
Allison did the matinee then decided to stick around and watch the evening show with my parents. She's out in the audience and Chelsea is backstage looking like she's like to die. So Andrea says "Allison's here - have her fill in for you." What a great idea! Our first show together. Unfortunately for her we share a costume so she had to wear Chelsea's costume. Luckily everything more or less fit.
The opening song we go out on stage together and we see the delighted look on Mom and Dad's faces and I can't keep a straight face thinking how funny it is that they aren't expecting to see us both on the same night.
Well the show continues and I always love it when people are there to see me because I give just a little bit more just for my fans. When it gets to Pick-a-little there is a part where we walk around the entire stage and interact with people on the front row. I walk around and tickle a little boy's legs with my feather boa and his face just lights up. He was so cute. We go backstage and I tell the other ladies about the cute little boy that I made laugh by tickling his legs. (We always like to compare reactions that we get from the audience.)
At intermission they sell candy grams for $1 that you can send to people in the cast. I got 2 from my parents which was really cool, 1 from someone in the other cast and then a special one from Leland (6) front row. He drew a smiley face and a heart. I was so excited. I could hardly contain myself. I was jumping all around showing everyone my sweet note. Well, after that, I played the rest of the show to him. Every chance I got I walked over by him and smiled at him and jumped to him. During the chase scene I looked over to him looking for Harold Hill and he said, "I don't know where he went." Then when I came back he said, "That way! He went that way!" After the show I shared my candy with him and took a picture with him. It was awesome! What a great great night.
Allison and I (with Andrea in the background)
More sisterly backstage antics
My parents and their dramatic daughters
Me reading the candy gram from Leland (this is just before the jumping ensued)
Leland holding the candy gram I shared with him.
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