Princess Avery

Last Saturday Miss Avery and I had our first "official" Grandma Day; we went to see Caitlin perform in the BHS production of "Cinderella". Before the show started we attended a princess party. Avery got to meet Cinderella and the Prince and have her picture taken with them, she then got to make a photo frame for the picture. She also got to color, she learned to dance and curtsy like a princess and enjoyed eating a royal cupcake... it was a magical day for sure.

Cinderella

This is an article from the Davis County Clipper. You can still see Caitlin this Friday the 14th at 7 pm or Saturday the 15th at 2 pm. She's awesome!

BHS brings the magic with classic ‘Cinderella’ by Jenniffer Wardell Davis County Clipper Jan 06, 2011

THE stepsisters (Caitlin Leger, Chandler Austin) try to pull prince Taylor Smith away from Cinderella (Hanna Cutler)

BOUNTIFUL — To make “Cinderella” shine onstage, you’ve got to do a lot more than wave a wand around.

Luckily, Bountiful High’s Theatre Arts Department is more than ready to take on the task. The group will be bringing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” to the stage Jan. 7, 10, 12, and 14 at 7 p.m., and Jan. 8 and 15 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

“We wanted to do a really fun, really cute show,” said director Angela Brown. “We wanted to do a musical that was family-friendly, and no one on the south end of Davis County has done Cinderella in a long time.”

For those who only know the Disney version of the classic fairy tale, the Rodgers and Hammerstein version gets rid of the talking mice and makes the prince seem a little more like a real person.

The show was originally written for television with Julie Andrews in the starring role, and has had two other major television versions made (starring Lesley Ann Warren and later Brandi in the title role). The version Bountiful High will be using combines elements of all three productions.

“We use the best components of the three television shows,” said Brown.

For the cast, putting on a new musical so soon after “Crazy for You” was a challenge. The double-cast show involves 56 cast members, and all of them began rehearsing for “Cinderella” as soon as “Crazy For You” ended on Nov. 15. During that same time, new costumes had to be made or acquired and sets had to be constructed.

“It’s been a pretty big challenge, but we have such a great group of kids this year,” said Brown. “They’ve been really dedicated and willing to work hard.”

Advance tickets for the show, as well as for the “Prince and Princess Party” being put on by the cast, are available at Top Hat Video and DVD in Bountiful, the Bountiful High business office, or Paisley Skye in Woods Cross. Advance and all matinee tickets are $5.

Tickets will also be available at the door, though they’ll be $8 for evening performances.

“It’s a lovely production,” said Brown. “Definitely non-boring.”

Sunday School Answers

Yesterday our Sunday School lesson was on the signs of the times and the second coming. The question was asked... "what does the second coming mean to you personally?" I didn't raise my hand. I wish I had. But these photos; taken at the cemetery on December 12, will give you an idea of what I would have said...

Merry Christmas From Us

These Shoes Were Made For Walkin'

I have an assortment of shoes that belong to me. My non-every day shoes (church, dress-up, appointments...) are in my closet. My every day shoes (work, walking, grocery store...) are in Mike's music room (garage) where I slip them off and on as I come and go.

Because I slip my shoes off when I return home, I don't un-tie them, which means... when I leave again they have to be untied before I can put them on. So every morning when I leave for work, I slip my feet into my work shoes leaving my heels hanging out of the back, until I get to work where I sit down and then untie my shoes and put them on properly... why don't I just do that at home you wonder? Good question. I don't know.

So... tonight, as Mike and I were leaving to go to Caitlin's choir concert, I decided to wear my walking shoes that were right there by the music room door. I slipped them on as usual, and once I was in the car and Mike was driving away, I put my feet in properly and tied the shoes.

When we arrived at the school and got out of the car and started walking, I noticed that my shoes felt rather loose. I must not have tied them tight enough I thought. As I looked down to see if my laces were loose I made a startling discovery... I-was-wearing-Mike's-shoes. Yes. I wore my husbands shoes, in public, to my teen-age daughter's concert. How's that for embarrassing your child?

I'm not old enough for a "senior moment". Am I?

Please tell me that some of you have done goofy stuff like that. Please!!

Christmas Dance

Do you remember what happened when Caitlin went to the Christmas dance last year? I do. She was in a car accident on her way home (less than a mile from home) and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulence. This year things went much smoother. As you can see I finished the shrug that I mentioned in the previous post. The dinner at our home went quite smoothly (thanks to some last minute, much needed help from Emily, Chris, Jeremy and Mike... and a laundry basket).

Here's the group of kids that went together; Caitlin and Andy, Jenna and Joel, Chelsea and Jason. Don't they all look great !?!

More On Roses

I haven't had much of a chance to write posts lately; I have barely glimpsed at other people's blogs, and I have hardly taken the opportunity to leave comments when I've stopped by. I just finished a MAJOR project and I'm feeling pretty good, so... I decided to go check out my blog for a minute or two and while in the process I took a peek at my sitemeter to see how many visitors I've had today.... ZERO. WOW! I've never had ZERO before. Then.... hello Lesley, It's past midnight, it's a new day, of course no one has visited (I was afraid that my neglect had caused me to lose all my blog friends). Just so I can get the sympathy vote, here is a sampling of what I have accomplished today; or, ummm .... yesterday. I was fortunate enough to have a day off so that I could do the following:

1- Complete the major project I've been working on
2- A weeks worth of laundry
3- Set up my Christmas village (it takes a lot of time)
4- Fight the computer all morning because it kept turning off as I tried to complete the project
5- Go to Target to buy canned air to clean the computer (I had to get dirty jeans out of the laundry to wear... I know, I am the most pathetic)
6- Make a shrug for Caitlin to wear to the dance tomorrow night (I guess it's actually tonight... it's after midnight now)
7- Make a pattern from online instructions for the shrug (that's a new adventure for me)
8- Make a dinner
9- Tend 4 grandsons (at their home) for 5 hours tonight
10- Come home after 11:30 pm, to discover Michael had cleaned the computer and I could now upload my completed project
11- While project uploaded I finished working on the shrug; I am still gathering fabric for a rosette as I type (I'm not kiddin')

I think I managed to do a few other things, but those are the highlights. I can't wait 'til tomorrow... or should I say today? Anyway... I hope to make it to my ward Christmas breakfast in 8 hours, I need to finish hemming the shrug, go to the grocery store, decorate the house, prepare a lesson.... and then have everything ready for Caitlin's dance group to eat dinner at our house....

Does anyone know if roses are out of season?