Memorial Day '09

What a fun day! I love my country and I love my family! We started the day with a ward breakfast and parade. First they had a flag raising ceremony. Then the kids had fun decorating their bikes. However, right before the parade Owen went missing. He had come home and locked himself in the house. I guess all the people and activity became a bit overwhelming for him. Luckily the breakfast was right across the street from our house. With a bit of reassurance he came out and rode in the trailer Rod was pulling and joined the parade.

Owen and Tani wore capes. Tani looked pretty cool riding his bike with the cape flowing behind. William was so cute. Could I just freeze him in his little Superman cape?
We spent the afternoon eating fried chicken and hiking in the canyon with our good friends and neighbors, the Pearts. What a blast! Tracy and Sean are hilarious and their kids are a lot of fun. I love holidays and spending time with people I care about.

Wicked!

I have wanted to see Wicked for a long time. I somehow missed the fact that the Broadway show was coming to Utah this month (the tickets were sold out a year ago). When I heard they were here I became quite obsessed with finding a way to go. However, the tickets were selling for waaaay out of my price range. I checked the online classified ads many times a day. Any reasonably priced tickets would sell within minutes of listing. I just about gave up. Rod told me to go ahead and just get some good tickets but I knew I wouldn't enjoy myself if they were $300-400 a piece. Friday morning my persistence finally paid off. I caught an ad that had been posted for about 9 minutes that was selling 4 really good seats for a lot of money....AND two tickets for a deal. They were technically singles as they were one row apart but in the center, on the aisle, one right in front of the other. I called right away and got them!!!

Rod dropped everything and went downtown to pick them up. He said they were a "big Mother's Day present for the best Mom in the world". Wow. What a nice man I married! Anna and I danced around all afternoon so excited to go. The show was absolutely fantastic! I love the twist on such a well known story. There was so much creativity and talent. I was in heaven...and so was Anna. We have been listening to the music ever since and singing our hearts out...much to the dismay of our poor little boys. It was a wonderful Mother/Daughter experience!