The Wizard of Oz in Anderson

Lion, Tinman, Lindz, Scarcrow, Ryan & Dorothy


My Munchkins!



Lindsey as a monkey!




Emerald city girl and munchkin

Well as promised our high school production of The Wizard of Oz is here. Our opening night was Tuesday and today is the final performance. The kids have done 10 shows in these 6 days and are exhausted! That being said though they have had a blast and put on an amazing production! We had flying monkeys and Glenda flying in her bubble and the witch and Dorothy both flew, it was great! Ryan is playing a munchkin city father and Lindsey is playing 4 different roles. She is a munchkin, a emerald city girl, a monkey, and a poppy. She changes costumes 5 times and makeup twice. I have to say that I am really proud of my kids for their dedication and endurance! It's been tough! 2 days this week they had 3 shows a day, and they were troopers! Taylor has been such a good sport about the crazy hours and the amount of alone time that she has had to put up with! We love her for that! I was a manager for one of the committees which has meant that I have had to be at every show. Mitch was supervising the fly crew, so he has been at all but 2 performances. This has left Taylor a lot of time to play all the piano she wants and watch all the TV she wantes!
We are so thrilled to live in an area where the kids have these kind of opportunities! It is so fun to see their talents and their confidence grow and to watch them come alive in their characters! I have really enjoyed this experience!

Our Crazy Life....

Ok well I've been told to start posting, so here I go. Not much has been happening, and then again too much has been happening! I know I sound like a nut, and some times I wander if I'm not one! LOL! Anyway... We have been so busy lately with just life. As some of you know Ryan and Lindsey are involved in The Wizard of Oz production at the high school. They have been at rehearsals so much lately that it is crazy. Lindsey leaves the house at 6:20am for seminary and usually doesn't get home until about 8:30pm after rehearsal. She does her homework in there somewhere, and has managed to keep her grades up and not get burnt out yet. She has also managed to have her 15th birthday in there and celebrated with a movie night in my living room with about 15 other teenagers. It was fun and she loved it. However, I was not allowed to take pictures. She didn't even want a cake! It was an easy year this year.

Ryan along with doing the musical is working on earning his Webelos badge in Cub Scouts. He really likes his teacher at school( THANKFULLY) and ya know is doing great at being 10! Taylor is amazing us at how quickly and easily she is picking up playing the piano. She started lessons in September, and is passing off about 6 - 7 songs a week, including HYMNS from the HYMNS made easy book. Her piano teacher is so excited for her and is loving having Tay for a student! Tay is also loving it and has really found a true gift. We are so proud of her.

Anyway, I took the test to be an AID at the schools and passed; so I will be applying to work about three hours a day somewhere in the district. I want to do something, but be home when the kids are home and this will allow me to do that. Mitch is still working really hard, and still has the GPS caseload. He's hoping that will end at the beginning of next year. It's a specialty case load, but he doesn't like dealing with the "clients", and would rather have a regular caseload. We'll see...

I guess that's it for now. We are hoping to have a family picture taken this month so maybe I can get that up in the near future! Till then...........................