Monday, March 30, 2009

Daddy/Mommy/Daughter Date-The Music Man!

Abby LOVES The Music Man! We listen to it in the car constantly and her favorite song is "Rock Island"-the one on the train in the beginning-"But he doesn't know the TERRITORY!" In fact, she always asks for it by saying, "Mom! I want the TERRITORY!" (LOVE it!)
So we recently found out that several members of our ward were involved in a production of The Music Man in a nearby town, so we got tickets and took Abby on a date last Friday, March 20th!




We started the night rushing to clean our house, because our sassy, perfectionist, 70-yr-old babysitter (Miriam Dew, the YW President in our ward) surprised us by showing up at our messy house as we were walking out the door to take Phoebe to HER (I'm sure perfectly clean)house! Anyway...we headed to Schoolhouse BBQ for dinner...


We had a lot of this...

...and some more of this...

...and I had a little of this...
...definitely NOT on my normal diet plan, but sooooo good!
Then it was off to the theater...

I don't have pics of the actual show, but here are some from other places to give you an idea...

It was a GRAND night! We were a little worried that Abby would get bored, since her favorite song is the first one, but she was GLUED and except for a few too many requests to go to the bathroom or get water, she did great!

I hope to make Abby as much of a musical lover as I am...and I guess as her dad is too, because though he would tell you he's not-he knows every word to The Music Man and is suspiciously familiar with other faves of mine as well...SO FUN!


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Similarities...

This recent pic of Phoebe...


Reminded me of this one of Abby......


Definitely sisters...ya think?

My girls...

Okay, so as fun as it has been catching up with old friends and posting embarrassing pictures from the past on Facebook (I'm not done with the embarrassing pics, so watch out college and mission friends...), I think it's time I get back to this blog...I'm starting slowly...easing my way back into it! So here are some recent pics of the girls for your enjoyment...


Headband falling down...


SECOND snow of the winter...a surprise this time!


The lip...


Sweet, Sweet Phoebe Jane...


I couldn't resist taking this pic...


EARLY morning with my girls...


A little thumb-sucker at bed time...


Oh the joy of ice cream in a cone!


Glittery cupcake dresses made by Nana!


Full body shot!


Phoebe doing tricks with Dad...just like her sister did! She can even do this with her cast on!

More posts to come...