Beauty and the Beast 2

Not sure the video worked, the pictures are good though.

Beauty and the Beast

Here are some pictures and videos from the play. Emma did great and has mixed emotions that it is ended.  Happy to have some more time at home (3p-8p practices for 7 weeks) but going to miss the people and performing.  She had some friends from Kansas City come down to see her as well as some kids from the ward.  It was good to see them all. The first video is Human Again.  She has a solo in the middle of the song.  In case you can't tell in the video she is the brown closet with white hair :).  Sorry about the poor taping.  I didn't know how to find the video button in the dark on Human Again so I missed the beginning.  The second one is the final song.  I was ready for it that time and she was saying her lines and was almost done when I realized I should have been recording that too instead just holding the camera;).

p.s.  It took a really long time to load the video so I'll put the next one in a separate post.

Hammock

I made hammocks for Emma and marianne for Christmas.  We put Marianne's out this week.  They take the hammock in each time, but leave the rope in the tree.  They all liked it.  I made one more for the little kids.

Exploring

We finally all took a trek around the property.  We all enjoyed it.  Someday we'll make some trails so we don't encounter so many thorns and bushes along the way.

Car Trains and Horses

Or more commonly called Vrmm, choo Choo and YeeHaw!  They go with James every where he goes.  Not always the same ones, but usually at least one of each in some form (book or otherwise).  I had started stuffing my pockets because of course he wants to be carried too.  Then emma had the great idea to put them in his backpack and now he gets to carry his own stuff.

Darking Bogs

We took a walk this afternoon hoping to put James to sleep.  There is one house up the road with a dog that has a mean sounding bark. We had a conversation that went something like this.
 Lea:  "When we get close to the house with the darking bog I want to turn around if it comes out."
Mom:  "The darking bog?"
Lea: "Yes I don't like the darking bog.  We should walk back to the creek if he is out."
Emma:  "Did she just say the darking bog?"
Lea:  " How close are we to the darking bog?"
(By this time we all started laughing)
Lea:  "What is so funny?  I don't like the darking bog?"
More laughter, Lea included.
Emma: "Do you know why we're laughing? You said the darking bog."
Lea:  " Yeah, I'm afraid of the darking bog!"
It took a while before anyone could stop laughing enough to point out what she was saying.

Random Pictures

Lea took some random pictures yesterday.  Here is one.  While the kids were out of school on one of their snow days I decided to finish up the wall decorating (part of my get the garage organized project).  The girls helped.  It included framing the great-grandma's doilies we got while I was out in Utah for Grandma Oliver's funeral.  This one is GG Clara Wright.  The other one is GG Ethel Oliver. ( I went back and checked the tag and it did say Ethel Oliver on it.)