Thanksgiving 2015

We brought Thanksgiving to Ma in Cache Valley this year.  Ma did the turkey and we brought everything else.  We had a marvelous day with great food and good memories.  

Scanlons

Scanlons!  We love when friends come to visit. Especially friends from birth!  Josh and Emma have been best buddies from infancy.  

Andrew and Alli are great buddies too. Both love to dance. 

Chef's helper

Peter helped me make a big batch of rolls.  Actually he just played in the flour with his cars while I did all the work.  Still, we both had fun!

Mess makers

Caitlin and Peter have an impressive penchant for making messes.  When the house gets quiet I go searching and usually find them up to no good.  This time it was just popcorn kernels.  

Lion King - November 2015

This year I was asked to help direct the middle school musical, the Lion King.  One director is retiring and the other has changed should so they brought me in to train me for next year.   It was such a wonderful experience!   It was a learning curve for me, and sometimes outside my comfort zone, but we put on a great production.  

Joshua ran the spotlight.  He was nervous at first but did a great job.  

Me and Peter with some lionesses. 

On Pride rock after a performance. 

There were 95 kids in the cast.  That is a record and almost half of the shook population!

Costuming and makeup were amazing for this show. I sure fell in love with these great kids. 

Andrew with Nala.  Andrew was so excited about the entire production process.  He's a theater boy. 

Halloween 2015

Josh and Andrew (black wizard and ninja) have outgrown me. They went trick or treating with buddies this year. 

Caitlin as Ariel - she was so excited to paint her hair red!

Pirate Peter.  He was so mad to have to go trick or treating. That is, until he saw Caitlin collecting candy from folks. Then he perked right up!

Drew is a stud. He oozes happiness.  He's clever and talented.  I love this artistic delightful boy.