Phew! What a Ride!

Well, shows over! The musical is officially finished and what a great show! The kids did such a good job! I sat in the audience for all 4 performances with my heart racing and a smile on my face. I only worked with these kids for 2 1/2 weeks but boy they grew on me fast! (They even started calling me Momma Overton...heehee!) Every song they sang my heart was in my chest hoping and praying they got every note and word. And for the most part, they did! (There were a couple of blunders and an unintentional expletive, but everyone recovered nicely and you could hardly tell. And no one heard said expletive, thank God.) (One of the kids lost his balance, tripped, and mid-stumble yelled "s#!t!". And even though he was miced, no one heard him over the singing. Phew....) I still shake my head at that one.
Anyway, it was so much fun to get involved with and I miss working with them. I also had a lot of fun working with the director. Love her. We would sit together and go through the ups and downs in the show together.(One night we didn't sit together because she was helping the sound people and I inadvertently grabbed the leg of the woman sitting next to me when one of the kids forgot the words to his song... Thankfully, I knew the woman as it was the jr high band director but still! It was just a reflex. Sorry, Jill!)  Although I had helped with music and other things in past shows, I was always also on stage. It's a whole different ballgame to sit in the audience and watch. But the director, Sam, made it fun. So I'm kinda looking forward to next year. I just hope I am wanted back. :)

As for the cast party, it was here. After some going back and forth, Luke gave in and the party went well. I cannot express enough what a great group of kids we had. The only fatality was a pop can being knocked over onto the rug with about 2 drips of pop left in it. And it wasn't the kids fault. It was the dog's. So successful party had by all. And not a single kid left without saying thank you. I don't know what Luke was so worried about. Theater kids are usually good kids. I am going to miss them. :')

Well now that everything has returned back to normal, some normal updates. Luke has been hard at work chopping down trees and unwanted shrubs around our yard. it's only the 4th day of April and already Luke has mowed the lawn 4 times. And it is super long again. I know this is unusual for this time of year here, but I'll take it. A couple days ago it was in the 90s here and today it's going to be a chilly 73. Crazy!!! But I appreciate how green everything is for sure. (And so does my asthma...) I can't wait to finish our landscaping and make our house look like a respectable home. I keep saying we'll do it in the spring but it's been spring here for the past 2 months! At this point back home, we are still anticipating at least one more surprise snow. I think I can say with confidence that we are done with snow here. Especially because all winter long we only had 2. Crazy, right???

I may or may not have mentioned before that we bought paint for the guest room downstairs. We still have yet to paint, but since we have a few of our weekends left, hopefully it will be done soon. We just need to patch the splits in the walls first then we are good to go. I can't wait for that project to be finished as well. That may be my favorite room when we're done! :)

As for Luke, the school year is winding down fast. 31 days left as of today and he is alllll mine for the summer. I'm kinda excited about this. I miss that kid during the day. And we (I) may or may not have mentioned the the kids about teaching acting/voice lessons this summer. They were really excited so now it's just a matter of ironing out the details.
 I am also excited to have family and friends come visit this summer and for us to go visiting as well! (For more than a week at a time! No more 'drive-bys!') Not to mention we have a wedding to go to for Luke's cousin so that will be a little mini vacation for us too! So excited!!

What else.... I think that's about it. Kylie is fine. She started her new class session last Sunday and did well in class. Now if she'll only do it at home as well... And I think that's really about it. I'll check to see if I have pictures to post to leave you with. (I checked...no good new pictures. Sorry...)

Thanks for reading and we are sending so much love!! :)
Happy Spring! And Happy Easter! (We'll be in Iowa - Can't wait to see everyone!!)

Ok this is the only picture I can find to post. This is our tub. (Duh) And in the tub is the spigot. The joys of home ownership... I went to take a tub and the water pressure blew off the spigot. Thankfully, I was not in the tub when this happened cause it really flew. It bounced off the back of the tub and landed where you see it now. After I yelped from the surprise of it all, I took  a picture. Then I made Luke fix it. We're good now.