A good day to tube

We didn't have much consistent snow this year but when we got it, we tended to get a bunch of it.  These pictures have been in my camera for a while, sorry.  We finally had a decent (not freezing) weekend day.  We headed out to a sledding hill for only an hour or so but they had a blast.  Tubes were by far the fastest things that we saw on the hill that day except for the lunch trays.  I'm not joking.  Adults were hopping on serving trays that you would normally see at cafeterias and they were flying!  They had a hard time hanging on, but it sure looked like fun!

A weekend of Beauties and Beasts

See him?  Hiding behind the second fork down

Loving this tux!

Monsieur D'Arque
Josh was in the musical Beauty and the Beast Jr. this weekend.  His official role was Monsieur D'Arque, the head of the insane asylum, but they needed more "stronger voices" out there. So he was asked to be in the ensemble as well.  So he played a villager, a fork, and a waltzing gentleman.  He loved every minute of it, especially the tux.  I must say, the talent level of these kids was VERY impressive.  Because this is an official Disney production though, the school was required to use official Disney costumes for Belle and the Beast.  To purchase the Beast's costume was $1100.  Our school was able to borrow or rent ours.  By the way, Josh's good friend, Matt, beat him out of the role of Gaston.  That's him in the red.  He has a very deep voice and played the role very well and was well cast.

Stomp

We saw the show Stomp last night at Butler University.  Tickets were $20 each in the nosebleed section which was fine, as you really didn't need to see the expressions of the performers to get the idea behind the show.  The show is built around percussion and dance.  They use anything to make noise, brooms (they broke at least six broom sticks), match boxes, drinking cups/straws from fast food joints, water cooler bottles, kitchen sinks with water, etc.   At one point the performers are suspended on a tether and they swing back and forth to bang on various lids, cans, etc.   Another neat moment was when they used differing lengths of foam tubing and created a rhythmic almost sneaky tune. http://www.stomponline.com/interact.php 

My favorite scene was when the stage was completely quiet and dark, and all eight performers came out and created a tune with cigarette lighters.  So cool and quiet.  Ben's favorite part was when the performers came out of character and improv'd a bit.  They did not speak at all during the show, yet a toddler yelled out at one point, and the drummer mimicked the kid without hesitation-almost scaring us.  

Bon-bon pens!!:)

I, Eliza, am selling Bon Bon decorated pens. Well, me and my friend are selling them together.

Here, you'll see some of our pens. Winter sales are

going on! Usually, our pens cost 2.00. But for now, our pens cost 75 cents. Call me if you want further information.

THANKS!

Christmas 2008

This year we spent Christmas Eve with the Haddons' at the Ongmans' home.  Josh, Kirk, and Jonah sang Christmas carols for us while we cleaned the dinner away.  We were also joined by the Wajdas; you'll notice them in the other photo:  Eliza, Virginia, Laurie, Marilyn, Marybeth, Matthew, and Michelle.  On Christmas day, we flew to my parents' home outside of Orlando.  Waiting for us were my brother, Mat, his girlfriend, Caroline, my sister, Maggie, and her boyfriend, Kevin, along with Rosa and Carl.   

B-ball with B-man

Ben (Gold jersey #20) is playing basketball with Carmel Dad's club this winter.  He towers over his team, so therefore gets to play center.  It's fun to watch these 12 year old boys play ball.  At the games, they make the boys line up center court and point to their defense opponent so they are not confused who they are to guard.  Ben's opponent was a good head taller than he was!  When he was taken out of play, the teammate who replaced him really had some serious reaching to do.  Ben's team won 40 to 32!   Woot, woot!  

Swimming with Papa

The pool water was nice and warm.  The kids and grandpa had a lot of fun showing off their diving skills.