It's over! Darn it!

Our AMAZING director, Joanne Robertson!

The show is over and it is so sad! Darn it!

It is to bad that Kayla only had one night to do the show as Lucy! They worked so hard and it ended so fast. But, she had the best experience and this new theater group is magnificent!

She loved all the audience members coming up to her after the show to congratulate her.

Lucy and Charlie Brown

You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

The show is great! Come tonight, July 22nd 7pm ( Kayla is Lucy ) or July 23, 7pm.

SHOW TIME!

Here are the two Lucy dresses that I made for the show. Kayla's is the one on the right.

Here is the back of her dress with the bow.

Here is the front of the dress.

These are the large flats that are up right on the stage.

Friday, July 22nd at 7pm Kayla is Lucy!

The other showing is July 23 at 7pm but Kayla won't be appearing as much as she is a schoolmate in this showing.

Park Avenue Theatre presents... You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

Showing at Trinity Presbyterian church in Prescott off Park Ave. and Copper Basin.

Auditions and cast selection

Auditions are always scary!

Kayla wasn't sure if she wanted to audition and be rehearsing for a show all summer or just relax for the rest of her summer.

Well, auditions were at 6pm and at 4:30pm she was still undecided.

She decided to go and watch. Then after a few minutes she decided to audition. They always ask for volunteers and Kayla volunteered to go second and did a great job singing, "I Know Things Now." They didn't call her back up to read from the script this day, so we went home and returned the following night. She was called up three times to read the character, Sally and once acting as Woodstock. We went home that night thinking she had a chance of possibly being cast as Sally, Woodstock or chorus.

Well, to our surprise she got the lead of Lucy! This part is HUGE! With over 110 lines to memorize and lots of singing .... she is excited and already getting it down. She will be transformed into Lucy in no time. It is great to see her come alive with this character!

BRACES, YIKES!

The time has come!

Kayla got her braces on this week.

It was a shared experience with her good friend, Kassy.

This was the most uncomfortable part. The mouth spreader! Kayla did very well!

All done!

The girls and Dr. Young! He is the greatest orthodontist!

And of course we can't get braces on without visiting Yogartz!

Tennis

We are very lucky to have Sterling Fetty as our tennis coach! The kids just LOVE him! This is our once a week sport activity.

SUMMER FUN!

We love hanging pool side with our friends!

So, I moved the side and closed in the top portion of the fort. The girls wanted a little window ... so, you can see I made them one. It is so cute in there with the walls all pink and a hibiscus flower mural and a large mirror on the wall. I made my first ever ladder that leads up to the enclosed fort area and it is HEAVY DUTY cool!

As you can see, they like hanging out on top rather than inside. ha,ha,ha!

2011 APA~ Once Upon A Time ~ dance recital

Goldilocks
We are having the most fabulous experience with the Academy of Performing Arts in Prescott, AZ! It is recital time and if you can't make it to see the show here is a little sneak peek of the girls in costume and dress rehearsals. There are 34 acts so it is a long one, but well worth the ticket! Shows are tonight at 6pm at PHS at Ruth Street Theatre and Saturday at 2pm. $15 tickets can be purchased at the door.

Kayla on right

Kayla on right

Shae in pink on right

Shae on right

Golfing with dad

The girls love to golf with Tom! Now that the weather is nice .... this will be their weekend activity.

SEWING

Kayla enjoys sewing and so does one of her friends. I had them pick out the fabric and they made their first simple dress. They got to use the serger machine as well! This dress was rather simple as it was mainly sewn up the side, serged and hemmed and they picked ribbon for the straps. With the extra fabric I made up a simple purse pattern and they made a purse two weeks later. It all came out great! All in all they spent 4 hours over the course of 2 days making all this.

Mother's Day

Time with Mimi and Papa Dude.

The girls and I had a fabulous Mother's Day while visiting my mom!

The girls got to plant Mimi and Papa Dude's vegetable garden, go on a walk to the pond, play baseball, paint, and spend valuable time with their grandparents.

Memories made by all!

Spring and Softball

Shae is hitting the ball real good! She is liking softball a little bit more each game.

Running to second base.

At first base.
And the minute we got home she went to her room and got her three pet caterpillars and played with them on the dinner table.