On Wednesday, September 28, John had the opportunity to conduct a Court of Honor for the Boy Scouts. This was the last requirement he needed for his Communications merit badge, which is one of the required badges needed for his Eagle. He did a great job. Unfortunately, we weren't seated in a good place to take pictures.
On Friday, September 30, John had the opportunity to help sell concessions for the Homecoming Football game. This was a fundraiser for the Science Olympiad. Neither of our kids was interested in attending the Homecoming Dance. John had wanted to participate in the Freshman Follies--a comedy skit show celebrating Homecoming--but there was some miscommunication and the scheduling didn't work out.
Lyn did get into the spirit of the daily costumes during Homecoming week. On Friday, she was supposed to dress up as a character from a musical. She selected Glinda the Good Witch, which covered three musicals--Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, and Wicked!
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| Glinda the Good Witch |
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| I was especially impressed with her hair. She added aluminum foil for sparkle. So creative! |
On the first Saturday and Sunday in October, Margie and the kids watched General Conference--a worldwide broadcast of uplifting talks by our church leaders. On Saturday evening, John had an opportunity to attend the men's session and enjoy the annual pre-conference ice cream party.
Meanwhile, Dan attended a production meeting/dinner to prepare for his upcoming production of Lion in Winter at The Arlington Players.
On Sunday night, Margie performed in the annual LTA Awards Night. They always like to highlight songs from the upcoming season, so Margie was asked to sing "I Get a Kick Out of You" from Anything Goes. It turned out that asking Margie to perform was a sneaky way to get her to attend the ceremony, as the Board of Governors presented her with the award for "Long and Exceptional Service in a Single Department." She has only been working as the Front of House Inventory Coordinator for 3 years (which doesn't seem long enough to qualify for the award), but I guess all the work she did this summer to clean out and organize the kitchen and storage areas (including on her birthday) did not go unnoticed. Unfortunately, she wasn't there to receive the award , as she wasn't feeling well and went home right after singing.
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| All dolled up for the performance. |
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| Reno Sweeney for one night only. |
By the way, Dan also won for Outstanding Set Design. He wasn't there to receive his award either, one, because he was striking his set for Dinner with Friends, and two, because he was protesting the nomination. As I mentioned in my last post, it wasn't his design and it didn't feel right that he should be nominated for it.
In other news, the kids remain busy with their various theatre endeavors. Lyn is rehearsing for Flowers for Algernon, as well as helping with costumes. Mark your calendars for performances November 10-12! John is supposed to be working on lights, but so far he has only attended meetings. He also signed up to work sound for A Christmas Carol at LTA in December.
Getting back to this past week, on Wednesday, October 5, Dan and Margie attended a Flowers For Algernon parents meeting. This time around, Dan is just "advising" the student set builders--especially helpful since they are not allowed to use power tools. Dan is grateful he doesn't have to be there all time this go around, since he is busy with other things. Margie continues to serve as Treasurer for the Drama Parent Boosters, which she enjoys. She is a little worried about next year, though, as the entire rest of the board are Senior parents. She'll be the only one left next year, unless we get some new blood!
On Thursday, October 6, Lyn had a chance to go out with the Sister Missionaries who are serving in our congregation (ward). She met a lovely family who had young girls that she really got along with, and then she enjoyed singing in the car while one of the Sisters played the ukulele.
Yesterday, John had the opportunity to work on a service project laying mulch for our local library. Dan and Margie attended a birthday party for the little girl of one of Margie's clients. In the evening, Lyn attended a church dance (John is still being a stick-in-the-mud about these things).
Today was filled with our normal church stuff, with the addition of a bell choir rehearsal for Lyn and a Cub Scout meeting for Margie.
Life is full to overflowing, and we love it. Hope you feel the same!
