PROJECT 12M ~ December 2018

Decorating the tree!

This is why these cats give me gray hairs!

Looking like Christmas!

PROJECT 12M ~ December 2018

Taking in another show while Charlie learns about heart stuff! 🎭😊

PROJECT 12M ~ December 2018

We decided to check out the two part play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.  It was amazing.  Even better than I imagined.  The special affects were outstanding.  How they made it work on stage was so impressive!  I would highly recommend it!

So excited!

PROJECT 12M ~ December 2018

When I learned we'd be heading to NYC, I immediately started to research how to get tickets to see the Late Show.  The last time we went to NYC, we walked past the theater just as it finished taping and I decided that the next time we did this trip, I had to make it happen.  The tickets are free, but they only add them in batches so I got in the habit of checking the website every couple days.  When the tickets for our day became available I immediately put in the request for tickets!  Now that doesn't actually mean you get tickets, that just means you're on the wait-list.  We wouldn't find out we made it off the wait-list until a week before.

Once I saw we made it off the wait-list I clicked to accept the tickets.  I was so excited.  Until we realized, as I read more about the process on our way down, that our tickets (which were GENERAL ADMISSION) didn't actually guarantee we would get into see the show.  We had to wait in a special line across the street and hope that 2 people with PRIORITY tickets decided not to go.  The staff comes out to start the line up process about 2pm.  We decided we would wait it out and see.  It wasn't that cold out and we didn't have any other plans.  PRIORITY ticket holders have until 4pm on the dot to show up and claim their spot, otherwise they end up in the back of our line and we get their spot!  Turns out it was worth the wait because, at 4pm we found out that we were going to be able to get in to see the show!

Seeing how the show worked was a lot of fun.  I'm glad we did it and I would certainly do it again if we were lucky enough to get PRIORITY tickets.  It's totally random so you just never know until you get off the wait-list.  If we ended up with GENERAL tickets, I would decline because it's just such a long time standing outside and we were lucky enough to have the experience this time!

We're in! Can't wait to see one of our favorites!

PROJECT 12M ~ December 2018

Sending Christmas cards!

Laughing all the way!

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

Evan's class was presenting for the All School Meeting and he had a small speaking part!

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

Evan had his eye exam today!

Big pupils! 🤓

Protection from the sun!

Dress rehearsal for Arabian Nights.  They have worked really hard to pull this together in the end!

We're rich! We're rich!

Be careful with those, you could really hurt someone!

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

Show week for Tales from the Arabian Nights!  These two brothers are ready to take on the 40 thieves!

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

At the parade!

Parade sister selfie!

Waiting for the parade to start!

Evan and Grammy

Evan and Momma Parade Selfie!

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

I admit that I never wanted these two furballs!  But I cannot imagine them not being in our family!

Let the Christmas decorating begin!

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thankful! 

Brother & Sister prep the Secret Santa Selfie! 

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

Took advantage of the beautiful winter wonderland outside to get our Christmas card portraits done!

Laughing all the way!

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

In hindsight, it probably wasn't the best idea to head to the Hooksett Market Basket to do my pre-Thanksgiving grocery shopping.  Roads weren't even that bad and I was driving cautiously, it was just bad luck that I hit some black ice on the bridge right 1/2 a mile before my exit.  I was in the middle lane when it happened and my van slid hard into the guard rail in near the left lane and then I ricocheted back across the highway where I landed in the right lane facing diagonally as seen in the picture below.  I hit the guard rail hard enough that my glasses flew off my face, but not so hard that any airbags deployed.  The majority of the damage was to the tire - as you can see it's not supposed to bend that way!  Because the tire was bent that way, I couldn't move.  I was stuck where my van came to a stop.  I called 911 and waited for a state trooper and tow truck to come rescue me.  It was a bit unnerving to be stuck on a slippery road, but I was OK and that was all that mattered!

I'm thankful for so many things during this time of year, but today I am especially thankful that there was no one else around me when I slid (it could have been so much worse!), that I didn't suffer any injuries (other than being sore from where the seat-belt held me in place), and that I was alone in the van (the boys were in school), that my van wasn't totaled (I wasn't going that fast when I hit the rail) and I'm thankful for the willingness of a friend to drop everything if I needed anything.  Looks like I'll be in a rental for an undetermined amount of time.

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

Hearts 4 Kindness cares for you, please care for someone else! 🎅💕

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PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

George Banks (Shaun) and Von Hussler (Evan) highlighting their scripts for Mary Poppins, Jr. They both worked so hard for this moment, proud Momma here! 🎭💕☺️

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

With the boys at the high school production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [Revised] 🎭 It's so funny!

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

School Pictures are so awesome!

7th Grade

5th Grade

3rd Grade

PROJECT 12M ~ November 2018

First rehearsal for Mary Poppins, Jr. in the books! I have two very happy boys ready to have a jolly holiday, feed the birds & step in time!