Sally Brown Takes the Stage

Kudos to Mariah who made quite a splash as Sally Brown in her very first MCA musical production, "Your a Good Man Charlie Brown." She seemed to have a natural talent for playing Charlie's twerpy little sister. I wonder where she learned all that? Regardless, with Mariah still in the eight grade, I think this may be the first of many MCA productions for us. Find below a couple bootleg video excerpts I scrapped from the troupe's final performance. The first is a vignette titled "Coat hanger Sculpture" and the second is the musical number, "My New Philosophy" with Schroeder. The final clip, "Rabbit Chasing" is from MCA's official video feed. Congratulations to Mariah, Kara, the directors, and the rest of the cast and crew. A special thanks to all the parent volunteers. It was a terrific show.

Nothing Like a Beach

We are grateful that after all the busyness of this past year, we were able to return once again to Perdido Key for ten days of Spring Break inaction (yes inaction, with the biggest event of the day typically involving rolling-off a lounge chair and driving to yet another restaurant). The entire area has now recovered nicely from 2004's hurricane Ivan and most of our old haunts are back in shipshape. Kara was our special guest again this year and Jordon was able to join us for several days. My parent’s ably coordinated the event and my sister and her son were able to attend as well (my in-laws and Jim and Dee attended earlier in March). Thank the Lord for our family and His goodness. Wanna see some photos of our "inaction?" Check-out 2009 Perdido Key.