Nutcracker

 12/7

Of course the annual Nutcracker production must be talked about. From my family (which has seen this production many, many times,) this was one of the best performances! All principals were fantastic and full on in character the whole show. The new choreo changes were exciting and kept the audience thoroughly entertained. I was watching either in the wings or on stage as Matt and I performed with Jillian in the party scene as "party parents." A portion of act 2 was missed due to a tooth busting bloody event backstage which required a nurse. Not to worry, all was well and we got that little dancer on the stage. 😅

Jillian was a Marionette doll for her principal role. A role she did not care for, but executed it very well. She also was the Dew Queen understudy. So maybe next year...

Thanksgiving and Christmas family pics

 11/27-12-1 

This year I had all of Thanksgiving off from work, Both sets of grandparents came over,  Joe and Ava came into town, Matthew came home with a girlfriend, and even Jillian's boyfriend celebrated with us. It was a full house. This mama heart was very, very happy.💖 The food was great, competitions going on during the various games from electronic darts to marbles (and several others in between.) Did I mentioned we had 2 extra dogs in the house, 1 being a puppy. 😬 However, all was well. They were well behaved (mostly.)  The girls all went and saw Wicked, the movie - it was wonderful btw! We also snuck in some family Christmas pics. Those 5 days were chaos, but memorable and fun. Round 2 at Christmas time.