The Short Month

This short month included a small group lunch at our house, where visiting preacher Gregory Roark was able to join and share a little more about his time in Africa.   Sam shared the devotion on that day.   And since we were having Meat Soup, Joe and Karen Smith drove out to the house later in the afternoon for a bowl to take home for supper.   

The annual College Street Players show was "The Little Mermaid" and it was amazing as usual.   Stella's part as the French Chef was so funny, and she was perfect.   I did not understand the French, but loved the mustache.   I was excited to get my selfie with her afterwards.   And I forgot to get a picture with Eli, but was blown away by his voice.   He seemed more confident that previous years up there, and sounded great when he sang.   I don't think the crowds have ever been this big for these shows, but it was crazy how many people were there.   I even got to see my old college friend Julie, whose daughter was also in the play.   She had no idea we were connected to Marcia and the Sartins, so was surprised when I sent a message saying we would be there.   Oh, and the Weeks girl singing "Poor Unfortunate Souls" was awesome.   Wow, all of them were sooo good.   It was just fun to watch, but I must admit that I was looking for Nemo for the first 10 minutes a little confused by the yellow fish instead.    

Due to some storm issues, Ole Miss women's basketball team played a couple of games at the new Legacy Arena, and since it was free, me and Ruby and Taylor Grace went and got some pretty close seats.   Women's basketball is hard to get excited about, especially when the girls have no real love for basketball anyway, so I tried to space the ice cream and walk arounds out a bit, but we hit the ice cream too early still in the 2nd quarter.   It was an adventure, so I am glad we went.   But they did not have all the usual timeout and halftime shows and activities, which is really needed in women's basketball.   And yes, Sam and Davis, I did practice my strategic parking at the deck once again.   

And the random pictures below...Oreo caught a bird that found its way onto the porch.   Me and Sam shared work photos.   Mom went to an old lady cookie decorating event.   The older girls had a galentines events for the younger girls at church.   Sarah Beth and Belle were the party hosts.   I got another ride on the company jet to Plant Hatch (always feels unreal).   Since the boys are now out of the house, I have to get excited when Ruby comes and asks if I want to go to Bath and Body Works for the day.   We had a good time, even if she didn't know where the store was after I told her many many times.   While Mom and the girls were at a show choir competition, me and Davis did some disc golfing.   Afterwards, we had my new favorite chicken place "Super Chix", then we lined up for the exciting long line to pick up the clothes that did not sale at the Giggles and Grace consignment.   And I had a fun day with the NAYGN talking to kids about electricity.   

A Final Month of Show Choir

The Chelsea Show Choir team "Out of the Blue (OOTB)" finished their year with 3 2nd place trophies, getting runner up at Oak Mountain, Homewood, and Auburn.   Anabelle's mic was finally working well for the last few shows, and she sounded amazing at Auburn (at least from the video I watched).   We had lots of friends and family join at these events, and I know that Belle is a bit sad when these performances come to an end.   

The whole family was able to make it to Oak Mountains competition, and we think they had to be close to 1st place, and the 1st place team only had one male in a "mixed group", so there was a little drama with that.   We also got to see the Auburn High School men's team do a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle show with the actual turtles on stage.   There show also had three aliens that were fighting against the turtles, with a solo from one of the aliens.   Pretty fun show.   Noel was happy that I brought some caprisuns to the show, and Sam enjoyed one of the bag of biscuits I brought.   It is fun to watch Anabelle continue to grow and be comfortable on that stage, as she has definitely found the perfect activity for her talents.

Only Ruby and Mom went down to Auburn for that show, which was another 1st runner up show, but all had fun as it was there last show, and they actually got to perform once then again in the finals.   Ruby and Mom had a fun time getting to visit with Katie Lackey, who was a close friend from high school, now both of our girls are in show choir.   Magan said that this was Belle's best performance, and the team's as well.   

And on a side adventure, while Belle rode home on the bus because it was the last show of the year, Ruby and Mom decided to explore Auburn.  Magan wanted them to try the famous Toomer's Corner lemonade, so they drove around and around looking for parking.   This basically led them into a circle through downtown Auburn where Ruby said "This is creepy".   Magan replied, "This is NOT creepy, it is Auburn", then immediately afterwards a cop blocked the road, and they were forced down an alleyway with a group of college boys drinking beer walking their way.   Laughing later, Magan agreed that this might have been a bit creepy.   

When they finally found a parking spot, they got out to visit some famous old building on Auburn's campus.   Then they finally got to taste the famous lemonade, and had a cookie that they both bragged about where you could get any flavor cookie for top and bottom and filled it with ice cream.   Finally back in their van, they pulled out of the parking spot and put whataburger into the Waze.   And then realized it was in the same area, so again, they drove around to the policed area, again they drove down creepy alley way, and finally made it to a burger.   If you want to hear the story told much better and with more laughter, ask Ruby.