Sometime in the near future I will learn how to put comments with the pictures I post. Because now I need a disclaimer:  I really didn't take all of these pictures without permission.  Did I? Of course I didn't..... but Paige did.  And she got some fabulous shots.  I've only posted a couple.  And they aren't even the really good shots with action and dancing in them.  I'll post more later when it's safer to do so.

Fiddler on the Roof

Tradition

Tradition

The Dream

Sabbath Prayer

The Dream: Grandma Tzeitel

The Dream

Rachel is an owl.  She plays the mascot, Holly, for the Orem Owls. She shares this job with one other girl in our ward.  She really likes it and is really good at it.

We are glad that Rachel has a job and Christopher has a full time job now.  Scott, Lynne and Paige are still looking.  No luck.  So I'm putting together scrap books of my work at Hillcrest, and the little bit of theater I've been doing lately.  I'm hoping that a job comes through soon so we can pay our mortgage.  But....
If you see us out on the curb begging from our van, I would hope you would stop and help.  Because:  We'll sing for our supper.

  

 

Paige is taking more pictures.  She just did a bunch of the fireworks at last nights Owl game.  I think she does a fabulous job.

This past week has been life changing for our family.  Scott was fired from the care center where he has worked for the past 24 years.  People are up in arms.  Family members of the residents, nurses, doctors out in the community.  One said, "Who do I call?"  Another said, "Who do I kill?"  This doesn't make sense to many people.  Even those who are suppose to take over for Scott and the administrator who will work at another facility.  We are all very baffled.  We also think that they will be in a world of hurt soon.  They may even come crawling back to ask Scott to come back.  And if they do........ More money will be asked for and only one supervisor.  Ask Scott what all of this means.  He knows the ins and outs.

So, this means that Scott will be looking for another job, visiting his acting agent, and  finishing the writing of his book.  I, too, will need a job this summer.  What's out there for me?  I just want to be at home reading, or watching TV.  I guess I can go and flip burgers at McDonalds.

Christopher graduates at the end of this month. He is working on packets so he can.  Rachel wants to try out for the Orem soccer team in August so she's out kicking her ball around every day.  Paige is out of school for the summer and looking for a job.  Michael will start a new job at the Lindon Wal Mart hair salon.  Joel and Nyla are working their way to being sealed in July.  Exciting stuff.  Everyone wants to be us!

Rachel's favorite actor right now is Leonardo DiCaprio. (Rachel just informed me that it isn't just right now, it's been like..... forever.  And will be forever.)   We have watched all the movies we have with him at our house over this spring break week.  What other films has he done?  We went to look and he's coming out with some new ones soon.  We also found some stupid list of the 50 best actors of all time...... we don't agree with half of them. So here is our list.

I don't think they are in any particular order and I'm also going to include some actresses as well.

Lawrence Olivier, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Colin Firth, Johnny Depp, George C. Scott, Daniel Day Lewis, Victor Garber, Mandy Patinkin
Dean Jones, George Clooney, Noah Wiley, Dick Van Dyke, Danny Kaye, Richard Harris, Robert Downey Jr.
Jude Law, Tom Hanks, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Liam Nissan, Gene Kelley, John Malkovich, Jeremy Irons, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Hugh Jackman, Meryle Streep, Annette Benning, Audrey Hepburn, Sandra Bullock, Renee Zellweger, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Claire Danes, Julie Andrews, Olivia Dehaviland, Donna Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Kathryn Hepburn,  Reese Witherspoon, Dakota Fanning, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Scarlett Johansson, Joshua Jackson, Timothy Dalton, Gabriel Byrne, Mary Tyler Moore, Sally Fields, Julia Roberts, Diane Lane.

Our crushes are:

Tom Welling, David Boreanaz, Michael Shanks, Hugh Jackman, Colin Firth, Colin Farrell, Zac Efron, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., Joseph Fienes, Robert Redford, Bernadette Peters, Meg Ryan, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, Amanda Bynes, Jennifer Garner, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jake Gyllenhaal, Richard Chamberlain, Ryan Gosling,  Marc Blucas, Neil Patrick Harris, Michaela Conlin, Josh Duhamel, Joshua Jackson, Josh Hutcherson.

This is not a comprehensive list by any means and we're not telling you who has crushes on whom.  You get to guess.  Try it out...... it might be fun.  Comment and let us know what your answers are.

Posting some pictures of "Anne of Green Gables."

Lauren Pope as Anne and Lon Keith as Matthew

Facundo Regazonni as Gilbert and Eliza Allen as Diana

Caitlin Webb as Mrs Spencer, Mrs. Barry and Miss Stacy:
Hannah Stoehr as Marilla
Lon Keith as Matthew
Lynne D. Bronson as the director
Anne Roquemore as Rachel Lynde, Mrs. Blewit and Miss Harris
Facundo Regazonni as Gilbert
Lauren Pope as Anne
Eliza Allen as Diana

Hope you enjoyed those.  Now I'll add a couple from our photo shoot for the upcoming show "Crossing Delancey."

Nan Weber as Bubbie and Lynne D. Bronson as Hannah Mandelbaum

I just found out that Scott's old love is coming to Utah in July.  A shindig is being put together.  So..... what do I do?  I guess I should lose about 100 pounds and show up in my glamorous clothes and whitened teeth.  Jewels would be needed.  Or I guess I could stay home.  Staying home might just be the thing.  Or this could be the motivation to lose some of the weight I need to.  At least for the day she'll be here.  It's such a dilemma.

Now onto more important things.  I'm so proud of my children.  They are doing their part to keep the commandments and learn more about the gospel.  Rachel is reading in the New Era.  She is also reading the Book of Mormon and being a kind friend.  She is trying to get the most out of school and seminary.  I'm so pleased with the progress she is making.  She just reminded us that Conference is in one minute.  She's keeping us on the straight and narrow path.

Some of my favorite highlights.  Two words:  Stop it.  Thank you Elder Uchtdorf. There is some much for me to stop so that I can go forward and on to a better me and to make my family life better and our relationships stronger.

Also, "Come Thou Fount" was so awe inspiring and really needs to be in the hymn book as does "Faith In Every Footstep."  I love the music in conference.  Elder Holland's talk, as always, was very significant to me and to others in my home.  Now to listen to the last session.

I don't mind being fifty.  I don't mind being fat...... most of the time.  But when my cute co-workers come to work in the most DARLING clothes and the CUTEST bodies...... then is when I mind being the big 5 0.  Well, and larger than life.  And my eyes don't like to focus and see things close up.  Rats!  I'm getting old.  That I can't change, but the fat part...... I know I can, but do I have the motivation?  It would be so much easier if I didn't have to give up sugar and carbohydrates.  Not to skip over the fact that I need to exercise as well.   Sheesh!

The other thing is you have to have lots of money to dress the way the cute people dress.  You have to have those green bills with high dollar amounts to get the types of clothes I need.  You know, extra fabric equals extra bucks.  Lane Bryant ain't cheap.  Oh well..... maybe in the  next life.  Will there be sugar there?

Nothing of grand proportion has happened since the last post.  I needed something to do in the computer lab is all.  Oh, wait!  Rachel received her Patriarchal Blessing this past Sunday.  She is a very special and wonderful girl.  But then, we knew that already.  Also, rehearsals for "Crossing Delancey" have begun.  It's fun.  I'm going to have a great time.  I'm happy to be in the play for many reasons, but the first one is that I get to spend some time with my hubby.  Scott is so busy these days what with his job and then his writing.  We hardly see each other.  So being in the play that he is directing will be nice.  Plus I get to memorize all of those lines.  I guess I could do that in the computer lab.   Naaaah!

Saw "The Hunger Games" this morning.  We all loved it.  I think we all would have turned around and watched it again if there had been seats.  Great movie.  Well acted, well scripted, and once I got use to the jiggly camera, well shot.  I highly recommend it for anyone over 13.  Because, yes, it is violent.

I get to school today and Mrs. Headman, the Kindergarten teacher, tells us how her students don't ever listen to her.  A lot of them came to school today with pictures of themselves...... "It's picture day!" they said.  Yes, it's spring picture day.  We're going to take your pictures.  They look at her all funny.  Kids!

Paige and I saw "Woman In Black" at the Echo theater. Not the movie, the play.  It was fabulous!  Patrick Kintz and Chipper Davis were so wonderful.  Patrick played several characters with several different accents and pulled them all off.  And the pantomiming!  Oh, boy, you sure could envision that dog and that horse and cart.  ;)   Good on ya, Patrick.  And I wonder if I'm related to Christopher "Chipper" Sherwood Davis.

I took Friday off to spend the day with Paige on her 23rd birthday.  We went to see John Carter and then to lunch at Cafe Rio.  We stopped by F.Y.E. to spend her birthday money and then home to prep for the opening night of "Anne of Green Gables."  It was a splendid day.  I enjoyed being with Paige and eating yummy food and seeing John Carter.  The show went super well and the audiences are loving it.  I have a wonderful life.

I hadn't wanted to see John Carter.  I just didn't care, but I loved it!  I don't care if it didn't follow the book to the letter, having never read it, so the story was fun and very entertaining.  I know that there are those "purest" out there (Jim Adams), but as far as I'm concerned, John Carter was well worth the money.  I was going to do a little review of it, but I don't want to.  I'll just say this..... if you were wondering whether or not to go....... Just do it!  It was filmed in Utah, so the scenery is great.  The actor playing John Carter is fairly handsome, so the eye candy is great.  And last, but not least, the story is fun and interesting.  The music is fabulous and I came away feeling good.

Rachel went to a multi-stake dance Saturday night.  She wore green and had a great time with all of her friends.  I'll post pictures soon.

Rachel also spent a couple of hours last week in the ER.  Nothing serious, in fact...... Nothing SERIOUS at all.  She had run her finger through the sewing machine at school.  The secretary thought there was still the needle tip in her finger.  X-rays showed nothing.  So I have a 400 dollar ER bill for Rachel's newest story.  Sheesh!

We've added 3 performances to the "Anne of Green Gables" run at the Covey Center in Provo.  Tickets are selling briskly and we only have 5 out of the 12 performances left with seating.  The new dates are:  Monday March 26, Tuesday March 27, and Wednesday March 28.  Tickets are also still available for the 29th and the 31st of March.  Seating is general admission, first come, first served so you will want to arrive early for best seating.

The black box is a small, 60 seat, theater which makes for an intimate theatrical experience, but doesn't have seating for a large crowd.  We actually love performing in this space.  It's a wonderful experience if you have the time to go.  You'll be rewarded!  Even if I'm biased.

The Bronson Clan

Wedding Announcement 1986

                             

Scott and me.  

Scott and me at Temple Square a couple of years ago

The girls

Scott and I went to see a play last night.  It's a surprise really, I don't usually like to watch plays.  Weird, as I act in and direct them, but that's the way it is.  I get too fidgety and bored.  But last nights performance of "The Crucible" at the Grand theater in SLC held my interest.

The first observation was that the Grand theater is quiet beautiful.  It's the old style of almost Gothic architecture with flowery moldings and high arched ceilings. The stage is massive and filled with all those cool fly systems and scrims and lights.  But the seats are old and hard.  Scott had to go stand in the back so his back wouldn't kill him.  I sat alone.

"The Crucible" written by Arthur Miller, is about the Salem Witch Trials and was written in the 1950's during the McArthey era.  Social issues were very similar during both time periods, and the scary thing is; we're seeing these same issues today.  One falsehood spread to the masses can create mass hysteria which ends in social discombobulation.  Anyway, enough of the social and political stuff.  I don't know much about them.  So I'll go onto other things that I still don't know much about.

The performance:  I couldn't hear very well even though the actors had mics. There was a ton of high pitched screaming that only young teenage girls can do.  That was bothersome.  Some of the actors, even though they had performed a lot all over Salt Lake County, were not very good.  I was confused on how they got cast.  I know as a director that if you can get a really good cast, then your job is 75% done. Anyway, these things were minor.  Sort of.

I really loved Dave Hanson and Cassandra Stokes-Wylie as John and Elizabeth Proctor.  Their scenes together were moving and well acted.  I liked the intimate feeling of their relationship.  I also liked Max Robinson as Judge Danforth,  Richard Scharine as Giles Corey, and Tyson Richard Baker as Rev. Hale.  The rest of the cast were okay, or terribly bad.  The young girls who played the children who started the hysteria of the witch trials will only get better as they get older and get more acting experience.  The group scenes were very disjointed and lacked focus. Scott didn't much care for the direction of the piece. It's a good thing the play speaks for itself.  It's kind of hard to ruin "The Crucible" completely.

Over all I enjoyed the play and my evening.

In other news:  I don't have strep, only some other virus that should get better with the antibiotics I'm taking.  "Anne of Green Gables" opens this week in the Brinton Black Box at the Covey.  I know that at least 3 shows are sold out with others close to it, so come see the show, but get tickets soon.  Like tomorrow!

Bye for now.

I love this picture.  Beautiful!  I'd like to live in this field of flowers as these pretty clouds pass overhead. Yes, I live in a dream world.

Strep.  Been plagued with it for years now. Going to the doctor soon.  I think I should just be able to call in for my own drugs.  I know what it is even without a culture, but I guess the doctors need to make their money somehow.  Should I post a picture?  I didn't think so.  Besides, I don't know how, so the point it moot.

Blood.  I was going to give blood today, I'm O- so everyone wants it, but I have strep. If you're ever in need of a transfusion, look me up.  If  I don't have strep, I'm your gal.

Effects.  I'm looking for sound effects for the play.  A train whistle, children talking and playing, and a school bell.  I'm going to have to wait till Scott gets home.  He's the one who knows how to down load them and record them onto a CD.  I don't know how to do that either.  Gosh, I'm very illiterate. Computer savvy I am not.  Savvy?  I do love that word, however.

Words.  This is my last one for today.  Sunny!  Okay, one more.... WooHoo!

Trying out the picture thing.  I believe that Paige took this picture at Cascade Springs last fall. I like it.

This is what I learned this weekend.

Drink water!  Walk to work! Don't eat three pieces of cake!  

Don't kill your 20 year old son, Michael, for getting yet another tattoo and a piercing.  Love your family and talk to them.  Pray together and only watch a couple episodes of "Smallville" each day, not 7.

Enjoy the weather.  At least for the 5 minutes it's sunny.  We do live in Utah after all.

Youth knows all.  So don't get offended when they tell you they know all about their new calling because they've done it already.  And then to get back at them, leave out some important piece of information.  They'll soon learn that they don't know everything.  Spiteful of me, I know.

Make appointments to get your hair colored, whether it's with your brother or someone else.

And last, but not least...... Sleep instead of playing cards on the computer.  You'll feel better in the morning.

I was interviewed in a promotional video for "Anne of Green Gables" at the Covey Center in Provo. I'm the director.  So I talked about the play, how I help the actors understand their characters and tried to describe the show in five descriptive words.  My words you ask?  I got 4: fun, moving, cosy and endearing.  It was a little scary.  I hope I look and sound good.  Like a professional.

Mark Twain wrote L.M. Montgomery after the 1908 publication of the book and told her that never before in literature was there a more endearing character than Anne.  So this story rings true in all times and to all people both young and old.

I hope the play I direct will help to instill in the audiences at the Covey these same feelings.

I'm hungry.  I should take the time to eat breakfast.  And I knew you wanted to know that.  Next I'll tell you about my dream!  Okay, I won't,but some day I might.

Crazy hair day at Hillcrest today.  I ratted my hair a bit and put in a flower.  I'm so crasssssssy. Some of the kids painted their faces.  Who knew the face was part of crazy hair day.

I wrote my first article for the adoption website my friend Arlen works on.  It was pretty good, for a first time.  Scott is averaging 3 pages a day on his novel and will probably be finished soon.  It's about a girl who wants to play Cyrano in the school play.  It's really cute and funny.  Scott is good at the funny. Paige is writing papers for English every day and Christopher actually studied a book for Government.  I know, we're such literary geniuses at our house.

Anne of Green Gables, a play I'm directing for the Brinton Black Box at the Covey Center in Provo, is coming along nicely.  It's cast and will be totally blocked by this coming Saturday.  Lauren Pope, a junior at Timpview High school is playing Anne.  She is so wonderful and good.  I found some really great talent for the show.

I finished reading "The Help" last night.  I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure it's as wonderful as everyone makes it out to be.  I got interested in some of the stories and I liked how she wove together each different point of view character with the plot of the story to create the total picture.  My favorite characters were Miss Skeeter and Minny, although the part that brought tears to my eyes was when Aibileen askes Mae Mobely  what she is.  Mae Mobely answers with: "I am kind.  I am important."  It was very moving.  Now do I see the movie?  I think so.  It will probably be worth a buck or two at the dollar show.

I hope everyone has a terrific day.  It is Thursday after all.

Yesterday was Valentine's day.  The day of love.  What did we do?  Well, at 6:30 am I went into my daughter's room and rained hearts on them.  Paige was buried in her blankets and moaned. Rachel sat up and was like, what the heck? I think they secretly loved it.  Christopher was still at the gym, but when he got home and Rachel told him about the rain of hearts, he immediately laid down on the bed and snored so I would do it to him.  It was fun.

The Valentine's parties at school went okay and we all got a bunch of cool valentine's from the kids.  Kaylynn baked us a yummy red velvet cupcake.  My favorite. After work, Scott and I went to eat at California Pizza Kitchen.  I had the Chicken Tequila Pasta.  Or my!  Delicious.  Scott went to write.  He's working on a young adult novel, and I watched Glee out of the corner of my eye with the girls.  A fun day.

I didn't, however, call my parents to say I love you. So here it is.  I love you Mom and Dad.  I'll call later.

What did you do?

Lettuce introduce ourselves.

Hi, I'm back.

I wanted to do this blog to let the world know about us.  We're pretty cool, if you ask me.  So are you asking?  Good!