Some little things that have been going on for the last year:

1.  We almost lost our house, but thanks to good folks around the country we've saved our home.
2.  I've been acting, directing and doing theater A LOT! And it's so much fun. I'm in a little hiatus at the moment, but will be back in Joyful Noise in December.
3.  I've had a few firsts:  Did a little part in a movie called "108 Stitches" staring the Orem Owlz, and was kissed in the rain by my knight in shining armor.
4.  Scott finished writing "Sharon 0 de-Bergerac and went to a young adult/childrens writers' workshop and is now editing and writing more "books".
5.  Scott lost his job in May of 2012. That has been hard. But we're making it through.
6.  Joel and Nyla were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple Januaray 12, 2013.  They have a little boy due in a couple of weeks that they will name Kade. They live in Chinle, Arizona
7.  Paige took out her endowments on April 3, 2013. It has been an amazing step for her and givin her the extra boost she needed.
8.  Christopher is working towards a mission. He works at Big o Tires.
9.  Michael works at Smart Styles in the South Jordan Wal*Mart.
10. We have THE CUTEST PUPPY EVER!
11. Rachel works for the Orem Owlz as one of their mascots: Holly


Now some pictures:

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