Another fun weekend

(picture I took with my phone at the Orpheum)

We had another fun weekend although things didn't go as well as planned, Jessica and I had a great time. ;) Stacy and family came on Saturday for her class reunion so Laura also came to see them. While Stacy and James were at the dinner and social time Jessica and I attended a sing-a-long with the Sound of Music at the Orpheum and Dennis took James Jr and Laura to the McConnell evening air show activities. The afternoon events were rained out so they were hoping the evening ones would be able to go on since the rain left. The clouds were too low though so the the flying events were canceled again but they did see a school bus go 245 mph in a quarter mile which impressed all of them.

Jessica and I had the best time at the Orpheum. It started about 8 and ended around 11:15 and by the end my jaws hurt from laughing so much. At the beginning we were shown pictures of different characters and told what to do when we saw them - hiss, boo, cheer etc. We were also given bags of props - a flower to wave during some songs, cards with different things on them and a firework popper that we were to pull the string when the main characters kissed. I had not seen the movie for many years so was glad that they had the words to the songs on the screen. Jessica - to my amazement - had seen the show many times and it was in her opinion the best musical ever. She was very excited to go.

Quite a few people came dressed in costume - there were probably five nuns but the best nun sat right behind us. This lady had no inhibitions and a very good voice. She was hilarious. Jessica said - Grandma we sat in the perfect spot. The audience would say things out at the show - some said some of the lines with the characters - we sang - we booed - we hissed - it was such fun. The best part was towards the end - when the young soldier had his gun pointed at the father of the children - it was silent in the theater - after all this was a huge scene of the show. Some forward thinking audience member had saved his/her popper and used it as the father approached the boy to make it sound like the gun had gone off. This brought the house down. I am so glad we went - Jessica and made a great memory last night.

Stacy enjoyed her class reunion but thought the food was awful - they went to a Mexican restaurant that I had never heard of. They didn't get home until after midnight and she was awake at 3 throwing up. I woke up a little after five and she came upstairs as I was going to the kitchen to take some tylenol for a headache because I couldn't sleep. I ended up sitting on the couch with her trying to figure out a way to make her feel better. By 8 she was a little better but didn't feel like going anywhere so the rest of us met Jimmy's family at IHOP and had breakfast. The vomiting has ended but she is just really tired now and very glad that James is driving them home now so she can nap.