Our cousin, Ebeneezer...

I would like to introduce you to Jeffery's cousin, Scrooge, i.e. Richard Wilkins. He has played this role at the Hale Center Theater for over 20 years and we were never in the right place at the right time. I always said, "Someday I'm going to make it to a performance." Someday finally arrived somewhere between finals and Christmas. Of course we anticipated being biased toward the main character, but the whole performance and venue were fantastic. We were disappointed Della wasn't old enough to meet the theater's age requirement, but that just means we will have to go back next Christmas.

Alice in Wonderland

Emma was in the middle school musical, Alice in Wonderland. She was a fish, an un-birthday guest and a towns person. Almost every school day she stayed after school for 2 hours practicing. She made a whole bunch of friends and had a good time doing it. At the last performance on Saturday, the teacher was acting weird. On Monday the cast found out she had her baby early Sunday morning. Emma now hopes to be in the next musical.

Ice Skating

A rare occurrence happened on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, everyone was free for a little family time. We had a hard time choosing an activity the whole family would be interested in and able to do. We decided to try ice skating at Seven Peaks and were glad to have gotten there early before the crowds. Della was a natural! The rink had some child-size "walkers" made of metal tubing to give kids some support as they learned how to get around on the ice. Toward the end Della got to use one of these "walkers." She didn't really need it, but it protected her a little from the speedsters.