Just a little culture

This weekend has been a whirlwind of activities!  The top billings were 1. Sarah, Emi and added attraction, Nancy, came from California (and by now you know that their arrival equals haircuts/colors for all, 2. Gabi's long awaited performance of "Jungle Book" which she's been practicing for since September and 3. Sophie's big Spring Sing with the Children's Chorale, which she too, has been months practicing.  And just to give Nancy a better taste of things, she was invited to go with Gabi's class on a field trip to Arvada on Friday.

 Saturday morning, I rode along with Carrie to the UCCC to take Gabi for her dress rehearsal (and so that I could take pictures) and stayed until showtime in order to save 20 seats. Since the performance was in the smaller auditorium which seats 200, saving 10% of the seating took some strategy!  Sarah and Emi flew into Denver that morning, and then went directly to see the play.  Nancy had some additional Grandma time watching Corbin play soccer right before arriving at the play. Carrie posted my favorite pictures on Facebook, but here are a few more (of the over 500 that I took!)

 

( Note how bright eyed Emi is in the picture above )

After the play, we all headed to the Frost home to start a long series of hair appointments (Thank you, again, Sarah!  We so appreciate you!)

 Even those whose faces don't beam with appreciation, do!  The Frosts have a new outdoor attraction, a trampoline, which got much use while the cutting was going on indoors.

We all had dinner together, then home to prepare for Sunday.  With the rain all day, it was hard to feel motivated, but Brad helped me and I got a few  housekeeping essentials done.  Then it was off to hear Sophie's concert.  What an amazing group the Chorale is!

the same Emi at round 2

 

Grandma Susan, Matt, Heather and Keva came for the concert

 

Monday night, the Californians and Frosts joined us for dinner, which I left up to Brad to make.  He was to make a recipe that he has made about a hundred times before, but when it came time to get it started, lets just say that he had a lot of questions.  The call I got at work that afternoon was.....hmmm...complicated, to say the least.  Anyway, he got it done and we had a chance to visit after dinner. Sadly, they left for home this morning - their visits are always so brief.  This afternoon (Tuesday) we had the follow up appointment for the MRI that Brad had on Friday.  The MRI, as usual, looked fine and when the doctor asked him if he had any questions or concerns, you'll be shocked (as was I) to know that his only problem was not being able to drive.  He told the doctor that he WAS going to drive, regardless of his recommendations, otherwise he would have no reason to live.  The doctor said that Brad should abide by what his neurologist told him and of course, he believes that driving was never mentioned by the neurologist.  Yeah, that's exactly why it's worthwhile to have an extra person at those appointments.  I think Meredith would agree with me that he WAS told he couldn't drive.....