Another Robin Hood rehearsal

This past Saturday I took my camera to the CYT Robin Hood rehearsal where they were choreographing one of the fight scenes between the soldiers and the Merry Men. Chad had been asked to be a soldier in this particular scene since King Richard is not in it. Hmmmm....Chad having to sword fight. What a tough part for him to have to add :). It was fascinating watching them teach these boys a very complex fight involving rolling across backs, knocking out swords and rolling to retrieve them all to a musical score in which they have to keep the count and do everything together. There were 6 teams of guys fighting. Chad had a blast! These are just a few of the pictures that were not blurry from the constant movement.

Augustus playing at Nana's

Gus enjoys playing at Nana's house! He even had a sleep over last week and did GREAT!

Finally got tired of playing and decided to take a rest.

On another sad note our boat broke down again on Labor Day. Yes, the boat was full of people and we had to be towed in. Not so much fun. It was then towed back into the repair shop across the lake and we just found out that it is the EXACT same part that broke in the EXACT same place!! They are replacing the part again and hopefully they won't charge us an arm and a leg since it part broke again in about 6 weeks. They are replacing the plastic part with a metal part. To get to the part the entire engine has to come out. We hope to get it back in time to spend a few more hours on the lake before it gets to cool.

The other thing that is keeping our lives very busy is Robin Hood. Chad auditioned for the CYT drama production of Robin Hood and was cast as King Richard. CYT (Christian Youth Theater) is the largest youth theater organization in country. Chad is having a blast! I spent yesterday working on building and getting ready to paint sets for the production. They are performing in the historic Crighton Theater in Conroe October 23-25. There will be 6 performances those 3 days. It is a musical and quite funny. I'll try and get some pictures at some point and post.

Where did the rest of the summer go?

Where did the summer go??? Since my last post was so long ago I thought that I would post pictures that would show a few of the highlights of the second half of our summer. We were blessed with a trip to Colorado to my nephew Mitchell's wedding. Days on the lake were always great fun. Spending time with Gus and Lisa has been such a blessing. As I look through my pictures it becomes apparent that family was what made this summer '09 so wonderful.