Update - Long time in the making!!!!

One of the last updates I posted had to do with casting trouble for Little Shop of Horrors. I had a little free time this summer to write about things going on in my life. Now is a very different time! I fully intended to keep my blog up to date, but essentially all Hell broke loose on my schedule this past semester. Just as Little shop was coming to a close classes were getting started and that is always a hectic time of year. I planned out my semester and was looking forward to developing a new curriculum for my Technical theatre classes. The semester got off to a great start and by October I was ready to hold Auditions for "The Secret Garden." I have wanted to do this show for years, just from hearing the music. I had never seen a production of the show and really wanted to develop a new twist too it that had my interpretation of this classic story. I feel that I succeeded with this in the end, however I feel it turned out to be much more depressing than it should have been. Depressing is exactly what my life has been throughout most of the past two months. I'll get to the depressing part of my life in a little while, but first a few of the highlights.


Liam has been a joy to watch and play with. He is so smart and such a little rascal. He things he is just as big as his brothers. One of his favorite things to do is climb over the sofa. Imagine a 15 month old curly haired little indian boy flipping over the sofa from the back and flopping down onto the seat and then rolling off into the floor. Repeat at least 30 times and add a lot of laughter and this is his afternoon.


Duncan loves school. He is in K4 this year in Mrs. Murphree's class. He has learned to write most all of the letters and numbers and is starting to really understand how they go together to make words. For his Christmas Program he sang the most precious solo that made me cry. We have a family of performers. He has developed a great since of love and compassion for others. He is so sweet. He loves to give big hugs and praise others for ajob well done.


Crispin has been busy, busy, busy. He is in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of Peter Pan. He is playing Michael Darling and I have to say he is the most adorable little boy ever! I could watch him perform everyday. He has memorized most all of the show and re-enacts it at home with Duncan daily. He is one of the most perfect child actors ever. He is just adorable. On top of this he has also further developed his love for reading. He has read the first two Harry Potter books this semester and had maintained all A's while working on the play! I am very proud of him just as I am all my boys.


Gina has been super busy as well with not only work, but planning family events for everyone coming to see Peter Pan. She has been overworked, but greatly appreciated. Now she is in the midst of studying for the bar, and working on Christmas gifts.

I on the otherhand have not been busy at all. Just kidding. I have been overwhelmed. I am not sure exactly how I was able to finish this last semester, but somehow it is over. Now on to next semester. I will blog another timw about my life this semester, but I really don't want to even think about it anymore. Little Shop is over, and was great. The Secret Garden is over, and was great as well as depressing. Next show I will be directing is The Diary of Anne Frank, I hope it will be great, but I am sure it will be depressing.

Also, I found out recently that I will be going to New York in February for a Stephen Sondheim Symposium. I am so excited. I am going to see "Sunday in the Park with George"while I am there and I hope to see a couple of other shows. I'll update more on the trip as more details come about.

That's about it for now.