What Opera?

My friend Clara invited me and several other of her friends to an opera to which her mother had received free tickets. The funny thing was that I couldn't find an ad for the opera anywhere and Clara didn't know much about it either. Jonathan graciously offered to stay home with Autumn. Friday night came and Clara and one of her friends, Gail, came to pick me up for the opera. As we drove to the Ellen Eccles Theater where they commonly have operas, Clara handed me the flier and I began reading it to everyone.
"Come help us make a commercial...
for the Utah Festival Opera...
wear your best ..."

Everyone in the car gasped.

At the theater we met up with Clara's other friend Tiffany. We convened a quick powwow in the doorway, which inconvenienced several patrons but helped us plan our next move. Should we stay for two hours to help film the commercial, or do as Clara suggested and go catch a movie. Tiffany and I prevailed that we should stay. It would probably be fun anyway.

So Clara, Tiffany, Gail, and I got to play opera patrons in a commercial featuring Michael Ballam's daughter. There were a lot of bright lights, time being perfectly still and quiet, and time spent staring at the stage. Between scene changes Michael Ballam and another opera star sang to us.

The opera ads will air on Comcast on the Wasatch Front. The cool thing is that I am three seats away from the main actors who are in the audience saying their lines. If you can see anyone from our group in the ads, it's probably me. What a fun and unexpected evening!

Baby and Her Monster Voice

Autumn and her visitors go to the zoo

Yesterday my Mom, my sister Bethany and her daughter Celeste came down for a visit from Idaho Falls. Luckily the end of nap time and the end of the rainstorm matched up well enough that we had a great adventure. First we stopped at the zoo. Can you count the number of pictures of strollers in this post?

Here is my Mom with Autumn in a stroller.

Here is Bethany with Celeste in a stroller.

Here are Autumn and Celeste in their strollers.

Here is Celeste assisted by Bethany pushing a stroller with Autumn sitting in it.

We played for a little bit at Willow Park.

Autumn enjoyed her first swing experience.

Thanks for the visit!

Congratulations Texas A & M Grad!!!

We are so proud of my brother John who just recieved his Masters in Landscape Architecture from TAMU. Way to go John!!!

I'm a little flower pot...

Autumn is now eight months old. She waves at us, crawls, eats crackers, and checks out the underside of every rug she encounters. There is a post for our vacation coming soon.

Ma Ma Ma

Autumn finally said it and can repeat it- Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma. She's got her 6th tooth now too. Wow!

Famous Aunt Diana

These are pictures from the Deseret News photo gallery. Can you spot Diana (if you know her)? She's in the back row with a white jacket and string of pearls. This is the Days of 47 pageant which was held on Saturday in Salt Lake.